Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network February 2015 | Page 122

Julia Day
MISS BISCUIT

JULIA DAY of Miss Biscuit is our November winner of Member Monday. We caught
up with Julia to ask her how she got started in cookie decorating and found out a bit
more about her business. Here's what she had to say:
"I started decorating biscuits two years ago. I have always loved baking and had
been learning how to decorate cakes but when I discovered biscuit decorating with
royal icing I was hooked. It got to the point where I was handing out biscuits to everyone I knew to try and get rid of them. People started asking me if they could put
in orders and Miss Biscuit was born. At that point my local council were not registering home kitchens and so it took a lengthy proposal and many conversations with
council to become registered but once we got there my Facebook page grew and
the orders started to come in.
I am now rarely seen without a piping bag in my hand. I get a large variety of order requests (from llamas to Indian headdress and street signs) but my one of my
common requests is for pretty sets. I love using colour, design and texture to make
beautiful biscuits.
I started offering a few decorating classes late 2014 and it took
my by surprise when the classes
sold out within a matter of days. I
didn’t realize there were so many
people wanting to learn how to
pipe and decorate. I now conduct
classes regularly and it’s a big
part of my week.
I recently gave up my day job as
a Speech Pathologist and now
work full time with the business.
I do still manage to squeeze in
time occasionally to spend with
my family (husband and two children). My 14 year old daughter
often works with me, helping me
bag cookies, conduct classes
and I rely on her as my design
consultant. My family are incredibly supportive of this crazy
change in life direction.