Braxton Harst decorates cakes at BraxtonBakes –SWNS

Meet the teen baker now selling his masterpieces after he taught himself to make cakes by watching YouTube videos.

Braxton Harst discovered his passion for baking at age 12, and without any formal training, he’s honed his skills by finding recipes online and recreating them.

He now makes custom cakes to order for birthdays and graduations in his community in Toledo, Ohio—selling them for anywhere from $30 to $100 each.

His goal is to raise enough money to attend a baking camp this summer in New York City.

“He’s doing such an excellent job,” said his mother Lisa Harst. “I’m so proud of him.”

Braxton asked his mom to get him a cake mix a year ago—and hasn’t stopped baking since.

“He just started seeing things online he wanted to make and kept asking—and I was, like, ‘Sure, go for it!’

“One Saturday morning I woke up to the sound of the mixer and he was in the kitchen saying ‘I saw a recipe on YouTube Shorts and just wanted to try it!’”

Hours later he cut open the rainbow cake and was stunned by its beauty, posting the success on YouTube video:

“He says the kitchen is his happy place,” Lisa told SWNS news agency.

Braxton’s cakes have become so popular that Betty Crocker—a brand known for its wide range of cake and baking mixes—reached out and sent him supplies.

He’s now a local celebrity in his community and is scheduled to decorate a cake LIVE on-air in the coming weeks.

He’s interested in attending culinary school and dreams of owning his own bakery and baking brand someday.

“We cook a lot in our house, so there’s pride in making good food,” said his mom. “But I don’t think I’d ever baked a real cake before Braxton.

“We didn’t even own a stand mixer when he started. Now, I’ve had to rearrange our kitchen just to fit all his baking supplies and pans!”

In the video below, you can see the 13-year-old decorating a cake for a local mom celebrating her daughter’s college graduation. She gave him an inspirational photo and said her daughter’s favorite colors were pink and gold and asked him ‘make it girly’.

See all his new impressive cakes on Instagram, here. instagram.com/braxton_bakes – and watch him make his Pokemon cake below…

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