My name is Tara and I am a bake-aholic. I am in love with butter and sugar and flour and all the things it can become.

Basically I am an aspiring pastry chef, and one day hope to own my very own bake shop.

I think my love of baking started when I was really little. My mom has always been very good in the kitchen (and thank god for that because my dad can barely heat up a can of soup on the stove.) and always made us delicious food and desserts. Perhaps it started at my first birthday, where I proceeded to smash home-made chocolate cake on my head…

or maybe it was when I used to empty the cupboard that had baking things in it and eat the flour…

Whenever it started, I’m glad it did. Baking is what I live for.  It helps me de-stress and completely relaxes me. I am so grateful to be able to bake here at home practically whenever I want without worrying that it’ll go uneaten. My mom and brother always bring what I make to their workplaces, and apparently that makes a lot of people happy. So in turn, that makes me happy.

I am one happy baker, and I’m probably whipping up something right now as you read this.