![]() ![]() Managing social media, comments and emails are a lot more than what one person can handle. It literally takes me a full day to write a post, which I’m fully to blame for, because I just lack the capability of keeping it short and to the point. Not to mention, the many great recipes that never made it to the blog, because I wasn’t satisfied with the pictures. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I had to reshoot a photoshoot just because the pictures sucked. Photography, food styling and photo editing are now taking over my life because they’re my daily struggle. Because reading about something and imagining it is one thing, and actually doing it is a whole other thing. But I was confident that it would be mostly playing in the kitchen with sugar and spice and everything nice. When I decided to blog, I knew I was going to be doing my own photography, photo editing, writing and managing social media. You know what they say…what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. But you know what?! I’m happy they did (except for the weight gain ?), because they built some muscle to my previously easily-bendable personality. And I was right! All of these things happened. I was scared of criticism, negative feedback, work overload and unable to keep up with other life’s priorities and weight gain. Between “Oh no! What have I just done?!” and “Cool! I’m finally doing something with what I love.” It was a struggle between the huge responsibility I just cast on myself, not feeling at ease with being LIVE under the public eye and wanting to go ahead and try this out. It was more like a roller coaster of emotions. And I’m just saying “little” to sugarcoat it. When I first hit publish on my first blog post, my heart sank a little. I knew exactly what I was doing, but truth is I had absolutely NO idea what I was doing. ![]() I read every article remotely related to the topic, I took an introduction to photography crash course, I bought this book, and this one too, I enrolled at this gem, poured my heart’s savings over a fancy camera, picked out a clever name for the blog and got the website designed by these good people. I did my homework, slipped on my nerdy pants and studied food blogging like it was my business. Since opening a bakery or taking special orders was out of the picture due to personal and lifestyle reservations, I was willing to give this blogging thing a try. I jumped into the blogosphere with an immense passion for baking and a hope to find the right means to pour it in. I often refer to these Molten Nutella Pops as my lucky charm, because they mark the start of a new chapter in my life.Ī chapter full of new experiences, wonderful people, exciting milestones, sleepless nights, rewarding moments, mind shattering burnout, happy readers and drama….Ooooooh the drama. And for that, I will forever be grateful to YOU and Nutella. As cheesy as this may sound, but thankfully, I was welcomed to the blogging world with open arms. You see, just like today, with cold feet, I launched the blog with these Molten Nutella Pops, unveiling an unexpected shower of love, support and cheer. Today my baby blog is turning ONE! Wooot wooot!!Īnd you bet we’re celebrating with Nutella. Hands down the ULTIMATE Nutella Cake! With more than 3 1/2 cups of Nutella between the frosting, sauce-y filling and crunchy bottom, this impossibly moist layer cake is a Nutella lover’s dream come true!
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