Our history is rather interesting, and we
would like to share our story with you.
After teaching elementary school for 6 years,
I decided to quit and stay at home with our
first, soon to be born, son. Kaden was born
in August of 2001. School was already back
in session, and I began to look around for
a hobby to take up. I began a business called
Icing on the Cake, where I baked cookies,
breads, pies, and other sweets. I custom
decorated cakes including wedding cakes.
It was very stressful, it began taking up
all my free time, and my kitchen was constantly
covered in greasy icing!!
In the meantime, my mom, Judy Baker, and
I had been making “homemade” gifts for all
of our friends. We mixed up some of our favorite
family recipes, packaged them in Ziploc bags,
typed up the directions, and sent them out
for Christmas, wedding, and baby gifts. We
had a great response from everyone who tasted
them, and then we started experimenting with
other recipes. My mom and I have both always
loved to be in the kitchen, baking, cooking,
and experimenting. So, we really had fun
with this!! We started to give away other
mixes, and the popularity of it all began.
We decided to spruce up our packaging a little
and see if we could sell our mixes using
the name Icing on the Cake. Our first craft
show, in the summer of 2002, we only had
about 20 different mixes, and we only made
about 10 of each one. We were so scared that
we wouldn’t sell them. Boy, were we wrong!!
We knew immediately that we had a good thing
going, and there could definitely be a future
in this!
Now, we operate out of a specially designed
building that serves as our kitchen, warehouse,
and our showroom. It was built by husband,
Shannon, and is located adjacent to our home.
Its convenient location still allows me to
stay at home with Kaden and our new baby,
Kale, born in December of 2003.
We also changed our name to The Gourmet Cupboard,
which seemed more fitting, and I have given
up the cake business all together!! We still
experiment all the time, sometimes finding
exciting new mixes to put together and sometimes
throwing out our concoctions, but that is
the fun of it all!!
We hope you enjoy our mixes as much as we
do. Let us know what you think!
Thanks!
Melissa Holmes and Judy Baker
Owners |
