If you're going to quit your job to pursue your dream job of making cakes for a living, then writing your resignation letter on a cake is definitely the right move.
On his 31st birthday, Chris Holmes—now known to the public as "Mr. Cake"—decided it was time to quit his job as a Border Agency official at London's Stansted Airport and do something he's passionate about that would allow him to spend more time with this family.
For Holmes, this meant pursuing a cake business called Mr. Cake and notifying his employers with actual icing on a cake.
Holmes' sweet
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In an interview with Elodie Harper at Sawston's local news station ITV news, Holmes said that his decision "seemed like the obvious choice."
"... Having set up a cake company, I thought I would leave them with a memento that would be a nice way of remembering me. I had the idea six months ago so I've kept it to myself since then."
"I think [my boss] was pleasantly surprised, of all the resignations businesses get, I think that's probably a nice way for an employee to leave and I hope they enjoyed the cake as well as the resignation."
Holmes' employers told Harper that they wished him "all the best" in his new business venture.