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Welcome to Shay's Sugar and Spice
Wow! I can't believe that this day is finally here! My first blog post, from my real-live-professional WEBSITE! For those of you who are new to the world of Shay's Sugar and Spice....
I'm Shayna, I'm 24 years old and from Boston, MA. I am currently studying at NYU where I’m pursuing a Masters of Music in Musical Theater Vocal Performance with an Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy (a mouthful, I know). I have been helping my mom in the kitchen since before I can remember, but the moment it became my happy place was right around Valentines Day my freshman year of high school. I decided it would be a great idea to make a standard batch of Red Velvet Cupcakes to pass around to my friends at school, but what was supposed to be a double recipe accidentally became a triple, what were regular cupcakes became mini cupcakes, and before I knew it I had hundreds and I mean HUNDREDS of these teeny-tiny red things covered in cream cheese frosting overflowing on the kitchen counter. Naturally, I decided the only sane thing to do would be to make sure every. single. person. I knew got not one, but an entire carton of mini cupcakes! I fell in love with the joy this brought to so many people, and I fell in love with baking all together. I was hooked, and my parents kitchen would never be clean again.
Fast forward 10 years, I still make hundreds of cupcakes (or cake pops! ^^) for Valentines Day, and my parents kitchen is STILL a mess (on the bright side so is my own)! However, an adult on-set allergy to peanuts and tree-nuts, and most recently a switch to a plant-based lifestyle has me constantly learning new tricks, tips, and skills in the kitchen, grown my passion for cooking/baking tenfold and taught me that no matter what, the kitchen will always be the heart of my home. I hope that you will join me on this crazy ride, enjoy my posts, recipes and pictures, and share them with all your friends!
If you want to check out Shay's Sugar and Spice you can find me both on Facebook and Instagram- if you click the icons on my homepage it will take you there!