It wasn't a piece of cake ...but I did it!

N ROLEX

- By PAUL MCAULEY

WHAT started with experimentation in his kitchen by a Scouse dad has now "blown up" into a successful business.

Liam Roberts, from Childwall, is the brains behind Huyton-based bakery Create a Cake.

The brand was born out of Liam's passion for all things food, which began while the 36-year-old studied business and marketing at Liverpool Hope University. However, as the dad-of-one explained, not everything was plain sailing at the start.

He said: “In the early days, I used to literally fake it until I made it. I wouldn't have a pound float in the till and I'd say 'the last customer took all my change', but the reality was the £20 being handed over was the only money the shop had taken that day. Every penny made was spent on the shop.

“I had a glamorous, fully stocked shop, with a posh sign and shop front, and I'd got home to beans on toast. I was determined to make the shop a success but I was asset-rich, cash poor.”