My Career Daydream

I decided this weekend what I would do for a living if I could chose any job. Up until this weekend I couldn’t really think of any career I would like to have. I hadn’t given it a ton of thought but wondering what practical career I could truly enjoy and turned up few answers. This weekend it struck me, thanks to the food network. I decided I would like to own a bakery. Not a cake shop because I don’t feel I have the creativeness to run a really amazing cake shop and I don’t want to spend the years training to make perfect cake decorations. Making things like wedding cakes would be awesome but I just don’t have the right talent set for that. A bakery though is a totally different skill set. My bakery wouldn’t specialize in cakes we would be a place for all other things baked. As I think about it more I have decided that I won’t be limited to cupcakes, we would include cookies, brownies, and small special occasion cakes without elaborate decoration. Our focus would be pure taste-bud heaven. I would want to create the most sinful treats, my motto is that you can always add to an already sinful treat. Take a cupcake for instance, why just a cupcake and icing? Wouldn’t you like a candy treat hidden in the center, wouldn’t you like your icing to have some peanut butter mixed in or some candy on top? As I have started brainstorming on this idea, usually while I am on a boring run or at work, I come up with new creations. One idea hit me in the shower, cupcake with the icing in the center and then fried, kind of like a fried twinkie. I am sure my ideas aren’t original, many people like myself bake these delicious treats at home. But how many people out there are missing out, I run in to people all the time that enjoy my cookie and cupcake creations and I think how they have missed out on these things for so long. My main deciding factor for this particular career is my love of baking. My main concern for this career is that I love to eat baked goods and there would be heavy sampling involved. I dream of coming up with creative icing flavors and fillings for my cupcakes, as well as fun toppings. We won’t be about frilly decorating we will be about flavor and fun. I will also include tons of cookie and brownie options that I will rotate and probably several versions of rice krispie treats. I have also experienced some yogurt stores in CA that are different than most at home. They are self serve and you add your own toppings and then you just pay by the ounce, this might also be a part of the store. Anyway, this is pure fantasy but I was proud to finally know what I would like to do for a living, even though I will probably be in corporate accounting forever. I have considered more heavily investing in this hobby and turning it in to a side project but I am afraid John and I would weigh 300 lbs a piece before I got any business. For now I will just have to bake for my coworkers and friends, which my husband always enjoys. There praise of my sweet treats is satisfying and I am glad they enjoy them. Plus if I fatten them up I won’t have to worry about my own love handles. Maybe I will post on my blog recipes of particularly popular treats I make so you can try them on your own if you also enjoy baking, I will warn you that there will be no low fat items on this list though. Maybe the bakery will offer a few healthier choices though.