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Cupcake baker for kids3/1/2023 ![]() He is a perfectionist, and everything is made and decorated according to his high standards.īut Michael is still a 13-year old, and he gets tired of being in the kitchen but said that that's when he thinks about a homeless boy that he met once while handing out cupcakes. Michael does all his baking at home in the kitchen he shares with his mom, who he calls his baking consultant because she is there to provide support and supervision. So that’s when he kind of threw himself into baking.” ![]() “He had to stop everything he loved: gymnastics, climbing trees, diving. It was a very, very difficult time,” Danita said. Michael had to leave public school (and Danita had to leave her job) when he was diagnosed with epilepsy in the sixth grade, and his seizures were too frequent for him to stay in school. Michael can do all this baking because his mother homeschools him. He will also bake special ordered cakes and cupcakes for birthdays, weddings, and other events. He sells around 75 cupcakes a month charging $15 for four and gives away the same amount. Most of the customer's order on Facebook, but now Michael also has a website. “And each month I have a flavor that represents them - and I’ll tell their story on my Instagram page.” Some of his freedom fighters are MLK, Maya Angelou, Harriet Tubman, and Nelson Mandela. “So I choose a person to base a cupcake off for each month,” Michael said. Michaels Deserts offers three kinds of baked goods a month: shortbread cookies, a staple item and a specialty "Chef's" choice item that he invents every four weeks and dedicates to freedom fighters. Now, the home-based bakery funds itself, according to his mom, Danita Platt. When Michael started his business, his parents purchased the supplies to help get it going. “I know I like cupcakes, but also cupcakes are part of a child’s childhood so they should get them,” Michael told the Washington Post, and added that he always eats one with whipped icing on his birthday. He also works with the DC-based nonprofit No Kid Hungry. But what he really enjoys is giving them to kids. Twice a month Michael distributes his amazing creations to domestic violence shelters, transitional housing, and visits McPherson Square in Washington, DC to pass out his pastries. He founded Michaels Deserts – he left out the apostrophe to remind himself that his mission is to bake for others and not for himself – on that model. ![]() When his parents gave him a pair of Toms Shoes for Christmas three years ago, Michael saw this a way of connecting his passion for fighting inequality with his love of cupcakes. He was awestruck by the way they turned eggs, flour, and water into art, according to the Washington Post. He also loved to watch Youtube bakers in his Bowie, Maryland home and wanted to start creating the same kind of elaborate edible designs. , Michael has been very passionate about inequality, especially concerning income inequality and child hunger, and always wanted to work for justice. Inspired by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. "I know that a cupcake won't end hunger but a tasty treat, when times are tough, can make life sweeter," he wrote on the company's website. Michael said he started baking because he has an epic sweet tooth, and opened the bakery when he was only 11-years old because he is passionate about ending inequality. This is quite an accomplishment for a youth barely in his teens. He is the creator and baker and owner of Michaels Desserts, a company that gives a cupcake, cake, or cookie to the homeless for every dessert it sells. Michael Platt is not your ordinary 13-year old.
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