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Dreamie maker12/31/2023 Once you get past your family’s goal-line defense (and they loved the cupcakes), the rest is less arduous. The closest people to an entrepreneur can be the hardest critics because they’ve seen all your hiccups. Smiley’s first line of critical reception is her family. Her daughter has won awards for her ability to mix colors together “and that does carry over into her baking.” Mom would know. “She has a creative mind, an artist at heart,” said her mom, Aisha Smiley. On paper, you wouldn’t think these amalgams would work together. “I only picked stuff I like or what I think other people like,” Smiley said. There’s a chai latte and orange soda (no peach soda though), and Pepsi and Root beer (no Coke either). There’s chocolate but there’s also chocolate sour cream and chocolate orange. Her menu is a long pillar of combinations. She cooks everything at home by herself and sells them on her Facebook page Dreamie Pastries she usually gets orders every two to three weeks and will post deals on the regular. “I found it was more fun as I started to do it,” she said. Smiley’s business, Dreamie Pastries was started with a box of cake mix and with recipes she pulled from a recipe book gifted one year for Christmas. Her dad pushed her to just do it right then (in 2016) to get a head start in the business world inevitably, she would be doing some profession that required those skillsets. Strawberry Cupcakes, Entrepreneur Malila Smiley, Strawberry Cheesecakeġ3-year-old Lane Middle Schooler Malila Smiley’s dream in the 5th grade was to be a cupcake maker and that’s what she is she was inspired to act by a YouTuber. Pictures: Chocolate Cupcakes with creamy chocolate frosting, topped with Hershey Kisses (header).
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