Hello! My name is Miriam and I’m the pastry chef/cake decorator behind all the cakes and desserts on this site. I am a mom of two located in the Lamorinda area of the San Francisco Bay Area.
My journey to baking has been an interesting one. Growing up I didn’t have much baked goods. A whip cream cake for our birthdays or a baked savory bun was the only association I had with baked goods. The first time I baked anything was with my Easy Bake oven. It was basically “dump everything together” and put it in the “oven”. That was when my baking journey started, and I fell in love with baking pastries and creating beautiful but more importantly, great tasting desserts. I eventually turned my fascination with baking into a career. I graduated from San Francisco's California Culinary Academy where I specialized in Baking and Pastry.
Sweet Vanilla Bake Shop is the culmination of a dream and has become the creative expression of what I love. In using high quality ingredients and seasonal flavors I hope to make you a dessert that will leave you and your guests not only craving more, but will make your already memorable night sweetly unforgettable!
My journey to baking has been an interesting one. Growing up I didn’t have much baked goods. A whip cream cake for our birthdays or a baked savory bun was the only association I had with baked goods. The first time I baked anything was with my Easy Bake oven. It was basically “dump everything together” and put it in the “oven”. That was when my baking journey started, and I fell in love with baking pastries and creating beautiful but more importantly, great tasting desserts. I eventually turned my fascination with baking into a career. I graduated from San Francisco's California Culinary Academy where I specialized in Baking and Pastry.
Sweet Vanilla Bake Shop is the culmination of a dream and has become the creative expression of what I love. In using high quality ingredients and seasonal flavors I hope to make you a dessert that will leave you and your guests not only craving more, but will make your already memorable night sweetly unforgettable!