It’s funny how ideas can come into your head. For Liz, the idea of a community for cake makers came to her while feeding her twins when they were 9 months old at 2 am. That was 13 years ago. Liz and her team run the Australian Cake Decorating Network. A diverse community of members who go on cake crawls, cake camps, have annual award ceremonies, and generally support each other through thick and thin. It’s amazing. Liz was a baker herself but also a trained occup...

As a female growing up in India, Hena Mahajan never followed the normal path. A creative at heart who found herself entering the world of jewellery design at a fairly young age, she ran her own business creating and selling her own designs. Funky batter however was formed as a continuation of her ability to want to create even if it wasn’t in the industry she originally she started working in. Funky batter is the ability for anyone to download and follow her core recip...

Sandro Framhouse, here’s a guy with some serious drive and motivation. Coming to England a long time ago with nothing, he grew up against many factors working against his chance to succeed but yet found a way through it all. Sandro, has baked for a while now, but his determination comes from watching how hard it was for his mother when they first moved to England. It’s a consistent theme with Sandro. Overcoming challenges, getting to his vision. He puts a picture...

Yolanda Gampp. A mega-star in the world of novelty cakes. But her rise to this level was a genuine rollercoaster to get to this point. There are so many highs, and yet various lows, even to this very day. What she, and her business partners Connie and Jocelyn have built is an incredible brand. But it only came after being told no, no., no, and no! They started their YouTube channel “How to Cake it” was back in 2015! And then the real work began. ...

Jodie Heaven - which in Spanish is “Cielo” - is the founder of this cute little Brighton bakery called Cielo. A single mother who realised very early on that after the birth of her daughter, she wanted to make sure should create the best life for her. Jodie herself wanted to be a pop singer when she was a child, but that didn’t quite work out. Thankfully baking did! From making the cupcakes for her baby shower, to building a business out of that, it quickly become a sh...

This former accountant who baked to simply relieve a bit of stress of the madness of her corporate life, finds herself one day doing Facebook lives for the Food Network. How does that happen? Innocent bakes that she brought in for her coworkers were secretly building the next career she didn’t know she would end up quitting her day job for. She creates content, but it’s not about the social media so much as it is more about her blog. Yes blog, remember those??Her recip...

Emily Friend is an adventurer. She may have received a degree in law, but that wasn't enough to satisfy her. Having lived in various places around the world, she decided to move to Costa Rica. It wasn't long after arriving that she realised she had a simple craving for the desserts she loved didn’t exist, so she had to go make it herself. The innocence of doing something like this turns her down a path of baking, running a cupcake shop in Costa Rica, selling this ...

Janelle Copeland. She helped launch The Cake Mamas way back - when a rather unusual partnership was formed between two talented women. You’re going to hear about things falling into place, taking big bets, knowing when you’re not ready for something big, and pushing forward in spite of all odds. You're going to hear about losing it all and having to build yourself back up. Imagine having to turn your life around from declaring bankruptcy - hitting rock bottom - and starting...

Miranda is a serious serial entrepreneur. Starting from the age of 16, she has always built her own businesses, but this fashion designer made the switch to baking by accident really. When a child comes a long and forces you to change your career, it’s amazing what rabbit holes you’re searching will take you. There’s a sense of just going for it in this episode, when absolutely everyone is telling you you’re just mad. Miranda just goes with her gut and knows she needs ...

We’re doing something completely different today as we’re speaking with FOUR amazing bakers who collectively have over 40 years experience behind them - the Cake Makers Collective. Sally, Jess, Charlotte, and Danielle all met late last year through a cake school and instantly become huge friends through their own whatsapp group. They all have their own cake business and they all have their own specialities. Danielle actually runs her own cafe in Kent. The girls are pla...

This week we’re in Luxembourg to speak with Winnie. Fashion designer-turned baker and content creator with some pretty amazing bakes. For example her cake rolls which are extremely unique. This creative type fell into baking but it was never really part of the plan. Giving up a career and figuring out what to do in life was a struggle. However, baking has gone from being just something fun to keep the brain busy to now baking all sorts of creative content. ...

Imagine you started baking at 11, and by 12 your mum was already selling your goods on Facebook. That was 10 years ago for our guest today. Yes, that makes her 21 which makes today’s episode just a fascinating listen. I certainly was no where near a “career” at 21 let alone my teens. But Aubree certainly tapped her creativity passed down to her and leveraged that from a very early age. Based in Southern California, he career has already led to some interesti...

We are in Dublin, Ireland to chat with Jenny and Jay of Cupcakes and Counting. Today, it’s a cute and quirky cafe that sell gorgeous treats and delicious coffee. But the journey to this point is so so different! They’re both trained as nurses. Left the Philippines years ago to build their careers and a better life. But all it took was one event back home that forced them to do something that would set the path for the next 10 years on a journey in baking. &...

Huntsville, Alabama. I doubt many of you have been there. I think I’ve driven through it at some point in my life. But that’s where we are today speaking with Ally, or “Sugar Pusher” as she’s known online. Ally is a content creator. But she’s been baking for a long time. Her previous career while still creative was just hard work. She’s spent a long time in the music industry. We actually spend a good bit of time talking to her about this part o...

Georgia was one of the first people I approached about OLBAA boxes when we first launched. It’s amazing to think 3 years later she’s on our podcast! Georgia has done so much in baking in such little time. The home cake business, moving to a commercial kitchen, supplying cakes to brands like Harrods, training, classes, moving the business to Israel, setting up a in person cake school, and building a successful YouTube channel….It’s hard to know where to start but we certainly...

Melbourne, Australia. When I lived there I didn’t know it for its cakes, I knew it for its coffee. But things have changed a lot! One of the largest content creators around lives here and joins us for this episode - I’m referring to Tigga Mac and her bestie Katie. They’ve gone from slaving away in their tiny kitchen just keeping on top of cake orders to be internationally recognised for their antics on social media. I learned so much talking to them about masteri...

St. Albans. Just north of London is where you’ll find this little village with lush green rolling hills, and where you’ll find Amy’s Bakehouse.. Amy is a 24 year old baker who runs her own cake business. She started in 2020 and has already moved into a commercial kitchen! When we found out about Amy we just had to get her on the show as the pace of growth that she’s gone through is just inspiring. She was not a baker. She started doing this right after fini...

Australia, England, Australia, England… Kendra Groves has been bouncing back and forth with her husband between these two distant countries navigating her way through life and baking her way through a lot of it. She’s in Manchester now in case you’re wondering. She’s originally trained in musical theatre and opera, but trying and trying to get somewhere in that industry just proved too difficult against many odds. The abusive agents, the challenge of being tall, not looking...

Toowomba Australia, which is in Queensland in case you were curious - is not a place we ever thought we’d end up but in this little place is home to a brand that’s known world wide - Cas Cakery. Cassie, or “Cas” speaks with us today about her journey and what is so interesting here is that in such a short space of time she has rocketed her business from nothing to something incredible in just 5 short years. What I love about Cassie is she reminds us about being honest about oursel...

We are back in England and just outside of London today in Woking, Surrey. We’re speaking with Victoria of Vic’s Kitchen. If you’ve ever wondered about running your own cake school, better ways to run you run your cake business, and even some quick ways to make some money, you’ve got to listen to this episode.Vic has been running a cake school now for almost a decade and through this she has amassed hundreds of students learning not just about baking of course, but various other -...