When Good Things Happen to Good Cake

This just in!!!The NC State Legislature just passed a new provision to the tax law exempting “artisan bakeries” from charging state sales tax! From the NC Department of Revenue: “As rewritten, prepared food other than bakery items sold without eating...

The Lovely Ladies of Short Street Cakes

This weekend is the biggest yet. I know I keep saying that, but its always true, because it keeps getting bigger. Tomorrow I have one wedding, and Sunday I have two, but one is in Winston-Salem. For 350 guests. Vegan. So I took the bull by the horns, bought a bunch of...

Gratitude

Or: How I learned to stop worrying about how the world is going to hell in a handbasket and love cake.As I was sitting on my porch at the end of a long day, I began checking down my usual mental list of bakery to-dos: find a space, hire staff, figure out payroll,...

Cake Shop Update

Hello Friends Far and Near!I hope this lovely June finds you all well.I am writing to give y’all an update on the status of the much-anticipated Short Street Cakes Cakeshop. As many of you know, I have been in discussion with the owners of the building at 428...