Gabriella Cruz
Here For: Cupcakes and other delicious treats!
Want to Learn How: How to work with fondant, how to work with sugar
Heard about BakeSpace From: Cupcakes Take the Cake
Occupation: Administrative Assistant
Company: Miami's Community Newspapers
Industry: Newspapers
Schools: Miami Dade College (Currently Attending)
Major: Teaching - E.S.E K-12
Cooker or Caker: Both
Bake/Cook Frequency: 1-5 times a week
Baking/Cooking Training: My mother taught me most of the Cuban cuisine I know, but the rest I learned by myself or through the interwebz.
Favorite Food: Currently, I'm loving granola and yogurt.
Favorite Food Moment: Discovering yogurt marinated chicken and making super cute New Years 2009 cupcakes with royal blue fondant and bright yellow stars. Loooooveee!!
Favoriate Restaurant: Lan Pan Asian Cafe
Favorite Chef: Alton Brown, without a doubt.
In My Town Try: Anything Cuban, obviously. Favorites are La Carreta for their Masas de Puerco Frito and Casa Larios for their Pollo a la Plancha.
Interests: Baking, Embroidery, Crochet, Papercraft, Stenciling on t-shirts, Camping, Canoeing, Cooking, Video Games, Fairs, Fishing
Languages: English & Spanish
Books: Sublime Stitching, Ender's Game, Geek Love, Harry Potter
Music: The Decemberists, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins, The Shins, The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Metric
TV/Movies: Good Eats, Ace of Cakes, Food Network Challenge, Iron Chef (Original and America), Futurama, South Park, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Family Guy, Heroes, The Office, Battlestar Galactica, Mad Men
Travel: London, August of 2009 baby! WOO!
