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My name is Karen Portaleo, and I am lead cake decorator at Highland Bakery in Atlanta, Georgia.

I have been decorating cakes since October of 2005 when , by chance, I stopped in to my friend's bakery to have brunch. I noticed there weren't any decorative items, and asked if I could maybe do some cookies ( having up until that point only decorated cookies a handful of times!). My background is in clay sculpture, but these days cake has taken over! I am self taught and always learning.

I appreciate deeply all the kind comments people leave here for me!