I like a girl who knows what she wants.

So after yesterday's baby shower, I had several people come up to me and ask me if I made cupcakes, cakes, etc. for events and what I would charge. I won't say the thought of having a side baking business hasn't crossed my mind, but it seems so far fetched to me that I've never truly considered it. I still feel like a novice baker, and I'm so modest that even if I were really good that it just feels wrong to charge people.

A few weeks ago when I made this cake and let Mr. Pants take it to work to share with his co-workers, he told me that a few people asked "where'd you buy the cake from?" I thought my dear hubby was just telling me that to be nice, but he was dead serious. They ALL loved the cake! (And to think that it was only a semi-homemade box cake...)

That's why I was so shocked when my co-worker asked me to make a Valentine's Day cake for her and her husband and that she'd pay me $35! Not only is she my first paying customer, she's also the first person I'm making a cake for other than close friends, family, or to share with the office.

I asked her what she wanted, thinking she'd give me full creative liberty, but she totally had an idea already in mind. I scrambled to give her a notepad and pen so she could jot it down.

She wants...a heart-shaped devil's food cake filled with raspberry buttercream. AND frosted with red sparkly vanilla buttercream AND outlined with chocolate icing AND with three red roses AND with "Happy Valentine's Day" on it. Kinda scary!

When I showed Mr. Pants, he was like, "wow, your co-worker is a girl who really knows what she wants!"

Think I can pull it off? Fingers crossed! I'd hate to ruin her hubby's Valentine's Day gift!