Who is lauren?Hi, I'm Lauren— the cupcake-baking, coffee-drinking, plant-loving lady behind the cupcake madness! A few of my favorite things:
the beginningCupcakes by Lauren, believe it or not, started as a school project. During my freshman year of high school (2017-18), I was in an "Intro to Entrepreneurship" class— see where this is going? The course was based around each student choosing a type of business to learn about, then basing all their assignments on it. Because I liked to bake, I chose to do a cupcake bakery. Our big project of the year was on anything we wanted, as long as it revolved around the business in some way or another. I chose to bake cupcakes, and they were a huge hit! My teacher was my first real customer, and from then on, I never looked back!
Throughout High SchoolOnce I realized that baking cupcakes was something I enjoyed, and turned out to be pretty good at, I did everything I could to better myself along the way. During my sophomore year (2018-19), I joined my school's culinary arts program that was, by far, the most interesting set of classes I've ever taken. I leveled up my second year (2019-20) and became a "Sous Chef", and my third year (2020-21) I was promoted to "Chef de Cuisine", along with only a handful of other students. In 2019, I was sought out by a local bakery to work for them. You may know them formerly as Lance's Bakery, but now as Bea's Bakery. Here, I've been given the opportunity to showcase my cupcakes weekly, and get more experience in a baking kitchen.
TodayToday, Cupcakes by Lauren is in the process of transitioning from a business to a more blog-like platform. My life just took a complete 180 and changed entirely, since I just moved to the Windy City of Chicago to follow my dream of going to culinary school to major in baking and pastry arts. Truthfully, I didn't expect to be in this position today and leave everything in my hometown in order to pursue a dream that still feels like a distant thought. I hope you'll come along with me- you won't want to miss this. Things are about to get really exciting!
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