Hi Serena,
I'm right there with you. My passion is to own my own bakery and that's all I can think of. I worked in a very successful bakery for 2 yrs and actually got an apprenticeship there. It is well worth the effort that you have to put forth. It's just getting started is the hard part. If you love what you do, it makes life a lot easier. ANd like someone else posted that there are tons of Food Network stars that have never had any training and are very successful because of their passion. I started a home based bakery business in May 2008 and I'm getting too many orders to work out of my home due to space. It helps if you do wedding cakes because that is where you are going to make a lot of profit. Last week I got at least eight calls for wedding cake orders and it's only my Mom and I. And that's only with a blogspot website and only word of mouth advertising. Basically what I'm saying is that if it's your dream, go after it. Then maybe we can visit eachother's bakeries once we are up and running. Feel free to email me if you want to keep in touch. Maybe we can offer some pointers to eachother.

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