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  • CAKE ART
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HELLO!!

We are DANEEN & CHEF TAI HEATH mom+daughter and owners of 5-12 Dessert, a black-owned custom cake and dessert business in the Washington DC area.  We apparently can’t get enough of one another because we live and run a business together.  Are we crazy or what? Would you spend this much time with your mom?🤔😉


We actually love each other to pieces and have a lot in common....we’re both creatives, love ice cream, the color orange 🧡 and furry little pups.  We’re both perfectionists....a curse and blessing😊😩, we believe in “KIC” Keeping It Classy at all times, we both take pride in being an individual (we definitely beat to our own drum), and we’re often told we look just alike...can you see the resemblance?😉 


With all that we have in common, what we love most of all is....CELEBRATIONS!! So it's only fitting that in 2014 we would found a business that provides a one-of kind celebration experience with artistically designed custom cakes, handcrafted cookies, and desserts that don’t just taste great....they’re a conversation piece!! 


MORE FUN FACTS

CHEF TAI

  • Is a trained Pastry Chef, Cake Artist, Cookie Decorator, and Baking & Pastry Arts Instructor
  • Johnson & Wales University Alum (Providence, 2015 & 2021)
  • Became obsessed with baking at age 14
  • Was named "Junior Ace of Cakes" in a WUSA9 News feature on high school (HS) athletes with unique talents 
  • Is a former high school Baking & Pastry Arts Teacher
  • Loves a great brunch
  • Is a former high school, club, and college volleyball player...now head volleyball coach for her former high school  
  • Studied abroad in Italy, where she ate gelato every day…best experience ever!!
  • Loves to travel

MOM

  • Loves Event Planning and Design
  • Eats, sleeps, and drinks all things sports 
  • Is a former NFL Cheerleader for the now Washington Commanders
  • Could eat ice cream all day/everyday
  • Collects "BARBIE" dolls...long overdue for a new one
  • Favorite Bridgerton character is Lady Danbury
  • Is crazy about character mascots...she's longing for a photo with Big Ellie of the NY Liberty 
  • Won't stop talking...according to Chef Tai LOL!
  • Is a Libra...and always balancing the scale

SO NOW THAT YOU'VE OFFICIALLY MET US...WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU!!!

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