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When we first featured Claudia Barbiere from Pretty Bites in 2024, her passion for creativity, quality and growing her business was already shining through. Fast forward to today, and Pretty Bites has reached exciting new heights. From launching educational resources for fellow bakers to producing thousands of custom cookies for some of Australia's biggest brands, Claudia has continued to evolve and inspire. We caught up with her to see where her… Read more

Meet Claudia Barbiere, the sweet-toothed powerhouse behind Pretty Bites! What started as a dream job soon turned into a dream come true when she took over the business after three years as an employee. Balancing a double degree in nutritional food science and business while running Pretty Bites hasn’t been easy, but with the help of her amazing team (and a little control-freak-level organisation), she’s made it work!Claudia’s addition of edi… Read more

Each month we feature one of our talented customers and share with you their story and tasty tips. This month our featured customer creates cakes of a different kind. Kylene from Smashcake, designs and produces wonderfully fun chocolate pinata smashcakes, chockers full of scrumptious lollies. In the famous words of Veruca Salt, we say, "give it to me now!".1. How did your smashcake journey begin?Smashcake came to life in 2009 when a friend gifted… Read more

Each month we feature one of our talented customers and share with you their story and tasty tips. Our featured caker this month specialises in smaller party treats, all beautifully presented and incredibly enticing. Shirine from Sugar Sweet Ramdomz openly admits to being a tad obsessed with "cake pops". We reckon her clients are pretty happy about this too. Shirine uses edible images to decorate her cake pops, cookies, she also sells c… Read more