30-year-old quit her job to open a bake shop—now her 2 storefronts bring in 7 figures yearly: 'I always knew I wanted to work for myself'

Five years before Abi Caswell opened her own bakery, she had never made a single cookie.

Today, she owns and manages two bake shops that bring in seven figures in sales, she says.

Caswell, 30, is the founder of Batter, a bakery with two storefronts in Hammond, Louisiana and in New Orleans.

Her ultimate goal has always been to own her own business, she tells CNBC Make It.

“Since I was a kid, I always knew I wanted to work for myself,” she says. “I wanted to be able to control my schedule, and I wanted to make my own money.”