Cakes by Kat Bake Shop makes delicious (and adorable!) treats that they sell at the Westerville Farmer's Market and by special order/request.
I picked up their cookie decorating kit mid-pandemic. Kat was fantastically helpful at arranging a pick-up time - even when I didn't check my email until the night before. She said I could pick up the order at her location - or at the Westerville Farmer's Market as well. (I think she also does home delivery within Dublin right now!)
The kit was so adorably packaged including a little ribbon, my name, and instructions. Unlike other cookie-making kits I've picked up in the past, all of the icing packets were also entirely clean (no frosting residue on the outsides), and the cookies were wrapped in two-pack packets to optimal freshness.
I decorated the cookies two days later, and the cookies were still fresh. We're going on four days after pick-up, and they're still great to be eating and taste completely fresh.
Interestingly enough, Cakes by Kat Bake Shop uses almond cookies and royal icing. I'm really used to cookie decorating kits including buttercream frosting. If you're used to buttercream, royal icing will behave a bit differently, but it also makes it possible to "fill out" the entirety of a cookie with frosting easily compared to buttercream's firmer consistency. It also has a different taste.
If you have someone who doesn't like super-sweet treats, I recommend making them one of these cookies with minimal frosting. The almond cookie is designed to be "less sweet" while the majority of sugar-goodness comes from the royal icing. So you can easily make "cookie treats" for those in your family who don't have a huge sweet tooth.
Fantastic experience with Cakes by Kat, and I'll likely be ordering more of her cookie decorating kits as the seasons change. read more