For Kayla Renee Lowery, baking started as a childhood memory — but it grew into a business, a passion and a place where community comes together. Long before she owned a bakery, Lowery was in the kitchen with her family, making simple recipes like box brownies and Christmas cookies. Some of her earliest memories were spent baking alongside her grandmother, watching cooking shows together and trying new recipes at home. Those moments sparked something deeper.
By the time she was 14, Lowery had already turned her passion into a small business, creating custom cakes from home and earning her own money on weekends. What started as a hobby quickly became something more.
“I realized early on that this is what I wanted to do,” she said…