Check out Skee’s Cuisine forbakerAmberGuyton’s tasty and beautiful creations

Food Giant bakery. She found customers for her business Skee’s Cuisine. “I would sell them to a lady by the name of Brandie Pate, who was one of my first customers.”

All that preparation and dedication has paid off with her in-home bakery where she takes orders and creates her goodies. Guyton also is a favorite spot for customers at Ripley’s First Mondays. Her delicious baked treats can also be found in many different pop-up shops in the area. She is also working on getting her desserts into restaurants and stores to expand her wholesale orders.

Skee’s Cuisine, Guyton’s bakery, can be rate her baked goods, Guyton puts on jazz music to help her focus on the job and to embellish her designs “in the best possible way to exceed my customers’expectations.” see the smile when I reveal the finished product, it’s all servanthood. I love to see the smiles on people’s faces and to make their event so much more magical and tastier.” brothers, DeAndrae, Isiah and Antowon. Other important influences in her life are her grandmothers Shirley Guyton and Lizzie Strong, plus her late grandfathers who died in 2020.

“I am definitely a family girl. I love my family and love to be with my family. If I’m not baking, I’m with my family or I’m at church.”

By Lucy Weber

Amber Guyton is an artist and her art canvas is a freshly baked cake that could be decorated in towering frosting curls in rich colors, elegant designs, juicy ripe fruits or loveable children’s characters.

Agraduate of Northeast Community College last May, the Ripley native earned her Culinary/Hospital and Interior Design degrees. Guyton takes pride in the looks, taste and work that goes into baking her masterpieces.

“Baking for me is an art and I love to make things look good,” Guyton said. “I put my all into my work seeing family and friends enjoy what I do and that makes me feel good.

“Baking takes patience and time and effort and money. Baking also is a calling. Taking four hours minimum to do a cake isn’t for everyone. Also, you have to work with fondant and be sure the details in the cake matter most.”

Guyton felt the passion for baking in the kitchen with her mother and grandmother at a young age. That spark of passion ignited at college.

“I was in lab one day in our baking class decorating a cake with my classmate and I knew from that moment on baking was my calling,” she said. “I immediately went home and started to practice and practice my baking skills. Then, one day I decided I wanted to open my own bakery.”

Beginning in 2018, Guyton started using her God-given talent baking cupcakes at home in Ripley. She taught herself how to decorate her cakes and cupcakes by watching YouTube videos and cooking shows. Guyton also credits her cousin Atreanna Guyton, who shared her skills from working in the found on Facebook where folks can see her latest creations or find her contact information.

Guyton’s specialties are her peach cobbler nachos and also her strawberry cake. “My favorite cake is my strawberry. I love putting fresh strawberries on top along with a strawberry glaze.”

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As a baker, Guyton sees her job as a way to serve the community. “Whether it’s taking customer’s orders or decorating their cakes or even letting them

Guyton’s church and family play important roles in her life. She is the daughter of loving parents Jennifer and Antwon Guyton and has three

Guyton is a Youth Leader at her church St. James Temple Church of God in Christ, as well as president of Young Women of Excellence and Vice President of Young Women Christian Counsel and Youth Choir Director.

“The church is a huge part of my life,” she said. “It’s not about the titles or anything but it’s about serving the Kingdom.”