First cake was for my neighbour's daughter — a unicorn cake for her 6th birthday. I charged $4. Spent $7 on ingredients. She ordered three more that month and told everyone in her WhatsApp groups.
By 2020 I was baking out of a kitchen that wasn't really meant for it — flour on the ceiling, fondant in the fridge, husband banished from the kitchen on weekends. We moved into the MVP Colony studio in 2022.
I still bake every cake myself. I have one assistant now. We turn down orders we can't finish in time, because nothing here is rushed. That's it. That's the whole story.