MY CAKIE STORY

ugochi with my first cake order

My name is Oluwayemisi and am going to be using this platform to share my journey into cake business as well as share tips on how to bake and decorate your cakes and sometimes may rant as well if am having a bad cakie day.  I will also share other things I love to bake i.e. pastries. Just to say quickly that i don’t see myself as the perfect baker yet but I believe am going to get there someday by God’s grace...amen.

So how did I get into baking...hmmmm... I will say I have always loved baking and Home Economics in Secondary school gave me abit of an idea on how to bake but that was it. I never went to a baking school to learn and have been self thought. I got bitten by the baking bug late 2011...lol.  Am a foodie, I love good food as well as desserts. My passion for baking started when I found myself in a situation that was beyond my control (sorry I won’t be going into details). I was out of work and I didn't know when I would be going back; daytime TV became my companion, I mean all I did then was wake up, eat, watch TV, eat again (yes sometime I didn't brush my teeth *covers face*), watch me some TV again, sleep, and the cycle goes on. My life was on full stop and I didn't know what to do about myself, and then I stumbled on a programme called COME DINE WITH ME. What I love about the program was the fact that they are all amateurs who like to cook occasionally like me and the best part is the sort of desserts they create. So one day in October 2011, I decided I was going to my local supermarket to get items to bake a cake.  Alright, the first cake that came out of my oven was no difference to a pancake; Thank God for my flatmate then who was my critic, she was my ‘taste bud’. I get her to try all my cakes including the flavor I come up with and always tell her to give me the honest truth, trust me she did.

Fast forward to November 2011, I went for a meeting and went with my home baked coconut cake and boom; I got my very first cake order for a friend’s graduation party (Ugochi). I was freaking out, I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into but I was determined to make the cake for her and that was how YeLashcaKes started and I have not looked back since then.

Thanks to my Mum for her continuous encouragement, my siblings Lanre and Jide, my fabulous friends (you know yourself), my cake sister who listens to all my rants and shares ideas with me Doyin and to my Aboki for keeping me focused. Love you all very much.

My next post will be more of visual and less words...promise not to bore you. Anyway am very excited that am finally starting this blog...too much procrastination. I will be sharing with you on my next post pictures of my early cakes...

xoxo...