Baked By Melissa

If you’ve eaten a miniature cupcake recently, chances are Melissa Ben-Ishay had a hand in it. But before she began her life as a professional baker, Ben-Ishay attempted to embark on a more traditional corporate career path, working as an assistant media planner at an advertising agency — until she was fired. Below, Ben-Ishay tells Bustle how losing that job was actually an important turning point, and why “failure” can actually be a great wake-up call. …