Baking was always a part of my upbringing. And I love to bake, especially a peach cobbler! One day, a Christmas present I received as a child came to my remembrance. It was the "Easy-Bake Oven." As I reflect back on growing up, the memories of my Mother making cakes and pies came to me and a smile came on my face.

During my junior high and high school years, she started a business that consisted of baking and beautifully decorating cakes for birthdays, weddings and all kinds of events, even for some very well-known people. I will never forget the birthday cake she made for boxer George Foreman... (Continued