I am a self-taught baker. I learned to bake about 15 years ago (and am still learning!).

After graduating with my Master and Doctorate degrees in Food Science 8 years ago, I pursued my career with a food company as a Food Microbiologist. My role at the time was to ensure the safety of food products and food supplies. I learned a great deal about how our food supply chains work and function. However, one thing that kept me from not staying at my desk was product developement and product formulation. Learning how ingredients interact with each other is very interesting and that is how you make safe and wholesome products (and of course...DELICIOUS food!!). After spending time in food industry for a couple of years, my son was born and that started my inspiration to do more baking. After I baked my son his first birthday cake, I started thinking about designs and even more ideas popped into my head. I was thinking that this is so much fun and I can do this over and over again!!

Here comes my cake balls inspiration. When I was a little, my sister and I always went to a bakery shop nearby our house to get "choc balls". It was a chocolate covered chocolate cake. She loves them so much that every time we went out no matter what she had to get those "choc balls". I was really tired of listening to her about how many choc balls she would like to have so one day I said to her I will make you more choc balls than you can eat. Not long, I started making the "choc balls" for her. Then I made some for my friends and co-workers. And they couldn't stop eating them. I couldn't stop making them either. And so here we are....

Thanks for spending your time to read more about me. I look forward to serving you and making your next event unique and super special with our cake balls.

Cheers,
Aor
Founder & Designer
The Bake Shop at Pinewood, LLC