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Luxury Desserts

Meesh's Bakery Takes the Cake (or Cookie)

Michelle Wilson didn't set out to be a baker. She was a former teacher and had a career teaching everything from preschool to special education at the elementary school level. Michelle says, "While I worked full time at a school, I would make cupcakes or cake pops for people every once and a while when they asked. And it just really unfolded from there. As word of mouth spread, I started making decorated cookies, birthday and wedding cakes, and much more. I got so busy, that I dropped to part time, then to not at all at the school.  When I look back at some of my early work, I realized how far I actually have come in the last five years." She adds, "I have always loved to bake, but I never did cakes or decorated cookies prior to starting my business. I never saw myself as an artist, and I can’t draw to save my life. However, I do enjoy baking and creating new things. I always would create things and bring them to my work or send them with my husband."  

Fast forward to today, and Michelle says while she's done everything from cupcakes, cookies, bars, cake pops, birthday cakes, wedding cakes and dessert bars, her favorite is decorated cookies. "They have become extremely popular, and I really love making them. It is actually very therapeutic for me, so that is definitely where I have focused and invested effort into learning more." Michelle was originally self-taught and didn't start taking classes until a few years ago. "My cookie decorating skills have drastically improved as I’ve learned from other cookie masters. I have learned some different tricks and needed tools to achieve certain looks. Knowledge is powerful so take the time to learn. I truly winged it my first two to three years, and now I look back and think, 'Wow, could you imagine where my skill level would be if I had actually taken classes at the beginning!'"

And now she's teaching her own cookie decorating classes. "I definitely think my love of teaching kids has brought me to this point in my business. I have combined my love of teaching and my knowledge in cookie decorating to help others be able to create their own beautiful creations. Prior to Covid, I taught decorating classes at various places like Craft Love, Legends Golf Club, my place, private parties for girls night out, company team building, and much more. Currently with Covid challenges, I’m getting small classes and private classes started back up at my place. I’m also ramping up more online tutorials, classes, and sharing various recipes and DIYs."

MeeshsBakery.com

615.686.7237

michelle@meeshsbakery.com

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