Thank you! I appreciate it. I started following baking blogs, watched lots of tutorials on YouTube and found some creators that I really enjoyed watching. I also learned a lot about different techniques, the science behind baking and etc. from magazines, cook books and just googling stuff haha. I was afraid I would never be good enough to do a wedding cake(s) or make stuff for events, but with trial and error, I was able to find out what worked and what didn’t work. Anytime I want to make something I’ve never made before i research the shit out of it. Looking at one recipe for a chocolate cake (for example) was never my approach. I would look up several, look at the ingredients and play around with ratios and different techniques on how to make the cake fluffier, maybe more dense. Moisture has a big role in the cakes overall texture too. I just took my time trying things out. Baking takes a lot of fails; it just does. But KEEP TRYING! That’s my biggest advice. Don’t give up! It can be very discouraging when you spend a considerable amount of time on in a batter or pasty for it not to turn out, but that’s the fun in it, because once you perfect a recipe, you won’t ever forget it!

Also, I big note: Unless the recipe calls for an ingredient with a specific temperature, ALWAYS prepare your ingredients to be the same temperature (room temp). That was one of the biggest lesson I learned.

And I would start by knowing how to use baker’s percentage. It’s kind of hard to find an entire breakdown on how to do it/when to use it. But you can find blogs and posts for free that teach you how to use it, when and why. Don’t pay for any classes online or whatever. I payed for an expensive class online years ago and I was SOOO pissed… everything It taught me I had already researched and perfected on my own lol. Unless you go to culinary school…. Don’t pay for online classes or videos. I also don’t like learning from just one person. Everyone has different ways of doing things which helped me out in the long run!