My Baking Journey

This week we’re talking to one of our most requested bakers to interview for this podcast - Finch Bakery - Rachel and Lauren, twin sisters who started this journey just over 10 years ago have built a well-known UK bakery bakery in the North West of England.  Throughout this journey, it's amazing to see how they have stayed humble, true to themselves, and so transparent during the whole proces...

Welcome back to season 2!  Have you missed us?  We are so excited to be back and really happy to have another line-up of amazing bakers for this season.   Today, we’re in the North of England to speak with Amy of Amy’s Little Cakery.  You may know her from some of her cartoon cakes she’s recently done, but this story goes back a little further.   Holding down a busy day job while also baking on th...

Hey everyone, listen the person you’re about to hear from in this episode is where Rachel really found the start of her cake inspiration.  I’m talking about Jenne from Posh Little Cakes in Perth, Australia.   For many of you bakers, your baking career is your second career.  You’ve given up the corporate or day job for one of many reasons and moved into baking.  Jenne did just that.   This is a st...

Where do you go to find your inspiration?  You could say looking online, you could say in books, you could say you're inspired by other people.  For our guest this week, inspiration for her is everywhere.  Here we have another one person business, run by a somebody who is obsessed with managing her time efficiently, and really does try to get the absolute most out of her work on a daily basis...

This week we are off to Canada to sit down with Lindsay also known for her brand The Flour Girl.   Lindsay is truly a high performer.  She has 3 educational degrees (one in neurosceince).  She still maintains a full time job.  She has built her own brand and manufactures her own line of baking tools which in turn has allowed her to build a huge following on social media (more than 350K on IG)  She...

This week we’re going international!  We are off to LA to sit down with Hellen, the former Food Network contestant and owner of Dport Sweets - an online bakery.  But this story far from straight forward.   She’s not from LA and moved to the US at a young age.  She had to learn English, and she had to find her feet as a teenager in a new country.  So when her dad decided to buy her that first mixer...

This week we’re off to Wales to speak with non-other than the queen of Dalmatian print and pastels, Carly, or Wish Upon a Cupcake as you might know her on social media.   Carly has such an interesting story because she’s been able to make a career change within the baking world going from weddings to well, not doing weddings.  But starting new trends, helping to start a business in the dried flowe...

This week, we're off to Nottingham, England to chat with Halima also known as @cakelicious_pops.    An inspiring, articulate, and passionate baker who has really taken her baking skills to new highs by continually pushing herself to cement her own design. This is a chat that's full of insight considering she's taken her time to build her reputation and business in her area to set he...

This week, we sit down with a relative newcomer to the baking world, and our first male guest - Harry.   Harry started baking 2020 but has very quickly developed his skills, built an incredible social media following on both Instagram and TikTok, and is now even teaching at a cake school not far from where he lives! How has he achieved such success so quickly?  We find out and also learn that Harr...

Welcome to the first episode of MBJ!  This week we have one of the most incredible floral cupcake bakers around - Jane Taylor.  Jane started from nothing after having her 5th (!!) child and decided to get to work on something she always enjoyed - baking! The journey has been a great one but with some help along the way in the form of some some great friends to keep her going, she has built her cak...

Welcome to "My Baking Journey" Get a little preview into what our podcast is about in 90 seconds!   We are launching towards the end of September with  Season 1 where we are speaking with some of the world's top home bakers to gain their insight and experiences into running their own baking business.  It's not all sunshine and rainbows! You can find us at Instagram @olbaa_cake_...