Today we’d like to introduce you to Brittnie Tran
Hi Brittnie, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
In 2021, I was in browsing through the cooking/baking area of YouTube and stumbled across a vintage cake decorating video. I had never seen this type of cake decorating before, and it was mesmerizing to watch. I watched dozens of more videos just like it, all centered around the beauty of vintage cake decorating and how creative and relaxing it could be. That night, I ordered all of the supplies I needed to bake and decorate a cake, and a few days after watching that video, I fully created my own cake all from scratch, which is still on my Instagram to view. It was magical and thrilling to produce something so beautiful with ingredients most people already have in their kitchen like sugar, flour, and butter. I’ve always loved being in the kitchen ever since I was young, but I had never practiced with fully decorating a dessert before, so that was a new experience for me that I obviously ended up loving. After making numerous practice cakes, I finally gained enough confidence to officially create Kalabar Cakes, and now here we are!
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?
It’s been a smooth transition from hobby to business, which is an absolute blessing. Some challenges include slower social media engagement, not meeting my volume targets for the week, or even being too overwhelmed because I overbooked myself for the week, however, those challenges are to be expected in this business, and we handle those with stride and keep moving along and improve for the future.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I specialize in custom cakes, for all events. I can take your invitation, a color scheme you came up with, or any item that you want the cake to resemble and create a beautiful cake inspired by it. I am most proud of taking a hobby that captivated me and turning that into a business that I love doing each and every day. Any talented baker can come up with their own unique design, but what sets me apart is that I do not redo any of my own or other designs. I want each cake to be special in its own unique way (excluding very simple designs that do not have room to change at all).
What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
I am hoping the vintage cake trend never goes away, but if it does, then I am excited to see what the new cake trend shifts to, and I am looking forward to learning more about it and how to implement it into my current style.
Pricing:
- Pricing can be found on my Instagram!
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kalabarcakes/
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@kalabarcakes?si=DkHVq4pjq2i43Cag
