Today we’d like to introduce you to Anisia Boone.
Hi Anisia, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I was about 7 years old when I baked and decorated my first cake, by myself, and I have been baking and decorating ever since. I was lucky to have parents that invested in my interest and enrolled me into cake decorating class when I was about 13. As I got older I was able to continue this hobby in school with home economics or culinary classes. Eventually, I was able to get a job at 18 with Walmart Bakery where I was able to develop my decorating skills so much, especially timing to decorate a cake. After that, I worked at a couple more supermarket bakeries during my time in college such as Randall’s and H-E-B and eventually I started to do decorating on my own. My baking/decorating of cakes started to become more in demand from family and friends and eventually, I had a small business expanding outside my family and friends.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Starting a business is definitely not a smooth journey. I felt that I was constantly debating whether this should be just a hobby or a business. There were moments when times are so good and I have multiple orders in 1 weekend, and then it would be a month where I had 1-2 orders. I struggled for a while because trying to maintain a business, and a household was a lot. I also lost my job during the pandemic, and I felt that it set me back so much to where I’m just now starting to recover from that. However, God pushed me through. Whenever I would doubt Boss Bakery, I would be blessed with multiple orders, and that’s how I knew I should stay the course, and this was just one of those obstacles.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Boss Bakery & More?
I am a baker and cake/dessert decorator. I specialize in cake and cookie decorating and also known for making everything from scratch. I have constantly been working to perfect my recipes for cake, cookies, cheesecakes, etc, to give my customers the best quality homemade desserts possible. During being a cake/cookie decorator, I have learned that I am a perfectionist. I believe that my customers can value the quality of my work along with my customer service because I treat every order as if I was making it for myself/family.
Is there anyone you’d like to thank or give credit to?
I have had MANY physical supporters that have believed in Boss Bakery even in those moments when I probably didn’t and I am forever grateful. I could name a list that is never-ending of individuals from spouse, parents, family, friends, and the list goes on. I realized a while ago that not everyone has that support when trying to start a business /follow your dreams, so that is why I am so appreciative. However, the “person” who plays the biggest role in my success is God, because I would have never made it to this point without that support.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bossbakeryhtx/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bossbakeryhtx/
Image Credits
James De’Rouen
