For the love of cake:
Amanda
In September of 2008 Amanda had the crazy idea she could combine her passion for art with her love of sugar, and thus Amanda Oakleaf Cakes was born in the kitchen of her one room Boston apartment. That effort blossomed, and today Amanda Oakleaf Cakes has a gorgeous storefront (you should visit!) and an amazing staff of insanely dedicated artists.
Amanda has been featured as a competitor on the Food Network Cake Challenge, and her work can be seen in many magazines and various other publications across the country. Having been formally trained as an oil painter at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, she approaches cake creation like any other art form -except, in this case it’s also delicious.
But it’s not all about Amanda any more. There’s a whole crew of us who work every day to keep things tasty!
Tyler
Tyler is the co-owner of Amanda Oakleaf Cakes and an all-around-nice-guy. In addition to handling most of the business-related issues, fixing stuff and coding the website, he is responsible for engineering the more complex cakes, as well as a good deal of cake sculpting. As if helping to run Amanda Oakleaf Cakes wasn’t enough, Tyler is a dedicated music researcher, educator, composer, and author. In 2010 when Amanda was asked to appear on the Food Network Challenge, Tyler played the role of assistant decorator.
Alicia
Alicia is the head baker at Amanda Oakleaf Cakes. She has taken Amanda’s original recipes and added her own personal flare. Alicia-ness if you will. In addition to being sweet (but not too sweet) and delicious, Alicia-ness is the sole reason that Amanda Oakleaf Cakes now offers what can only be considered the world’s most amazing cheesecake. If it’s delicious, you can assume Alicia was somehow involved.
Elizabeth
Liz is our “Deputy Decorator” because all wonderful people deserve fancy titles. And Liz is truly wonderful at what she does. Do you need a cute little animal to put on your cake? Bang! Liz is on it. In the mood for some sugar flowers? Pow! It’s like she’s wearing a freakin’ cape!
Julie
Julie is just plain nice. Like really, really nice. And on top of that, man can she decorate a cake. Julie started out as one of our first customers when we opened our new storefront. Then she volunteered to be an intern, just for the love of cake. Today she’s a full-fledged, awesome possum (yes, we went there) cake decorator. So if you need a cake decorated, or just need someone to talk to, Julie is your girl.
Alyssa
If you’ve ordered a cake before then you’ve probably spoken with Alyssa at least once, and if you haven’t then you are in for a real treat. She keeps the shop running smoothly, and always seems to be good at everything.
Brian
Brian gets stuff done. He’s keeps it clean, and he keeps it tight. ’Nough said.
Ava
Ava is our baker Alicia’s daughter, she is 5 and she is just adorable. She comes in from time to time to supervise and insure that everything we do is up to her super-cute standards. If your cake is pink or involves princesses, Ava approves.
And that’s us.
And that’s it. Everything you see on the site, all the cakes, all the cheesecakes, all the cupcakes, the site itself: it was all done by us, by hand, the hard way. Everything we make starts out life as flour, butter, and sugar. There are no “magic boxes” from which our cake comes. We make all of our own buttercream, all of our own fondant, all of our own gumpaste. Everything. From Scratch. By hand.
The result? It’s just plain better. There are no secrets here. No magic. No special abilities or powers. Just hard work. If our cakes look better, it’s because we spend more time on them. If they taste better it’s because we go through the work of making actual food instead of having processed stuff shipped in. We care about our cakes, because you care about them too.