In New York, the Butterfly Bakeshop is one of the premier bakeries. They are well known for their personalized cakes, attention to detail and imaginative designs. Stacey Leon and her husband Orlando own the Butterfly Bakeshop. We spoke with Stacy about her unique New York City bakery. Q – Stacey, it appears to me that maybe your baking more specialty cakes, birthday cakes than you are wedding cakes, would that be the core of your business? A – Well, the core of our business is sort of two fold, everything…

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He is affectionately known as “The Sugar Daddy” because of his work with pulled and brown sugar and Delaware’s king of cakes. As owner of Delaware’s Desserts by Dana he’s made cakes for The ”A” list of the rich and famous including Oprah Winfrey and VP Joe Biden’s wife Jill Biden. His recipes have been featured in magazines such as Dessert Professional, American Cake Decorating, Catering Magazine, and Chef Magazine. We are talking about chef Dana Herbert. Q – Chef Herbert, what did it mean to you to win season…

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If you like cheesecake, then you’ll be in Cheesecake Heaven in Green Bay, Wisconsin! That just happens to be the name of Nancy Kimps business. Nancy Kimps spoke with us about all things Cheesecake. Q – How did you start this business of yours? You didn’t open a shop right away did you? A – I spent 4 years developing my base cheesecake recipe. I gave up many times but I kept being drawn back to try again. Once I had the base down I started to create the different…

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Mark Randazzo owns and operates one of the most successful custom-designed cake businesses in New York City. His cakes have been featured in Modern Bride Magazine; he was part of the winning team on the Food Network’s prestigious Extreme Cakes Challenge. His cakes and pastries have been showcased in some of New York’s most elite establishments including Lespinasse, Fauchon, and the award winning bakery, Confetti Cakes. Mark talked with us about the Art of creating such dazzling cakes. Q – I take it that Joseph is your middle name? A…

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Charlie’s Cheesecake Works was founded in San Jose, California in 2002, to produce a line of Top Quality all natural cheesecakes for area restaurants and hotels. From just one hotel and one restaurant their customer list grew to over 35 hotels, restaurants and coffee houses in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Charlie Major, the owner of Charlie’s Cheesecake Works has quite an informative and inspirational story to tell. Q – Charlie, what were you doing prior to 2002? A – I was actually in High Tech here in Silicon…

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If you want to talk doughnuts, you better be talking Voodoo Doughnuts. That’s right Voodoo Doughnuts. They’re “the hottest” thing going right now in downtown Portland, Oregon. They’re so “hot” that back on December 24th 2008, Portland’s Mayor Tom Potter with an approval vote from City Council decreed Voodoo Doughnut’s Portland Crème doughnut as the official doughnut of the city. Now tell me that isn’t impressive! Voodoo Doughnuts Co-Owner Tres Shannon spoke with us about his business. Q – Tres, you and your business partner Ken “Cat Daddy” Pogson never…

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Penny Stankiewicz is the owner of Sugar Couture, a custom cake, cookie, and candy business. Her work has been featured in such prestigious publications as Time Out New York and the New York Daily News. Penny talked with us about her sweet success in the world of cake design. Q – Penny, you were originally a film producer. How did that translate to making custom cakes? Is this something that you were doing as a hobby? A – Not exactly. My family was always very creative. My grandmother was the…

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She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration. After 9 years of various corporate marketing jobs in New York City, she decided to enter the French Culinary Institute, where she graduated. These days she has her own business – Sweet Element of New Jersey. She is Jen Roberts and we spoke to Jen about the world of custom cakes. Q – I saw a segment on “Nightline” recently that said the interest in cakes has just exploded in the last 2 years.…

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In a city (we’re talking New York City) dominated by cupcakes made with sugar, flour and butter cream, Baby Cakes NYC offers an alternative. Their cupcakes are all natural. They’re organic. Who came up with this idea you ask? Owner Erin McKenna that’s who. Is there a demand in New York for such a cupcake? Who’s eating these cupcakes? Well, that’s what we set out to answer. Erin McKenna fills us in. Q – Erin – are you a vegan? Where did you get the idea to open a Vegan…

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The Cupcake Café opened back in 1988 and is regarded as the pioneer in the cupcake phenomena that is sweeping New York City. Ann Warren (“The Cupcake Lady”) is the owner of the Cupcake Café and spoke with us about her business. Q – Ann, would you mind if I refer to you as “The Cupcake Lady”? A – The Cupcake Lady? Oh. I don’t know. I don’t feel like like a Cupcake Lady, but that’s alright. (Laughs). You know, we are called the Cupcake Café, of course and I…

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