Kelsi's Cakes

I’ve been baking for as long as I can remember — some of my earliest memories are standing in the kitchen with my mom, “helping” her make cookies (and sneaking bites of dough when I thought no one was looking). Now the roles have officially flipped, and she’s the one hovering around my kitchen trying to sneak my dough.I earned a pastry degree from Escoffier Culinary School and I’ve had professional baking experience, but what I love most is that baking still feels like fun to me. I’m never afraid to take on a baking challenge, and I’m the type of person who sees a tricky recipe and thinks, “Okay… let’s do it.”What I love about teaching is helping people realize they can bake too. I genuinely believe that if you can read and follow a recipe, you can bake — and I’m great at breaking things down into simple steps and explaining them in a few different ways until it clicks. My classes are meant to be approachable, low-pressure, and full of little “ohhh, that’s how you do it” moments.A small thing most people don’t know: baking doesn’t require perfection — it requires paying attention. Once you understand the basics, you can make amazing things (and you don’t have to be “a natural” to do it). My goal is for you to leave class feeling confident, proud, and excited to keep baking at home.