The Baking Beginning

Kadin Wetherholt, Editor
January 22, 2021

This was the first cake I have ever baked. With all good hobbies, you have to start somewhere. This cake consisted of 2 8-inch round red velvet flavored cakes. After decorating the cake, it was very disappointing to see how ugly it looked. At first, I wanted to give up, but this failure helped encourage me to do better. (Kadin Wetherholt)
When my best friend’s birthday was approaching, I knew I had to put my talents to work. I just got new equipment and wanted to bake her a special cake for her birthday. Since her favorite sweet is chocolate, I decided to go with a basic chocolate cake.
Dadly Changeux went on and explained,” I wouldn’t say it was a specialized cake, but my best friend did make me a cake. It wasn’t extravagant, but I love it.”
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This cake started it all. When I completed the cake, I was delighted that I had come this far. I took this Neapolitan cake to social media and landed my first customer. I was not expecting to bake cakes for people because I was focusing on building a portfolio.
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My first customer was a friend of my mother, who happens to live in our neighborhood. She wanted a similar cake to before- A strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla cake- for her husband’s upcoming birthday.
Kristen Rowe says joyfully, “The cake was outstanding, please tell Kadin Thank you!! We will be calling again.”
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I typically like to stick with cakes, but I decided to try a new pastry. When I saw these flamingos at my local market, I knew I had to buy them. These cupcakes helped me practice and improve my piping skills. (Kadin Wetherholt)
This old fashioned carrot cake helped me get very creative. I had such a blast making this cake, by far the least stressful cake. I felt that I finally understood the basic technique behind baking.
Changeux expresses, “I think baking can be both easy and challenging. If you bake cookies, brownies, a one-layer cake, or other sweets, it’s easy. But if you make a three layers cake with a design, it can be challenging. I feel like there are a lot of steps that go into baking; you have to use the right amount of ingredients and the proper measurement in order for your cake to come out perfect; one simple mistake can mess it all up.”
Shakara Massenburg, a food industry worker, continues, “Baking is definitely a skill to master.”
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This delicious Reese’s peanut butter flavor cake was for one of my mother’s best friends, Donna Johnson. Johnson’s children approached me and wanted to get her mother a cake, but they didn’t want to go to a bakery. With short notice, I was able to bake a cake to help celebrate her 50th birthday.
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One day I couldn’t decide whether to eat cake or cereal, so a fruity Pebble themed cake seemed like the best of both worlds. Family and friends enjoyed the cake. (Kadin Wetherholt)
I have not made a cake in such a long time, between work and school I haven’t had much free time. With the holidays creeping up, I knew I wanted to make a special peppermint themed cake. So I decided to go with a peppermint bark cake. The whole process of the cake was almost natural. I noticed that I spend way less time in the kitchen compared to other projects. (Kadin Wetherholt)
Another neighborhood friend wanted a cake for her husband’s birthday. This cake was a little more challenging and very stressful. It took a lot of time but was definitely worth it.
Christina Kokkinakos, “Kadin made me a fantastic cake for my husband’s birthday; I ended up giving him a total of 90 dollars. He had to put in some much hard work, and the ingredients cost a fortune. When it was time to eat the cake, Everybody went crazy over it. It was so delicious.
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