This is such a lovely bakery/sweet shop. Tucked away in a small shopping center in Kenner is this small Black woman owned business that's cranking out some truly delicious, homemade confections.
I arrived right around opening time and the owner, Deja, and her team were hard at work rolling cooking dough and prepping fruit. I was warmly greeted by a staff member and browsed the cases to choose my treats. It's a small shop, so not necessarily a spot you would come to and stay a while. You can do pick-up for orders placed in advance or just walk-in and grab your favorite treat; they do offer a small table in the establishment to enjoy your items right then and there if you just can't wait.
They have a wide assortment of sweets--cookies, cakes, candied fruit, cupcakes, you name it. They even have chicken salad for folks looking for a savory, light lunch option. I tried the strawberry shortcake cupcake, tres leches, cheesecake salad, and ooey gooey. The tres leches and cheesecake salad were my favorites! I'd never had tres leches before and I loved it--it was slightly spongy, incredibly most, and not too sweet. It was topped with what I think was a whipped icing and a half of strawberry. I'm not sure what traditional tres leches is supposed to taste like, but this one made me hug myself and rock side to side a few times, lol. The cheesecake salad was very unique. It was bite-sized pieces of cheesecake with a cookie butter crust (OMG!) over a bed of fruit and topped with a cookie butter drizzle. Talk about good, you hear me?! The ooey gooey and strawberry shortcake cupcake were also delicious. I've never quite known what ooey gooey is made of, but it dang sure is tasty. The serving sizes are also very generous; even the cupcake was enough to share between two people if you wanted to (but it's so good, you won't want or need to).
All of my goodies cost me less than $25 which I thought was pretty good considering there was more than enough to share. I can't wait to stop back by the next time I'm the area, to try something new! read more