By Rachael Clinton, Executive Editor
Senior Kyle Prost and freshman Regan Prost were inspired to make start their own cupcake business, Prost Pastries, which is run out of the Prost household.
“Regan and I were always baking together in our free time it’s something we love to do and has been our way of bonding. Our dad has always had this idea that he wants to open a family restaurant. We thought that by trying to make something out of our baking hobby, it could be the start of our dad’s dream, which has turned into ours as well,” Kyle said.
The girls have high hopes for the business and plan on continuing to grow the business in the future.
“I am going to college to study small business/ownership/entapenuership. Once I get educated it would be my dream for Prost Pastries to one day become a franchise,” Kyle said.
“In college, I hope to study business, and I would be very interested in a culinary program. I could definitely see myself working with the business from here on out,” Regan said.
Being successful takes time and patience, but the hours of baking for Kyle and Regan come are looked forward to.
“If I could, I would definitely be baking everyday, if it weren’t for the limit on ingredients and orders. But, we do get about ten different cupcakes orders a month. It usually takes about two hours to bake an order, depending on the size and flavor of the order,” Kyle said.
Creativity is key for developing a unique and successful baking business.
“We get a lot of ideas for decorations and flavors from ‘Cupcake Wars’. For my birthday, I got a couple of really cool cupcake books, and it has supplied us with a lot of recipes,” Regan said.
Support from friends and family is important, it’s always good to know someone believes in you and your aspirations.
“I love (the girls business) because the two girls are very compatible and compliment each other very well, they really work so well together. It’s every parent’s dream for their daughters to thrive off each other’s relationship,” the sister’s mother Cynthia Prost said.
“I purchased chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing for my friend’s birthday. I would recommend them for sure. They are delicious and affordable and they definitely met my expectations,” senior Kourtni Bingley said.
Proceeds are an important part of running a business, Kyle lets us in on how they handle their income.
“We keep all the money in a jar. We use it to buy more ingredients, cooking tools, cupcake holders and accessories.”
Being in high school is an advantage as you are surrounded by friends and peers who may someday be a potential costumer.
“To promote our business, we have business cards, which we give out whenever possible and on my Facebook I have an album dedicated to Prost Pastries. A lot is simply by word of mouth,” Kyle said.
Work isn’t work if your doing something you love, it’s a two for one; provides income and fun.
“My favorite baking project was when we supplied 100 pink strawberry, raspberry and vanilla cupcakes to be sold at the Dig Pink Volleyball match. All of our proceeds went to the Suzan G. Komen Foundation. It was a good experience managing to make so many cupcakes at once, and it was for a great cause,” Regan shared.
