YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO!
I had the pleasure of chatting to Michael Santos from AusPod Syndicate about how important it is to keep a positive mindset in any situation, especially in business.
Baked by Bianca
Inspired by her husband while watching “Nailed It” on Netflix, Bianca accepted her husbands challenge to create a birthday cake for this cousin. We dare say, she nailed it! Bianca’s passion for cake decorating came alive! “Seeing my girl’s reaction to each cake, cupcake or cooking I make, brings me a lot of joy; then handing over to my customers and experiencing their reaction, is honestly the icing on the cake for me” Two years later, Bianca is a registered, and council approved home business, located in South Morang. Through COVID, Bianca got super creative and made a textured cake for a client’s milestone birthday. This absolute beauty took around five hours to create. It was made from chocolate mud and featured four layers of 7-inch cake and stood nine inches high! Filled with American vanilla buttercream and finished off with warm colour tones and hand-made buttercream florals and sprinkles. Fresh flowers: supporting my local florist Balashi in Doreen. Cake topper made in Macedon in Victoria by Creating Monkies. Fun Fact: Bianca’s other passion is dance! She was previously a competitive Latin American ballroom dancer – which is how she met her husband, Nathan.
Essentially Sweet
Koula from Essentially Sweet has always love baking cakes and making desserts, but having kids and creating their birthday cakes is what sparked the professional interest in cake making and cookie decorating. “I really enjoyed the creative process of it all. Their birthday’s and their interests at the time really inspired me to make cakes that were different. They were dimensional, they were bigger than what was needed, they were stressful, but I was proud of what I created”, says Koula. Officially in business for two years now, Koula is inspired by a challenge and is located in Warrandyte, Approximately 30km northeast of Melbourne CBD. Her favourite creation is an architectural-inspired 50th birthday cake – Koula combined the customers’ interests of architecture and art to create something that he would visually appreciate. Despite knowing how to put it together, achieving the structure was challenging. The cake resembles a building that features his favourite artwork on the side that mimics the beautiful art that you see on buildings in Melbourne CBD. And, of course, it had to also be finished off with his birth year as the street number plaque. Talk about putting the cherry on top, how could you not be inspired by this beauty. Fun fact: The architecture masterpiece cake was made for someone who doesn’t actually like cake (who doesn’t like cake!?), but of course, needed a phenomenal centrepiece for his celebration.
Cake for Me
Lisa from Cake for Me has been whisking up delicious and delectable cakes in the Greenvale area since 2013. But, where did it all start, you wonder? From a simplistic, petite cake made for her eldest daughters christening. The decorations were purchased, not made but the satisfaction from decorating it was enough to spark a magical interest with Liza. After being approached to make a cake for a colleague’s friend, and seeing their impressed responses, Lisa took the advice of family members and friends to venture into a professional cake-making business. Lisa’s favourite creation is a tri-flavoured, tri-tiered wedding cake; white chocolate with raspberry and coconut followed by decadent chocolate mud with chocolate ganache filling and topping it off with marble mud with a marble chocolate ganache filling. This amazing piece took 12-hours to create from scratch – worth every single second, don’t you think? Fun fact: Lisa’s cake was featured in a wedding magazine.
Taste That by Tania
A business we would happily “taste that” from anything on offer, is Taste That by Tania. This Mernda-based business has been around the professional kitchen for about two years, now. About four years ago, Tania’s son was turning six. Being a busy mum, she had always brought her kid’s birthday cakes, but this particular year was different. “I told my hubby, and he was surprised the words ‘I’m going to make his cake’ came out of my mouth. But he was very supportive.” A member of the Facebook Woolies Cake Hack group, Tania’s confidence was lifted and with a can-do attitude, she had pulled it off! Although says, she looks at it now and laughs – we’ve all gotta start somewhere Tania After her successful hack, Tania announced to her family that she was going to make all of their birthday cakes. With their lit-up with delight faces, Tania was ecstatic and hooked on the fun of cake-making. Tania has struggled with anxiety between balancing a career in Senior Management and having a family. It was when she started “caking” (as she puts it), that she was able to find a calm zone and find true work/life happiness. Fun fact: Taste That by Tania posts cookies straight to your door!
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