The History of Cake According to Janey

I thought long and hard about what I should write for my very first entry on this fabulous new site.  It hit me like block of butter that I should write a little about my sugar story as it has, so to speak, "baked" over the years.
My very first formal cake was for my mother's wedding.  I was 18 years old and the need to make something spectacular was an exciting challenge.  Little did I know then, literally I knew nothing about how to contruct a five tier wedding cake and yet I did.  Well truth be told it turned out to be only three tiers as two giant tiers lay in a helpless heap on my mother's dining room table.  I remember distinctly my new step father eagerly diggin' into the pile of broken cake and enjoying every morsle. 
After this I enrolled in every possible cake class I could get my hands on.  Back in the day 26 years ago, (don't do the math you're not suppose to know how old I am!) sugarcraft was not nearly the industry it is today. So I had limited options and yet Sugarcraft became my obessision! I volunteered to do any cake possible, the days of crumbled cake masterpieces on my dining room table were long behind me!
Since then cakes have come such a long long way. Gone are the days of buttercream wedding cake with layers of piping and rosettes.  Truth be known I never really like them anyways!  Birthday cakes are no longer generic piles of sugar we stick a candle in but instead a carved novelty of delight and inspiration.  Love it!
So my readers, join me on this sugar adventure and let's see where the next 25 years take us!

Sweetly yours,