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PIECE OF

CAKE

I think every one of us has gone through the became my go-to! Then with these basic recipes,
phase- “Mumma, Mujhe roti sabzi Nahi khaani”. we started experimenting and learning. How to
It has troubled moms all over. But this was the make cream cakes, chocolate cakes, buttercream
phase where I discovered my love for cooking. cakes.
Having 2 working parents, there were times when Because of college and work, my baking took a
I had to stay by myself at home. And when I did not back seat for a while. But then the pandemic hit!
want to eat what was made, I started looking for I was back home and with time on my hand and
simple recipes that an 11-year-old can make. And I started baking again. My mom regularly used to
thus, began my journey. As we started growing post pics of my bakes in her different WhatsApp
older, my friends and I started cooking together groups. Once seeing a pic of a cake I had made, STUDENTS
(though I did the most cooking). I remember our my uncle suggested names for my little home
best times were during our vacations when we bakery. That made me realize that I can turn this
had the entire day to cook up something new. into a business, and that’s how Sam’s Boulangerie
From simple bread pizzas to puddings to 5-course came into being.
meals we tried it all and all the while hiding it from Since then, I have baked a lot of cakes- most of
our parents. Because we were scared, they would them for my friends and family and they all seem
scold us for cooking in their absence. As we grew to be loving them! And I am loving making them!
older, so did our maturity. And we began to cook I have recently started an Instagram account for
more freely- and this time actually for our parents. my cakes, and I have a lot of things planned for
I guess the entire fun was in the rush that we used the future.
to get when our parents were almost home, and I am still learning, and I think we all keep
the kitchen was a mess! learning forever as this is a very dynamic world!
I would always love to make new dishes but Every day there is something new that is trending,
what I loved, even more, was to bake! Cakes, and you need to keep up with it to stay in the
cookies, tarts- I tried making all. Some hits and competition. I believe, if you are passionate about
some misses, but I kept doing it occasionally. It something, you should follow it! And to follow it
was therapeutic for me. Finding out new recipes you need to have motivation. And the biggest
motivator, I believe, is oneself!
and new ways of making something was very motivator, I believe, is oneself!
I am looking forwar
d to seeing what I have in
d to seeing what I have in
exciting. But there was a minor issue- I am looking forward to seeing what I have in
exciting. But there was a minor issue-
I am looking forwar
I am looking forward to seeing what I have in
store for me!
store for me!
most of the baking that is done
most of the baking that is done stor e for me!
contains eggs. And my mom- who
contains eggs. And my mom- who
is my biggest motivator and also
is my biggest motivator and also
my taster is allergic to eggs! Thus,
my taster is allergic to eggs! Thus,
began the discovery of eggless
began the discovery of eggless
baking.
Once I started finding eggless
Once I started finding eggless
recipes that worked, they
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