As you step foot into We Take The Cake, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, your senses are tickled with the permeating smell of heaven. Greeted with the mouthwatering aroma of moist red velvet cupcakes topped with delicious butter cream frosting, you are led to a bakery that completely redefines dessert. It’s almost impossible not to [...]

“Cookies by Shar… dazzling to the eye and delicious to taste!” – need we say more? Sharmila Melwani is the creative owner of Cookies by Shar. When her daughter turned 1 year old she was disappointed in some cookie favors she ordered and was motivated to try her hand at baking. Shar explains, “I read [...]

“I Love desserts they make people happy!” exclaims an elated and passionate pastry chef named Mindy Trotta. Mindy is the owner of the online bakery entitled Flour Girl Desserts. A company she cautiously began in December 2008. Her success and pastry menu has rapidly grown since then and now she ships to almost everywhere and makes [...]

“Making cupcakes is a family tradition, one of value and time. Nowdays people just don’t have enough hours in their weeks to cultivate this pastime.” Stacia Samartan makes a valid point when explaining one of the reasons Frosted Cupcakery came to fruition. Stacia and her mother, Nancy Hanley are co-owners of this gourmet cupcake store based [...]

Sugar and spice and all things nice, that’s what Anne Heap’s career dreams were made of! “My life-long love for baking led me to leave my job,” explains this Boston College graduate who had a very different path laid out in the field of advertising. With her passion to strong to be ignored, Anne began [...]