7-Day Positivity Challenge Day 3 - Cake Making

in #7daypositivitychallenge6 years ago (edited)

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Never in my life did I ever imagine that one day I would be making novelty cakes for a living!

I’ll have to start from the beginning (but I’ll keep it short). Before I got married I worked as a paste-up artist in an advertising firm. When I had my first child I stopped work and became a stay-at-home mom. Sixteen years later I was divorced.

What do I do now? What can I do? I had four children to care for. I tried real estate but that didn’t work out. I really can’t remember why I thought of baking. I’d only baked the occasional cakes for my children’s birthdays!

Anyway I started with baking Chinese new year cookies. Through much trial and error (and a lot of waste!) I perfected my recipes. Then I tried my hand with cakes. More trial and error, and success!

I learned all my baking and cake decorating from books and YouTube videos. I started with simple frosted cakes and now specialise in novelty cakes (that’s where the money is 😁).

I’m truly grateful for my home-based cake making business. It isn’t enough to completely support my family (that’s another story) but it helps.

Please excuse me while I show off, a bit. All figurines were made with fondant and edible. From my first 3D fondant figure to present 👇🏻

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figure of my dad, 2010 LOL

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2015 I loved these & wished I could have kept them

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2016

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2017

I would like to thank @reconstitution for nominating me.

Today I nominate:
@amco
@doctorspence
@carpedimus

The rules:
• Write a post about something you have to be postive about today - this could be anything from being thankful for your current situation, someone being nice to you, being thankful for your friends and family, or even being thankful for the oppurtunity you have been given here on Steemit - just keep it positive :)
• Do this for 7 days in a row if you get nominated
• Mention three people who should do this on each day.
• Tag it with #7daypositivitychallenge and include these rules at the bottom of your post
• Include a picture of something positive (related to your story if possible)

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really cool post 👍 stay POSITIVE and happy weekend to you!

Thanks! A happy weekend to you too! 😊

Thanks :DD

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I think you being able to create novelty cakes is way cooler than you being a successful real estate agent!

Haha! I think you’re right!

Yes, that definitely sounds better! :D

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