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My Story
Read about my story and why i love to bake so much......
Hello fellow cake lovers 😊, I'm Charlotte and I'm the founder and owner of Lily's Bake Box and I'm obsessed with cake. I'm a one woman band running my dream business whilst also being a mummy to Max and engaged to Rhys.
You might be wondering where the name Lily's Bake Box came from....well Lily is the name of someone I lost who was very special to me and I've always loved it. So don't worry if you call me Lily by mistake, I respond to either name!!
How it started....
I LOVE desserts, cake, any sort of sweet treats, to the point I always check the dessert menu of a restaurant before deciding to eat there. I come from a long line of bakers, so it's no surprise I have a very sweet tooth and they taught me well about what makes a great cake. I spent most of my time as a little girl perched on a stool in the kitchen helping make cakes, biscuits, welsh cakes, anything you can think of. Which was absolutely fine by me and I've stashed a few old family recipes too :)
It took me a while to decide to start Lily's Bake Box, it was what I always went back to when I was having a bad day and I always knew deep down that I wanted to have my own business. I'd had a little break from baking and then I started to bake again and posted pictures on social media and that's when people started contacting me to make orders. That was the turning point for me where I realised this is what I'm meant to do and making people happy through cake was what I loved most. I don't know why it took me so long to figure it out, when I have a Mum who was a wedding cake maker and a great Nanna who was one of the top bakers in South Wales back in the 1940's.
And so the adventure began....
I started Lily's Bake Box in December 2017 and it kept growing and growing. I was working full time in a bank when i first started, so i continued to create cakes around that. Eventually it got to the point i needed to reduce my hours and then eventually give up my job to run the business full time. This also happened shortly after having my little boy. I want him to see that you really can follow your dreams.
It's taken me by surprise how well LBB is doing and in such a short space of time. My vision for LBB is to make unique cakes that are a level above what you can find elsewhere, with my own creative stamp on them. It's all about amazing tasting cake that looks beautiful and enticing.
I had a brief break in 2020 when I had my little boy Max and no doubt at some point when he's older I will be training him up as an apprentice😊. My style has definitely changed over the last 18 months as I had time to really experiment and find out what designs best represent LBB. For this reason I realised what you can do with buttercream and now only produce and specialise in buttercream cakes.
How it's going....
I am now in the throes of a very busy successful business, next steps next year woud be to look at expanding and hiring. I am predominently creating wedding cakes and am fully booked for 2022. I also won the wedding industry award from Weddings Inc, for Wedding Cake Designer for Wales in 2021 and now 2022. I have a very niche style that makes me stand out from the crowd as my designs are modern and artistic with an abstract feel to them. I am definitely a cake maker for the modern couple.
There's so much more to come and I'm excited that you're joining me on my cake journey.
You might be wondering where the name Lily's Bake Box came from....well Lily is the name of someone I lost who was very special to me and I've always loved it. So don't worry if you call me Lily by mistake, I respond to either name!!
How it started....
I LOVE desserts, cake, any sort of sweet treats, to the point I always check the dessert menu of a restaurant before deciding to eat there. I come from a long line of bakers, so it's no surprise I have a very sweet tooth and they taught me well about what makes a great cake. I spent most of my time as a little girl perched on a stool in the kitchen helping make cakes, biscuits, welsh cakes, anything you can think of. Which was absolutely fine by me and I've stashed a few old family recipes too :)
It took me a while to decide to start Lily's Bake Box, it was what I always went back to when I was having a bad day and I always knew deep down that I wanted to have my own business. I'd had a little break from baking and then I started to bake again and posted pictures on social media and that's when people started contacting me to make orders. That was the turning point for me where I realised this is what I'm meant to do and making people happy through cake was what I loved most. I don't know why it took me so long to figure it out, when I have a Mum who was a wedding cake maker and a great Nanna who was one of the top bakers in South Wales back in the 1940's.
And so the adventure began....
I started Lily's Bake Box in December 2017 and it kept growing and growing. I was working full time in a bank when i first started, so i continued to create cakes around that. Eventually it got to the point i needed to reduce my hours and then eventually give up my job to run the business full time. This also happened shortly after having my little boy. I want him to see that you really can follow your dreams.
It's taken me by surprise how well LBB is doing and in such a short space of time. My vision for LBB is to make unique cakes that are a level above what you can find elsewhere, with my own creative stamp on them. It's all about amazing tasting cake that looks beautiful and enticing.
I had a brief break in 2020 when I had my little boy Max and no doubt at some point when he's older I will be training him up as an apprentice😊. My style has definitely changed over the last 18 months as I had time to really experiment and find out what designs best represent LBB. For this reason I realised what you can do with buttercream and now only produce and specialise in buttercream cakes.
How it's going....
I am now in the throes of a very busy successful business, next steps next year woud be to look at expanding and hiring. I am predominently creating wedding cakes and am fully booked for 2022. I also won the wedding industry award from Weddings Inc, for Wedding Cake Designer for Wales in 2021 and now 2022. I have a very niche style that makes me stand out from the crowd as my designs are modern and artistic with an abstract feel to them. I am definitely a cake maker for the modern couple.
There's so much more to come and I'm excited that you're joining me on my cake journey.