Baker Profile: Logan Peever (Debakery.com)

In the days leading up to CupcakeCampTO, we thought it’d be fun to introduce you to our bakers by posting baker profiles…
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Logan Peever, Debakery.com

Logan started off early helping out in his grandmothers kitchen making cookies and date squares for church events, so it was only natural that once he started in professional kitchens that he made his way to the pastry line. Now Logan has started Debakery, an excessive indulgence in baked goods. Providing people with products to indulge anytime and anywhere, so customers can create lasting and meaningful memories with friends and families is the goal. Debakery encourages people to indulge, excessively in well made products produced with local, and seasonal (with in reason) ingredients. Check it out on line at Debakery.com, and don’t forget sharing is sexy, so tell a friend.
Debakery will be featuring a Lemon Red Rhubarb Velvet cake, a lemony icing on top of a moist red cake filled with Ontario Rhubarb preserves!

Baker Profile: Andrea Williams

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Andrea Williams

Andrea is a research archaeologist which means that, no, she doesn’t get to dig very much but she knows a lot about ancient cultures. Her late grandfather was a baker who specialized in wedding cakes and those fanciful dress cakes with the plastic doll standing up in the middle. Andrea’s black sesame matcha cupcakes were well received by the open-minded tasters at the first CupcakeCampTO. This time, she’ll be re-creating what she baked for her Grade 8 cooking contest: a dense chocolate cake topped with chocolate glaze and macadamia nuts.

Andrea blogs about desserts and travel at greentea.tk

Baker Profile: Madalina Paul (Duhlicious)

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Madalina Paul, Duhlicious

When she was 10 years old, she drafted a business plan for her very own restaurant, Chez Madalina. She made and sold goods from her parent’s kitchen to friends and neighbors. While most kids ‘play’ restaurant; Madalina was ambitious enough to ‘own’ her restaurant.
This drive and passion followed her, but it wasn’t until her second year in university that she considered pursuing a career in culinary arts. She didn’t have the courage to abandon her degree, and instead started her blog, Duh-licious— a temporary substitute.

Madalina is fearless in the kitchen — CupcakeCampTO was just another excuse to experiment with flavors. She will be preparing White Chocolate, Caramel, Macadamia Cupcakes.

Baker Profile: Michelle Bodner

In the days leading up to CupcakeCampTO, we thought it’d be fun to introduce you to our bakers by posting baker profiles…
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Michelle Bodner

I’m Michelle Bodner, and I bake cupcakes that are vegan as well as gluten-free — and look and taste so good, you’d never know they’re not the ‘real thing’. Last year my ‘Vanilla Bean with White Chocolate and Macadamia Nuts’ won Best Twist on a Classic at CupcakeCampTO. This year I’m bringing two new flavours I’m super excited about: Key Lime Pie, a rich graham crumb crust underneath key lime cake, topped with tangy key lime frosting; and Bourbon Caramel Pecan, a sweet brown sugar cake with bourbon and toasted pecans topped with caramel frosting and drizzle. And yes, everything is absolutely vegan and gluten-free!

Baker Profile: Glady Ledesma (Gladycakes)

In the days leading up to CupcakeCampTO, we thought it’d be fun to introduce you to our bakers by posting baker profiles…
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Glady Ledesma, Gladycakes

Gladycakes is a home-based cake business, run by owner, operator and chief cake lady, Glady Ledesma. As a child, Glady often baked in her parent’s kitchen, and dreamed of having her own bakery when she grew up. Of course, as the years passed by, adult responsibilities took over, and the dream was put away for safe keeping. After much thought, and a lot of support from family and friends, Glady officially launched Gladycakes in June 2008, and business has never been better!

Gladycakes is very pleased and excited to be participating in this year’s CupcakeCampTO. She attended last year’s 1st annual CupcakeCamp as a “taster”, and was inspired by all the wonderful bakers that had supplied their tasty treats. It was there where she first conceived her idea for a new cupcake, “The Elvis”, which lead her to offer a new line of Signature cakes and cupcakes. She is presenting “The Elvis” at this year’s CupcakeCampTO. This yummy cupcake pays homage to Elvis’ favourite sandwich-peanut butter and banana. The cupcake delights the senses with a tender banana cake, topped with a smooth peanut butter frosting, toasted, salted peanuts for some crunch, and a crisp banana chip to finish it all off. In addition to “The Elvis”, Gladycakes will also submit another Signature line flavour, “Lemon Heaven”. This charming concoction of luscious lemon cake, filled with a tart lemon curd, then topped with an airy meringue which is then baked, puts a new spin on the tried-and-true lemon meringue pie.
So, come on out to CupcakeCampTO, and try a cupcake, or two, from Gladycakes!

www.gladycakes.ca