Baking has always been Nicole's passion, but it hasn't always been her career.

Like many hobby bakers, she always wanted to have her own home-based baking business, but she instead followed a more traditional career path. Nicole studied Accounting at Metro State University of Denver, where she completed the coursework to sit for the CPA exam. After working most of her adult career in Public Accounting, she decided that becoming a CPA was not her true calling. She decided instead to follow her dream of becoming a full-time cake artist.

In 2012, she competed on Food Network’s “Sugar Dome” Season 1, Episode 4 and now has her own successful home-based business, Snarky Sweet Cake Chick, LLC where she creates epic cake designs for her clients. When she's not in the kitchen, she dedicates her time to educating and inspiring others on the business side of baking as the only Certified Profit First Professional for the baking industry.

She is also the Author of the Best-Selling Book, Baking Your Way To Top: How to Start & Grow Your Own Home-Based Baking Business.

Current name of business – Cake Business School, LLC

Current job title – Cake Business Coach/Certified Profit First Professional

How many years in the industry – 21 years

Pastry Area of Expertise - Cake, Entrepreneurship

Social media handles - @cakebusinessschoolllc

Favorite Quote/saying: “Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.”