Sweet success for Denver bakery entrepreneur

DENVER - Marjorie Silva came to America eight years ago from Peru with a dream – a multi-layered dream covered in frosting.

She began baking years ago in her native land, but always had dreamed of coming to America to open her own bakery. Silva has a flair for wedding cakes, birthday cakes and especially Peruvian desserts like flan. Her passion for baking is as fierce now as ever.

"Even though it's the land of opportunities," Silva said. "You have to work really, really hard."

"I took that class and I wrote my business plan, I knew that I wasn't ready. So it took me two more years to get this store going on."

After her small business loan was approved, she traded one bun in the oven for another: she was pregnant. Rather than putting the business on hold, she decided to run both the bakery and the nursery and become a "mom-preneur."

"It was kind of hard, you know, with a big belly last summer doing wedding cakes, but it was great. It was great, and business is going good," Silva explained.

As her business has grown, Silva's dedication to her craft has grown to match.

"You really have to like what you are doing, that's for sure, because there is a lot of hard work involved in having your own business. The first five years, they say that they are the hardest years, but then after that, you know everything starts going smooth," Silva said.

After all is said and done, for Silva, motherhood and business are a piece of cake.

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