09/01/2026
Important Announcement 🧁
After a lot of deliberation over the last few months I have sadly decided that I’m hanging up my apron… sort of!
It’s a fairly unique thing to walk away from something that from the outside probably appears to be going really well but simply put - I am knackered!
As many of you will be aware, my cake business is not my only job and I work part time in another job which is also a fairly demanding role. Being employed and self-employed at the same time has always been a juggle but over the last 2 years it’s become absolutely consuming. I’ve found that through the week I’m doing my job in the day and then coming home and starting my cake work the second I walk through the door until 2 or 3am and then getting back up for work again at 6.45am. I’m also caking all weekend. I’ve had less and less time for my family and I feel that I have already missed such a key part of my daughter’s childhood and I don’t want to miss any more. Aside from this, the long hours have really taken their toll on my health and after a recent bout of health scares I have realised that I really do need to slow down and get a sense of work/life balance back so I’ll be going back to my part time job on a full time basis and taking my newly free evenings and weekends for me and my family.
It's not completely goodbye! If you have an existing order in for 2026 – it WILL be fulfilled, contracts are still in place and nothing will change for you guys. I am keeping myself registered as a legal food business and will continue to keep myself insured. I will also continue to do events (Valentines, Mother’s Day etc) and markets. Other than this, I may take on the odd thing once I’ve a breather so please feel free to ask, but at this time I’m taking nothing else on whilst I navigate my way through this next step.
I hope you’ll support my decision because I do feel it’s the right one for me. I’ll always be eternally grateful that I got to do what was my dream once upon a time and it’s all because of the support I got from so many of you who returned to me again and again, recommended me to others and always showed me such high praise for the bakes I made you so a huge thank you to you all ❤ ❤ ❤