This blog is about the dream of owning a bakery, the white hot pursuit of "great" and all the lessons learned along the way. If you want to read about how I sached around the kitchen in heels with a baby on my hip, whipped up masterpieces and money started flowing in the doors, this blog is not for you. This is my story about the blood, sweat and many-many tears it took to keep the everyday nightmares out of my dream come true.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Spark



When I left full time employment, it was more for my new little baby than for baking. They both (baby and baking) gave me the courage to change who I was and pursue my new identity.
The first couple weeks as the "new me" was scary, and I didn't have a clue who I was professionally or if this baking thing would work at all.  If I gave up I could tell people "I decided to just stay home with Amelia and be a mommy" and no one would judge.  Except, it wouldn't be true.... and I don't give up easy.
Weeks went by and I kept coming back to the question "what are you passionate about?" but unlike most people I have always known the answer: Brides!  I grew up the daughter of the founder of Disney's Fairytale Weddings, and as a little girl *helped* with some of the most gorgeous weddings in the country!  I loved brides my entire life, deeply.
One day something sparked in me and I confessed to my husband "I think I want to make wedding cakes for a living." I finally put it out there!  ...Silence... Stunned, he carefully replied "well, Jen, I think you have to make one cake before deciding that" He was right, so that's what I did. In November of 2008 I made my first wedding cake, took one million photos, and put it on my brand new website.  Two weeks later, I got my first wedding cake order. 
The Sugar Suite's First Wedding Cake
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