My name is Angela Henriquez and my love for all things sugar did not begin until I started university. While my friends were mingling in bars on weekends, I could be found in a cake decortating class learning the finer points of piping, sugar flowers and cake decorating. I started with classes at McCall's in Toronto, Ontario, little knowing that this would serve as a starting point for a long passionate love affair with sugar.
I started making cakes for friends and family, as way to practice my skills but also as a way to indulge in my passion for cake. A few years later, I went on to study part-time at George Brown College, taking classes in hospitality and the baking and pastry arts. It was here that I learned the science and logic behind the art of baking. I learned production work and how to bake on a mass scale...all good things to know when whipping out wedding cakes and special occasion cakes on weekends.
Although, cake decorating is my passion, it's not a full-time passion as my career path took a turn towards education. In 2006 I went to teacher's college. Luckily, life has a funny way of throwing opportunities your way and I've been very fortunate to be able to combine my passion for sugar and my love of teaching. I've started to teach cake decorating classes, and conduct workshops in sugar flowers, igniting other people's passion for sugar as well as indulging in my own.
