Danielle Keene is the owner and pastry chef of Sheila Mae, a dessert catering company
based in Los Angeles. After training at Water Grill, Campanile and A.O.C. she was
pastry chef for several top Los Angeles restaurants—The Little Door, Blair’s, and
Wilshire. Her desserts have appeared on the covers of Los Angeles Times Food section
and Pasadena magazine. She has been a spokesperson for Got Milk and Farmer Brothers
coffee. Danielle was a contestant on the premiere episode of Cake Wars on Food
Network and a finalist on the first season of Top Chef Just Desserts on Bravo. Sheila Mae
creates specialty cakes and beautiful dessert bars for wedding, birthdays and celebrations
throughout South California.
In the days leading up to my friend Rachel's baby shower, I had every intention of baking adorable baby bottle-shaped cookies, and went so far as to buy a shaped cutter. But as the party got closer, I realized the thought of making and decorating cookies was only adding stress, ...read more