As daybreak emerges along the West Oklahoma Avenue.
Pedro
We start working at six o'clock in the morning.
Angela
It's time for these bakers to get busy.
Pedro
Tres leches cake. This one is one of the most popular desserts or cakes that we make here.
Angela
For Pedro Garcia and his partner, Jess Ramirez, this all started with just one cake. It was funny because when I did my first cake, it was for Jess's birthday.
speaking in Spanish
Angela
Y de ah empezamos a seguir haciendo pasteles. Pedro and Jess went from making one cake to opening a bakery. Dame mocha - El mocha? Okay. In Spanish, "Todo Postres" means "all desserts."
Pedro
Some of the recipes are family recipes.
Angela
Pedro comes from a family of bakers.
Pedro
My grandma was an artisan baker, and I have my oldest sister, which is a cake designer and baker, also.
Angela
But that didn't guarantee success. La parte ms-- ms asustaba si tal vez no tuviramos xito It was scary to start, thinking about what could work or what couldn't work. And for the most part, both are self-taught bakers and businessmen.
Pedro
There's a lot of things that you can't forget when you're baking or doing sweet stuff. The base is a sponge cake made out of egg whites, flour, powders, vanilla extract. This one is ready. Pedro y a m nos apasiona lo que hacemos decorar los pasteles crear diseos de pasteles nuevos para bodas, para quinceaeras, fiestas de cumpleaos. Entonces, yo creo que eso es lo que me entusiasma y lo que me apasiona hacer y es lo que hago. Mi trabajo anteriormente era totalmente diferente a lo de lo que es la pastelera.
Angela
Jess and Pedro went from welding to wedding cakes, where they found a recipe for success. Mi familia y mis amigos se sorprendieron. The change was huge.
chuckles
Angela
In the oven. They built a name for themselves, making delicious desserts and cakes, very large extravagant cakes. Creo que los pasteles de quinceaera, los de boda cuando llevan flores naturales y rosas son mis favoritos para decorar. Word about this bakery got out, and an invitation to provide a cake for Pride Month soon followed. Para llevar un pastel en el mes de lo que es el orgullo gay. Un pastel al capitolio lo signific mucho nos pusimos muy contentos estbamos muy, muy contentos. No nos lo creamos que hayan llamado a todos postres para hacerlo.
Pedro
They choose us to bring the cake for that special day. It was... The feeling was great, yeah.
Angela
Filled with pride, Pedro and Jess want to help the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Pedro
We belong to both Latin community, LGBTQ community. It's very important for us to be in touch with them.
laughter
Pedro
iBuenos tardes, amigos de Todo Postres!
Angela
One way these two are giving back is through social media, as influencers within their two communities. Muy importante ayudar a los pequeos negocios. Each week, they take time out of their busy baking schedules to spread the word, give back, and move forward. Si. Hicimos este espacio para invitar a los negocios latinos aqu alrededor en el rea de milwaukee y nuestro propsito es para que ms gente se entere de los negocios latinas que estn alrededor. From a half-baked idea to a dream come true. And now a brand-new bakery is just icing on the cake. Creo que no es muy comn que dos hombres latinos a lo hagamos ahora y en estar en este pas es muy bonito, muy importante estar saliendo adelante. I love what I do, and I think Jess loves what he does. It's really nice to see the people feel happy for us. I knew I was gonna be doing this. If you have a dream, you have to make it come true, yeah.
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