03/17/2024
Well, it has been almost a year since I’ve updated this page. So much has happened in the last year that I want to fill everyone in…
In the summer, one of my very best friends got married, my cousin became CEO of the great Iowa State Fair and I was given the honor of baking the cakes for his reception at our home fair, my boyfriend and I became homeless and lived in our camper for 4 months, on August 10th we lost the matriarch of my mom’s family and the reason I started doing cakes: my beloved Grandma Betty. My world shifted that day and in the months to come. So many hard things happened at that time. I started learning to do things that simply brought me happiness instead of worrying about everyone else’s.
We moved into our new rental house at the end of October, and I eventually started doing some baking and cooking again, mostly for my family and myself. I was in a hard rut before that with not being in a house and losing my favorite person in the whole world. I’ve been trying to decide whether cakes are something I want to continue to do, now that the one person I loved sharing my cake adventures with is gone...
Moving forward I have decided I am going to be very picky with the cakes I decide to do. I find joy in baking and decorating cakes, but I do not enjoy being so busy I don’t get to fully embrace the moments of creating. I heard someone say recently “if it’s slow, it’s smooth; and if it’s smooth, it’s fast.” I really like that quote. I feel it pertains to cake baking. I want to take my time to make them the best I can, and cakes seem to go faster when I take my time, instead of rushing to the finished product.
I don’t want to deter people from asking me to make cakes, but I also don’t want people to be offended when I say no. It’s just something I am working on for me. And, if I do say no, I will try my best to give recommendations for other cake bakers who will do as good or better of a job than me.
So yes, I am still doing cakes, but now, I am doing them because I really want to, not because I feel like I have to.
