Our Story
A small bakery on Main, on purpose.
Started in a home kitchen in 2019. Moved to the shop three years later. Still small, still answering our own texts.
How we started
One cake for one neighbor.
I had been laid off six weeks. My neighbor needed a cake for her daughter's eighth birthday and the grocery store one had a crooked top. She asked if I could do better. I'd never baked a layer cake in my life.
I watched four YouTube videos, bought the wrong tip nozzle, and stayed up until 2 AM remaking the buttercream because my first batch broke. The cake was crooked too, but the daughter's name was spelled right and the chocolate was good.
She paid me $40 and tipped a casserole dish of lasagna. The next week, her sister called. Then the school principal. Then a wedding planner I'd never heard of. Five years later, I'm still doing this, and somehow we have a real Hobart mixer and a real proofing rack and a small staff who all bake better than I did that first night.
We're still small on purpose. One cake at a time, the way it should be.
The long story short
Six years, give or take a sourdough.
2019
First cake
Baked in a home kitchen for a neighbor's daughter. Paid in lasagna.
2020
The Instagram years
Pivoted to porch pickup during the lockdown. Sold out every Saturday. Learned to ship sourdough.
2022
The shop on Main
Signed the lease in February, opened in April. The first month we had twelve walk-ins a day.
2024
Catering takes off
Two corporate accounts turn into eight. We hire two more bakers and finally take a proper Sunday off.
2026
Still small
1,840 custom cakes later, we're still doing one at a time. Probably always will.