Confections by Vannessa

09/27/2020

Made the sweetest little cake for a fellow ✨🦄💖Happy birthday Miri!!

10/15/2019

Too cute!

10/15/2019

OMG! Look at this precious angel eating her little smash cake 😭💖🥰😍🎂. This right here, this is what makes it worth it ✨🙏🙌✨I love the period where she takes a huge chunk off the top 😂

10/13/2019

Sophie la girafe 1st birthday 🎂 So many CUTE details 😍

09/23/2019

She’s baaaaaaaaaack 😀 Had the pleasure of making the sweetest baby shower cake for one of the best humans I know. This baby is going to be magical ✨🦄 Thanks for letting me be a part of your day 💜💜💜⭐️☁️🌙

04/09/2019

04/02/2019

Hey all 👋! I’m Vannessa, the silly face behind Confections by Vannessa.

I realized I’ve never introduced myself, so here I am 🙂

A few things about me:
1. I’m a Scorpio and very proud. I was born in Norway 🇳🇴 and my mom’s side is Panamanian and Chinese and my dad’s is British w/a splash of German lol

2. My friends call me a unicorn ✨🦄. Could be worse 😬 🤷‍♀️

3. I love the water! Sometimes when I’m stressed I sit in my bathtub lol

4. I went to school for fashion and I used to make my own clothes. Now I work in the tech industry. Weird, right? Lol

5. When I’m not making cakes, I’m reading, I’m outside, eating cheese and drinking wine, hanging with my dog and cat.

6. I’m sort of self taught. I did go to culinary school, but that’s not where I learned to decorate. My first job out of culinary school was at a higher end grocery store. I got put in the bakery (YES 💪) but as customer service (NOOO 👎) Afte1r being persistent, I got moved to production...I hated it. I would make 130 lbs of granola and like 50lbs of rice pudding. It was exhausting and I realized I didn’t like mass production. So when I heard they were hiring a cake decorator, I lied and said I could 😬. Y’all I didn’t know how to make a buttercream rose (essential in a grocery store) and I had previously only piped cupcakes. I went home and watched YouTube videos and practice before and after work up until my interview. It’s was a Christmas miracle that I got the job. I had to learn quickly afterwards because remember, I lied. I watch all the people around me and would try new things and practice when they weren’t there or looking LOL.

I’m so glad it worked out bc I literally quit my full time salaried job to pursue my passion for pastry arts. This journey hasn’t been easy, but it’s been worth it. Still trying to figure what I’m doing and where I’m going with all of this Lol but I’m just taking it day by day and going with the flow😊

Thank you all so much for all the love and support!

Where’s your journey taking you?

04/02/2019

Love getting photos of customers with their cake! Look how absolutely adorable Cristina looks at her Tangled themed birthday party! Love how the LED lights make the lanterns glow 😍

03/30/2019

Y’all! I had the pleasure of making a cake from one of my favorite movies, Tangled!! I got the sweetest email from a girl who was having a Tangled themed 18th birthday party, AWESOME!! She sent me her sketch and I had so much fun bringing it to life! The paper lanterns are made from wafer paper and I wish you could see the LED lights I put under them to make them glow!!! Love the purple and gold together 💜 I learned that you can make your own edible glue with tylose powder and a bit of water. I also learned that wafer paper tastes like communion wafers 😬 So happy with the way this cake turned out, makes me smile just looking at it 💜

03/23/2019

It’s a good day for some Triple berry tres leches cupcakes 😋

03/20/2019

☎️” Hello, I’d like to order 3 dozen cupcakes for my office party.” ✨🦄You got it!!

03/20/2019

🎵Vanilla Stripe, stripe, baby 🎵