5 minutes with Jessie Smith, Creston Hy-Vee cake designer

AGE: 22

HOMETOWN: Creston

FAVORITE PART OF YOUR JOB: Decorating the unique cakes

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DESIGNING CAKES? Since August 2016

FAVORITE CAKE DESIGN YOU’VE DONE: This cat cake I’m doing now, because I love cats.

STRANGEST CAKE DESIGN YOU’VE DONE: A zombie, I guess. I’ve done a Gothic, bloody one.

WHERE DO YOU MOST WANT TO TRAVEL? I would like to go to Disney World again, because I’m a child.

FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Cookie dough

FAVORITE DISNEY PRINCESS: Belle, and not just because of the movie. I liked her before that because she’s actually smart.

HAVE YOU EVER MESSED A CAKE UP AND HAD TO START OVER? Yes. I dropped it and my whole hand went through the middle and I had to restart. I was so mad.

ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE: “The Land Before Time”

WHAT IS THE LONGEST YOU HAVE EVER GONE WITHOUT SLEEP? Probably this week – maybe a day. I sleep for a couple of hours because I work a lot. I work three jobs, so I sleep when I can.

FAVORITE SONG RIGHT NOW: Sam Hunt, “Body Like a Back Road”

HOBBIES: I don’t have hobbies because I work.

WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER JOBS? The Elm’s Club and Country Cutters