Sharing the Love: A Q &A With Terri Bakes

This article was written by me and originally posted in the local Metro Leader for Lake Charles, Louisiana. That publication has since gone out of business.

Terri Kullerd Fontenot, a Moss Bluff native, wears many hats. Fontenot not only works on the Calcasieu Parish School Board, but she’s also a certified Wilton cake decorator and teaches classes at Michael’s, the Moss Bluff Senior Center, as well as private lessons. “Even Superman had a day job,” Fontenot laughed.

Metro Leader (ML): Tell us about yourself.

Terri Fontenot (TF): I’m a certified Wilton cake decorator, and I try to teach two classes a month at Michael’s and two at the Moss Bluff Senior Center. I also do custom orders. At Christmas, I usually do a lot of the caramel apples and cookies.

ML: What made you want to start your business?

TF: For as long as I can remember, I was fascinated with baking. My mother wasn’t a baker, and my grandmother, her mother, was a wonderful cook. I had two great aunts, and they were amazing bakers. I had a great Aunt Molly, who used to make lemon meringue pies, and I was fascinated with that. But, I had an Aunt Fronie, and she was the true baker. She would make this four-layer rich chocolate cake with billows of white seven-minute frosting.