E26 - Cake Makers Collective - How 4 bakers came together to share their diverse knowledge with the baking world.
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 placed around the UK so this WhatsApp group was the main way for them to communicate but it didn’t take long before they realised they could pool their expertise together to develop a virtually-based, community-focused, training platform - the Cake Makers Collective.
We wanted to know more about the collective and how it came about. It’s an affordable, and bite-size approach to 1:1 training for anyone at any stage in their baking career. This is not in-class training as there is definitely a place for that. It’s a very different approach and we found the diversity of experience the girls bring and their approach made us feel we should chat with them.
So, are you starting your baking journey? Do you need help but live far away from any training centre where you could get help? Well, keep listening as this may be what you’re looking for. On with the show….
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This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel
E25 - Oh Cakes Winnie - The reality of giving up a career and losing your purpose. Then finding baking to build yourself back up into something inspirational!
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.
For someone with almost 700 thousand followers, she only just created a website! But that doesn’t phase Winnie. She just goes with the flow and gives herself the space to be creative and let herself flourish. She’s been in some from of design and creativity for most of her life so this is now the natural continuation of what she loves as a person.
She’s been in the fortunate position to have a husband continue to work to reduce the pressure on her to have to perform with her baking from the get go. This has allowed her to develop her skills over time and see where it all takes her. But as many of you know, the baking machine sucks you in bit by bit and you find yourself eventually turning this hobby into something full time.
How did Winnie handle that transition? Listen on to hear her journey.
Learn more about Winnie here:
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This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel
E24 - Aubree's Cakery - Learn from a 21 year old with a 10 year career in baking already! She's even made a cake for Diddy!
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 interesting bakes. You have to keep listening to hear about some of them!
She’s incredibly talented, determined, and driven to make a success of it at such a young age. This is just so inspiring to listen to! And to top that a huge social media following as well. Aubree is extremely focused, and pushes herself to improve on what she’s doing all the time. It’s still mostly just her doing all the work.
How does a 21 year do it you may ask? Keep listening to find out….
More about Aubree here:
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TikTok
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This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel
E23 - The story of Cupcakes & Counting. A fun and gorgeous cafe in Dublin that wouldn't have existed if it wasn't for a tragic natural disaster.
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.
One thing has expanded to another not by their choice, but more by suggestions from people along the way saying they should do this, or try that. It’s turned into wedding cakes, classes, cafes, and even selling baking tools.
Their cheery attitude and relaxed approach to many things has allowed them to blossom and grow their business even during the pandemic. Jenny’s cakes are truly special and her talent has now taken her around the world to teach others. But listening to their story just inspires me to think almost anything is possible if you put your best foot forward and just try. It just never hurts to try. Right, so let’s hear the story of cupcakes and counting….
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This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel
E22 - Sugarpusher - She went from MTV to baking. How one career change set the stage to change her destiny towards 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 of her life because it’s important to understand the past made her into who she is today.
It’s a HARD industry to be in. But wow can it shape and motivate you to succeed. Ally has an incredible knack for creativity but also is extremely kind to share so much about how she’s made it successful for her to people who are new to this industry.
Her content is witty, inspiring, funny, detailed, and quite varied! We wanted to go in depth with a full-time content creator because this is one aspect of the baking industry that isn’t well-understood and many people want to be a part of it. And luckily we found Ally along the way to tell us about her baking journey too. Everybody wins! I really hope you get a lot out of this episode….
This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel
E21 - Georgia's Cakes - Rising to success through constant change - how do you do it?
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 did enjoy this chat. She opens up quite a bit about how this all started and how she’s had to make so many changes along the way to keep the business growing and specifically growing in a direction she wanted it to.
She’s not the type to sit still and so you might be quite surprised to hear just how much Georgias’s Cakes has added a removed different things over a few short years. She’s quite private so we’re honoured to be able to talk to her and get to know more about Georgia herself. I think you’ll really enjoy this journey so let’s get on with it…
Haf
Learn more about Georgia here:
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This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel
E20 - Tigga Mac - Everything you wanted to learn about getting millions of followers as a baker but were afraid to ask.
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 mastering social media - and particularly TikTok where they have - are you ready for this? - over 1.6million followers.
This has transformed their baking journey from taking cake orders to content creation and brand deals, but still, making lots of cake. There are so many interesting themes and ideas that they come with up for content but at the heart of it is still they are self-taught, highly-talented bakers.
Years of grinding away to build up their business has given them the confidence to go create and have so much fun doing it - as a team Get your notebook out for this one because there are so many useful lessons shared so kindly by these two lovely people. We’re really excited to share this with episode with you! Enjoy!
-Haf
Learn more about TIgga Mac here:
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This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel
E19 - Amy's Bakehouse - Act fast, make mistakes, and go with your gut. How being hyper-focused can be both bad and good!
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 finishing her degree. She hasn’t even started a career yet and the pandemic decided to set a new path for her.
Yes she is one of those bakers who came about as a part of the pandemic but the story of how it’s all come together is what I find fascinating. Amy’s attitude, drive, and focus is so visible in our conversation as she tells us exactly why she is the way she is and how she has used that to her advantage. Oh to be 24 again! Anyway, let’s get right to it and hear Amy’s story….enjoy!
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This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel
E18 - Kendra Groves - Keeping your creativity alive when everything around you is so challenging.
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 the way you need to be. It was all too much!
Her passion to be creative has always been there but it wasn’t until she started baking that she realised that she can keep that creativity going and make something of it. Kendra is so vibrant, always in bright colours no matter what time of year it is, and very bubbly! Just watch her social media and you’ll instantly see what I’m talking about.
That personality is very addictive to watch and she has a great knack for keeping you entertained in any video she creates. While she’s a content creator by night, she still works as a chef during the day. So balancing it all can be challenging. How does she do it? What inspires her to keep going? And does she even have black or grey in her wardrobe?
Keep listening to find out and hear about Kendra’s inspiring baking journey…
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This podcast is produced in London and Madrid by OLBAA.
OLBAA makes the best dessert packaging on the market because it's designed by a baker and not by a spreadsheet. From strong and tall cake boxes, to the game-changing tall cupcake boxes, OLBAA loves to innovate the packaging to make bakers' bakes look the best they can be. After all, you've spent hours making all those amazing desserts, why put them in a cheap and flimsy box? Show it off and make a statement with OLBAA.
To find out more, head over to www.olbaa.shop
Sponsorship enquires (starting at as little as £50) and any questions you may have, send them over to info@olbaa.uk
See you next time on My Baking Journey!
-Haf & Rachel