Hi! I’m Mayra.

I was born in Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua in Mexico and I currently live in Urbandale, IA. I share my lovely home with my dear husband Matt and adorable children Lillie and Noah.

I am self-taught in all sweet culinary arts starting with the creation of chocolate confections when I was younger and living in MX. Later, I turned to the art of baking and decorating cakes and cookies.

I started my lovely work as a chocolatier in Mexico where me and a couple of friends decided to start a business and offer people beautiful and unique chocolate designs. There wasn’t anything we couldn’t create! From a simple mug of chocolate covered pretzels to a romantic bouquet of roses. We always had something new and delightful to offer and among our desserts we always made our traditional Mexican delights such as the Chocoflan and the Tres Leches cakes.

Once I graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), I was recruited by a local and big company to come live and work in Des Moines, Iowa. They did tell me that Iowa really had four seasons, but they never told me their winters were so incredibly cold that would even make me rethink about my decision to be here!

Sweet and chocolaty thoughts always wandered in my mind. Finally, I decided to come back to work on creating desserts and specialize in cakes and cookies.