Cakes N Calzones

I was well underway with my cake making. Averaging approx 1 order every other week, from co-workers only at this point.

My Autumnal cake-from my 12 hr practice day with Lara!

My First Cake made for real people! My Friend Julie's daughter Brittany. My lettering needs some work!

This is my first real paying gig. It was 2 tiered, and really heavy!

I had decided not to take Course 2 of the Wilton Decorating class. I bought a couple books with Wilton decorating ideas, and instructions on how to do other flowers and techniques. No problem-I could teach myself. WRONG! I forgot after so many years out of school, how much of a "hands-on" learner I am. Those directions in the book might as well been written in arabic. It wasn't making a bit o sense to me. So I signed up for course 2. It's a good thing. My mother in law Marsha insisted on paying for my 1st course, and said she would pay for the 2nd one if I wanted to take it. It's only $30, so it's really worth it. I ended up buying all the products and tips/coloring/pastry bags etc-that's where Michael's makes their money. I probably have close to 100 tips already! Anyways, Soooo glad I took that 2nd course. I learned so many more flowers, and new frosting types, and Wow! I had so much fun. Not to mention, I coincidentally ended up in the same class of Kelly-I went to HS w/her over 10 yrs ago! We had a lot of mutual friends, but never really hung out together. We had so much fun in class talking about what everyone else from HS has been up to....who's got kids, who's getting married, yada yada yada.

This one was also the product of a practice day. I actually ran out of blue frosting. This thing is 2/3rds frosting 1/3rd cake.

So at work I started talking with some friends about starting a business. My friend Rosie had run her own calzone business, catering for company luncheons etc. She would love to get back into that, and suggested in passing that we should start this business "Cakes N Calzones" Are you Kidding?!! that sounds sooo cool! But, let me get my cake basics up and running first.