About

Hello! My name is Aria Bucko and welcome to Bucko Bakery! 

My passion has always been in the arts. Whether it be in theater, singing, dancing, playing piano, baking, painting or drawing.

My love of baking and decorating started at a young age though I didn't quite realize how much I enjoyed it at the time. I spent a majority of my childhood in the suburbs in Beaverton, Oregon where I would set up a stand selling cupcakes and lemonade in our local park. I loved baking even if it was just making a box mix cake decorated with a premade tub of frosting.  When I was 11 (and very blonde) I had the opportunity to decorate a cake with a good friend's mother who was a cake decorator. This cake was then auctioned off at our church fundraiser and I found it to be a proud moment of mine knowing someone else would get to enjoy what I created (with lots of help of course). After turning 12, my father's job moved my family around quite a bit. While moving around so often, I didn't bake as much. School was getting more stressful, church duties were bigger and I took care of my siblings more and more. I wrote off having a career in the arts as I was always hearing I could never make a living that way. I had the dream of being a teacher instead. 

When I was 15, my siblings and I lived with my grandparents in Oregon for a year while my parents sold our New York home and it's where I finished up my freshman year of highschool. The next summer I moved back to New York where I decided to drop out of highschool and pursue college. I started full time college courses that winter semester at my local community college and enjoyed every minute of it. With college classes, life stayed busy and I still didn't bake much. 

While I finished up my college finals for my first semester, my family moved down to Homestead, Florida. I followed them a month later. When I turned 16 I started looking for full time jobs and was hired at Dairy Queen. After a year of working there I was appointed the head cake decorator after teaching myself how to decorate. I enjoyed coming up with ideas and doing custom orders. While working there I also started baking at home a bit and coming up with odd frosting combinations. I started getting excited to plan out cakes and cupcakes for family birthdays. 

When still working at Dairy Queen, my parents divorced. We moved from a roomy house to an apartment in a rough neighborhood. I lived with my mother and two of my younger siblings while one of my brothers was a 10 minute drive away with my father. I threw myself into working and my mother started a rigorous college course so many household duties became mine. Between work, my college courses, church, running errands, nannying for a local family and dropping off and picking up siblings, I took a break from baking and focused on my family. 

After turning 18, I moved out to Utah where my boyfriend (now husband) was going to BYU. When living in my apartment I started baking more and my interest grew. After getting married almost six months later I found myself getting more cake tools and going through Pinterest looking at cake photos. I then started practicing with single tiered cakes, different flavors, tiered cakes, etc. From there the interest turned into an actual passion and in December of 2020 I launched my small bakery business making cakes out of our newly purchased home while still working a full time desk job. In 2021, I quit my desk job to go full time cakes and I haven't looked back since. You might hear about my part time job at Junior Achievement (Biztown), it's a wonderful non profit organization that I am so thrilled to be a part of. I feel incredibly fortunate to spend my days working in different fields that I'm deeply passionate about. Each one brings a sense of fulfillment, creativity and purpose in my life. 

I LOVE my job and I love love! I've been happily married for almost 8 years and my husband, Jared, is my number one cheerleader. You might see him at a delivery with me!  

I find so much joy in bringing an idea to life, and nothing excites me more than creating pieces that spark genuine happiness through skill and taste. Designing beautiful cakes with my couples remains a privilege I never take for granted. I am deeply grateful for the continued support of my family, friends, and clients who have made this journey possible. Building meaningful and personal connections with each client is one of the most rewarding parts of what I do, and it would be an honor to bring your vision to life. Having dedicated over five years to creating cakes full time, I approach each design with intention, creativity, and care. I cannot wait to create something truly special with you.