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Toluwalope Dada, 24, is the founder of TMD Cakes. She talks about her business with TOLUWALOPE KAREEM
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What is your educational background?
I am a 500 Level student of Surveying and Geo-Informatics Engineering at the University of Ilorin.
When and how did you learn how to bake?
Learning how to bake was surreal for me. If I had been told five years ago that I would be a baker today, I would have vehemently disagreed.
On my birthday four years ago, I wanted to order a cake in school but when I heard the price, I exclaimed that it was too expensive. I felt that ‘ordinary’ mixing of butter and sugar should not cost that much. There and then, I decided to learn how to bake and make money. However, I did know all what it entailed. Few weeks later, I saw a flier in school announcing free training for future entrepreneurs. Me and my friend decided to go for it but we did not learn much. After some time, my hostel mate connected me with a friend of he