Lauren Weber

Pumpkin Banana bread and Better-Than-Anything–a chocolate cake with drizzled caramel and pieces of Reses’s Peanut Buttercups–are just a few of the tasty treats Desi Carlson enjoys baking. What started as a hobby at a young age has become a small side hustle for the Penn State Abington student.

 “I run a small bakery through Instagram. I got the idea from my coworkers at my previous job. Baking was always a passion of mine growing up and I would make cookies and other various baked goods and bring them to work with me to offer for free, but then people wanted special orders and offered to pay for the goodies I made so I started an Instagram account for people to order from me,” Carlson stated.

As someone who goes to school full-time and works part-time, school and business can be hard to manage. “I would only bake once or twice a week as a way to destress from school, so anytime I would finish all my weekly assignments I would stay up late making baked goods, but school was always a top priority,” she stated. 

Baking has become more than just a hobby to Carlson; it’s become a passion, and now it has developed into a goal of one day opening her own bakery. 

“I learned that if you are passionate about something and enjoy a hobby enough, it could change your future and change plans without meaning to.” If there’s something to learn from Carlson’s story it is this: if you’re passionate about something, and you want to share that passion, it can lead to something greater.

If you are interested in baked treats feel free to check out her Instagram page, dezzi_izzed and send her a DM.