My Baking Journey

It’s funny how ideas can come into your head. For Liz, the idea of a community for cake makers came to her while feeding her twins when they were 9 months old at 2 am.  That was 13 years ago.   Liz and her team run the Australian Cake Decorating Network.  A diverse community of members who go on cake crawls, cake camps, have annual award ceremonies, and generally support each other through thick a...

As a female growing up in India, Hena Mahajan never followed the normal path.  A creative at heart who found herself entering the world of jewellery design at a fairly young age, she ran her own business creating and selling her own designs.    Funky batter however was formed as a continuation of her ability to want to create even if it wasn’t in the industry she originally she started working in....

Sandro Framhouse, here’s a guy with some serious drive and motivation.  Coming to England a long time ago with nothing, he grew up against many factors working against his chance to succeed but yet found a way through it all.   Sandro, has baked for a while now, but his determination comes from watching how hard it was for his mother when they first moved to England.  It’s a consistent theme with...

Yolanda Gampp.  A mega-star in the world of novelty cakes.  But her rise to this level was a genuine rollercoaster to get to this point.  There are so many highs, and yet various lows, even to this very day.   What she, and her business partners Connie and Jocelyn have built is an incredible brand.  But it only came after being told no, no., no, and no!   They started their YouTube channel “How to...

Jodie Heaven - which in Spanish is “Cielo” - is the founder of this cute little Brighton bakery called Cielo.  A single mother who realised very early on that after the birth of her daughter, she wanted to make sure should create the best life for her.   Jodie herself wanted to be a pop singer when she was a child, but that didn’t quite work out.  Thankfully baking did!  From making the cupcakes f...

This former accountant who baked to simply relieve a bit of stress of the madness of her corporate life, finds herself one day doing Facebook lives for the Food Network.  How does that happen?   Innocent bakes that she brought in for her coworkers were secretly building the next career she didn’t know she would end up quitting her day job for.  She creates content, but it’s not about the social me...

Emily Friend is an adventurer.  She may have received a degree in law, but that wasn't enough to satisfy her.  Having lived in various places around the world, she decided to move to Costa Rica.  It wasn't long after arriving that she realised she had a  simple craving for the desserts she loved didn’t exist, so she had to go make it herself.  The innocence of doing something like this t...

Janelle Copeland.  She helped launch The Cake Mamas way back - when a rather unusual partnership was formed between two talented women.  You’re going to hear about things falling into place, taking big bets, knowing when you’re not ready for something big, and pushing forward in spite of all odds. You're going to hear about losing it all and having to build yourself back up.   Imagine having...

Miranda is a serious serial entrepreneur.  Starting from the age of 16, she has always built her own businesses, but this fashion designer made the switch to baking by accident really.  When a child comes a long and forces you to change your career, it’s amazing what rabbit holes you’re searching will take you.   There’s a sense of just going for it in this episode, when absolutely everyone is tel...

We’re doing something completely different today as we’re speaking with FOUR amazing bakers who collectively have over 40 years experience behind them - the Cake Makers Collective.   Sally, Jess, Charlotte, and Danielle all met late last year through a cake school and instantly become huge friends through their own whatsapp group.  They all have their own cake business and they all have their own...

This week we’re in Luxembourg to speak with Winnie.  Fashion designer-turned baker and content creator with some pretty amazing bakes.  For example her cake rolls which are extremely unique.   This creative type fell into baking but it was never really part of the plan.  Giving up a career and figuring out what to do in life was a struggle.  However, baking has gone from being just something fun t...

Imagine you started baking at 11, and by 12 your mum was already selling your goods on Facebook.  That was 10 years ago for our guest today.  Yes, that makes her 21 which makes today’s episode just a fascinating listen.   I certainly was no where near a “career” at 21 let alone my teens.  But Aubree certainly tapped her creativity passed down to her and leveraged that from a very early age.  Based...

We are in Dublin, Ireland to chat with Jenny and Jay of Cupcakes and Counting.  Today,  it’s a cute and quirky cafe that sell gorgeous treats and delicious coffee.  But the journey to this point is so so different!   They’re both trained as nurses.  Left the Philippines years ago to build their careers and a better life.  But all it took was one event back home that forced them to do something tha...

Huntsville, Alabama.  I doubt many of you have been there.  I think I’ve driven through it at some point in my life.  But that’s where we are today speaking with Ally, or “Sugar Pusher” as she’s known online.   Ally is a content creator.  But she’s been baking for a long time.  Her previous career while still creative was just hard work.  She’s spent a long time in the music industry.  We actually...

Georgia was one of the first people I approached about OLBAA boxes when we first launched.  It’s amazing to think 3 years later she’s on our podcast!   Georgia has done so much in baking in such little time.  The home cake business, moving to a commercial kitchen, supplying cakes to brands like Harrods, training, classes, moving the business to Israel, setting up a in person cake school, and build...

Melbourne, Australia.  When I lived there I didn’t know it for its cakes, I knew it for its coffee.  But things have changed a lot!  One of the largest content creators around lives here and joins us for this episode - I’m referring to Tigga Mac and her bestie Katie.   They’ve gone from slaving away in their tiny kitchen just keeping on top of cake orders to be internationally recognised for their...

St. Albans.  Just north of London is where you’ll find this little village with lush green rolling hills, and where you’ll find Amy’s Bakehouse.. Amy is a 24 year old baker who runs her own cake business.  She  started in 2020 and has already moved into a commercial kitchen!   When we found out about Amy we just had to get her on the show as the pace of growth that she’s gone through is just inspi...

Australia, England, Australia, England… Kendra Groves has been bouncing back and forth with her husband between these two distant countries navigating her way through life and baking her way through a lot of it.   She’s in Manchester now in case you’re wondering.  She’s originally trained in musical theatre and opera, but trying and trying to get somewhere in that industry just proved too difficul...

Toowomba Australia, which is in Queensland in case you were curious - is not a place we ever thought we’d end up but in this little place is home to a brand that’s known world wide - Cas Cakery.   Cassie, or “Cas” speaks with us today about her journey and what is so interesting here is that in such a short space of time she has rocketed her business from nothing to something incredible in just 5...

We are back in England and just outside of London today in Woking, Surrey.  We’re speaking with Victoria of Vic’s Kitchen.  If you’ve ever wondered about running your own cake school, better ways to run you run your cake business, and even some quick ways to make some money, you’ve got to listen to this episode. Vic has been running a cake school now for almost a decade and through this she has am...

Today, we have an open an honest discussion about choosing your right path and making sure you’re happy doing it.   We’re speaking today with Thao who is the brain behind the brand Don’t Tell Charles from Melbourne Australia. If you’ve ever created a concrete cake, you can thank Thao for that as she was the first one to make it.  Thao has taught thousands through her cake school.  But it all start...

Hey everyone!  So you all know by now, we started this podcast to help build something of a support network for bakers.  A place where you can listen, learn, relate, be inspired, and most importantly, not feel alone in your own baking journey.   So imagine, if you really are baking on your own, in a country where the style of baking you do is non-existent.  Where the ingredients, accessories, and...

Hey everyone, this week we are really excited to head to Winnipeg in Canada to speak with two very well-known twin sisters Jenna and Ashley of Jenna Rae Cakes.   This is quite a story because what you see today of there amazing company has so much behind to get it to where It is.  Jenna is the baker and Ashley is the designer.  The beauty about this pairing meant that Ashley always had Jenna'...

Hey everyone, this week it’s back to northern England to chat with Tracy of Cotton and Crumbs.  Just 2 years into running her business she realised that not every aspect of running a cake business is exciting.  For most of us, it’s the decorating or designing bit - the art - that we all really enjoy.   So, she employed her husband to do all the boring bits.  Baking the cakes, making the buttercrea...

Hey everyone, we’re off to Brisbane Australia this week to sit down with Ekaterina, or Ekats as you may know her by.  The timing of this conversation is fitting as you’re about to find out and we meet Ekats at a point in her career where although she’s done so much it still feels like she’s just getting started.    She’s a highly creative person - I mean, just go look at her instagram feed where s...