About Chef Deena

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Dear Cake Friends, 

Wow!  Forty years of baking have flown by!  In my 20's I took a few cake decorating classes at a local craft store not sure what to expect.  (Additionally, just out of school, I had been offered a 4-year scholarship to the Chicago Institute of Art.)  I loved baking and seemed to have a knack for it.  It allowed me to use my love for art in a very unexpected way.  Early on, relatives entrusted me with making their wedding cakes, which, as a new baker, was scary back then. Many, many cakes later, I decided to bravely and humbly ask a famous pastry chef if I could study his techniques.  We keep in touch and he is very happy that I am still a baker and is so proud that I have made cakes for two U.S. President and a First Lady!  When I started out, I never dreamt the I would be honored in such a way!

I'm older now & my small cottage baking business is in Black Forest out of my home.  I have little overhead as I do not have a storefront shop, which let's me keep prices reasonable for you.  When you order a cake from me, I treat it as a work of art, made just for you.  No two cakes are exactly alike.  There are always little differences.  I invite you to look at the pastries that I offer & to pick out your own dream cake.

  Bon Appetit!  

Chef Deena  

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