About Me
Hello and thank you for stopping by!
My name is Maya. I am an Italian-Thai self-taught baker and cake artist, operatic soprano and music educator based in Waltham Forest. I am married to jazz pianist Ivo Neame. We love dogs and nature.
My two biggest passion in life have always been music and baking.
When I was a young girl I believed baking was something magical as I watched ingredients going into the oven in one form and coming out completely transformed, smelling absolutely delicious! Of course now I know it's not magic but chemistry ;-)
I am a visual person and I love creating stuff with my hands, therefore I really enjoy cake decorating. My aim is to create mouthwatering pieces of edible art that look beautiful and taste delicious. I like to take inspiration from paintings and fashion, and I am particularly drawn by anything botanical and bucolic. Because of my background in music and theatre, I can't stay away from adding some melodramatic touches here and there.
In the last few years I discovered a new passion which is food photography. As you can see in my gallery I really enjoy taking photos of my creations. Anyway, if you made it this far thanks for taking the time to read about me and as the saying goes: "If you can't buy happiness you can buy cake and that's kind of the same thing!"
