I have been craving sweets so badly today that it has taken everything in me to not eat every piece of candy in site and after seeing that I had Cupcake Jones lined up for day 7, I almost got in the car and drove right to Cupcake Jones! Okay, let’s be honest, I have eaten almost every piece of candy in site and I might just drive down to Cupcake Jones! I don’t know if this is a girl thing or a sweet tooth thing, but when I need sweets, no one better stand in my way! We love supporting local boutique businesses and feel the service you get from a corporate company does not compare! Cupcake Jones does not only have delicious cupcakes in 2 sizes to fulfill your sweet cravings and impress your guests at any event, but every Tuesday they donate 5% of their sales to a charity [They choose a different one every Tuesday, see more details below]!! After you read about Lisa, I wouldn’t be surprised if you hoped in the car and headed to get a cupcake!...
Champagne: How did Cupcake Jones begin?
Lisa: I have always wanted my own business and fell in love with the idea of a cupcake bakery years ago in Vancouver BC when we saw an adorable place simply called “Cupcakes”. We put the idea on the back burner for a while then I was laid off from my job in sales for Sara Lee Foods [along with thousands of others] and took that as a sign that I should start this business. Two years later, after a long search for the right location, and a lot of construction, we opened in July of 2007.
Champagne: What sets you apart from other bakeries?
Lisa: We do a lot of unique things! We have two sizes of cupcakes, Jumbo and Mini. The Jumbo cupcakes are all filled with different homemade fillings like chocolate ganache, cookie dough, pastry cream…We make our garnishes from scratch as well; things like cookies, candies, candied rose petals, chocolate sauces and fruit sauces. Also, we bake everything fresh the day of an event, we never bake things in advance and freeze them. Finally, we never use shortening, ever. We bake everything with butter and other delicious wholesome ingredients.
Champagne: Besides cupcakes, what’s your personal speciality?
Lisa: Wedding and event services! We love weddings and events and have received lots of thank you cards from from brides & grooms and event planners for our service. In addition to our delicious cupcakes, we are most proud of the service we provide. We try to take the worry away so our clients can have fun!
Champagne: How many flavors do you offer?
Lisa: We offer 24 flavors each month. 6 flavors each day. Our menu rotates so that there are different things available based on the seasons; for example we offer gingerbread and pumpkin in the winter and strawberry and raspberry in the summer. People can order any of our 24 flavors any day of the month. All we ask is if it is not on the regular menu that day, that they order a minimum of two dozen of that flavor [mini or jumbo sized]
Champagne: What’s your favorite dessert?
Lisa: Any kind of cake. I love cake! And chocolate…..
Champagne: What inspires you?
Lisa: Creativity. I love to be surrounded by creative people and appreciate when people make suggestions for flavors and other ideas. I am also inspired by other businesses that succeed and I try to learn as much as possible from them.
Champagne: What has been your most unique request for cupcake flavor?
Lisa: Savory. People have seen other bakeries across the country doing savory cakes and we have decided that for now, we are going to steer clear of those until we see if they are popular. We’re kinda traditional when it comes to cake.
Champagne: What do you do when you’re not doing what you do?
Lisa: Spend time with my husband, Peter and our Dog Brinkley. We also have an amazing group of friends and awesome families that have supported us so we try to spend the small amount of “down time” that we have together with them.
Champagne: Anything else you’d like our readers to know:
Lisa: Yes, thanks for asking! We believe in supporting the community that supports us. We have implemented a weekly “Benefit Day” where we donate 5% of sales each Tuesday to a different local non profit organization. It’s been a lot of fun learning about the work of so many incredible organizations! Non profits can request to be placed in our monthly drawing through the “contact us” page on our website.
Champagne: Thank you Lisa for sharing more about Cupcake Jones with us! We can’t wait to indulge in one of your delicious cupcakes soon! Make sure to check out Cupcake Jones website and blog!
Check out previous posts from our 30 days of vendors:
Day 6 of 30: Mosca Photo
Day 5 of 30: Vibrant Table Flowers
Day 4 of 30: Premiere Catering
Day 3 of 30: Paul Rich Studio
Day 2 of 30: Bon Moment Inivitations
Day 1 of 30: Bryan Hoybook Photography
See what the 30 days of vendors is all about!
Cheers,
Mandi & Rachelle
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