Art teacher launches cake-making invention to beat the mess
Imogen Davison, who has a cake making business, has invented a new mixer guard.Picture: ANTONY KELLY - Credit: Archant
A former art teacher who gave up her career to launch a cake-making business has come up with a fresh idea to beat baking mess.
Imogen Davison, 41, grew fed up of being coated with a dusting of icing sugar every time she turned on her electric mixer while making cakes for her business, Sugar Buttons.
So she created a mixer guard, and after contracting a manufacturer in Hong Kong to produce her baking accessory, has 500 to sell.
Mrs Davison, who has two children and a step-daughter, ploughed her savings into the product, but said it had transformed her business.
'I have sold quite a few on my website and the feedback has been really good,' said Mrs Davison, of Pelham Road, Norwich.
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Now she is searching for shops and online retailers to stock the product.
She added: 'People have been posting on Instagram. Once they have it, they can't live without out it.'
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Mrs Davison gave up her position as head of art at Caister High School in July, to develop her three-year-old business making cakes for weddings, parties and cafes.