Baby Cakes is officially open, after a March 9 ribbon cutting was held at the shop, located at 2468 Kings Mountain Road. The shop is owned by Mackenzie Carter, who has been baking since the age of 13 and worked at Sweet Revenge in Eden for 5 years. The store had a softer opening the day before Valentine’s Day.
Carter’s mother, Kerri Carter, said that the store had already made more than 500 sales since opening, and sold more than 600 baby cakes during its grand opening celebration as customers formed a line at the opening. Sales so far have been a mix of specialty orders and baby cakes, the store’s flagship item.
Baby cakes are small three-layer cakes held inside a cylinder. The shop has three main flavors. Baby Cakes regularly offers chocolate cake with chocolate icing, chocolate cake with vanilla icing, vanilla cake with chocolate icing, vanilla cake with vanilla icing, and a red velvet option. Specialty flavors will be announced at the start of each week and rotate out. Customers can check on the store’s social media accounts to find out what flavors are available. A menu board is also available inside listing the changing flavors for those who prefer to drop in.
Coffee, tea, and other beverages are also available for purchase at the location. Custom-order cakes can also be purchased in advance. Carter offers sculpted cakes. She said that she enjoys making hyper-realistic designs and enjoys sculpting. Sculpted versions of the baby cakes can be seen on the bakery’s website along with the sculpted versions of regular-sized cakes. Some designs include Highland Cows, a stump with mushrooms, and a graduation cake.
“I like doing Is It Cake? designs, realistic looking cakes, and sculpting, that’s my favorite thing to do,” said Carter, who’s been professionally baking for six years and studied culinary arts at Patrick & Henry Community College.
“I’m an artist as well, so even when I go home, I’m still sculpting stuff out of play and painting,” she said. Carter hopes to eventually offer some of her other pieces of work for sale at the shop.
The store itself is themed after “Alice in Wonderland,” a book originally written by Lewis Carroll and an English Garden. The inside is decorated with mushrooms and large flowers to give the bakery a fantasy aesthetic.
Many of the store’s unique decorations were created by her mother, Carter said, and added that “art ran in the family.”
Seating is available inside for customers who are looking for a unique spot to relax.
The bakery is currently set to be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon. – Fri. and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, with its signature line of baby cakes for sale along with a smaller selection of full cakes.
Baby Cakes is currently taking special orders for events and weddings. Those interested in purchasing a cake can stop by the shop or call Baby Cakes for a quote on a custom design. Rush-order cakes are available for a fee.
