Cakes & COVID-19
A fix weeks ago I was claiming that I didn’t have time to bake, but due to changes in my financial status because of COVID-19 (in addition to being on house arrest, I mean social distancing) I’m back in the kitchen on the ones and twos.
If you’ve been following my journey for the past four years, you know I’ve been everywhere and back when it comes to running a business. I’ve been baking since my Easy Bake Oven days, my daddy is a baker, his mama is a baker and so is my mama’s mama - it’s literally part of my DNA. However building and sustaining a business is not easy (in expensive AF Bay Area none the less) and although I learned a lot from my partnership with the La Cocina Incubator Kitchen from 2016-2018, I had to put Butter Brown Bakehouse on the back burner to take care of myself.
I’d moved out of California for over a year and moved back summer 2019. I’ve been working full-time and freelancing on the side with little room to dedicate to this venture, but leave it to a global pandemic to cancel my freelance contracts, leaving me to turn lemons into lemon cake.
I’m not sure if it’s a crazy idea to relaunch a business in the middle of a pandemic, but baking is a stress reliever for me and I can’t eat all these treats on my own!
The silver lining in it all? I get to do something I love, share it with you all, and partner with members of my community to create our own economic opportunities. Friends and family are in-need of work and I’m doing what I can to help put food on folks table.
Read more about a few changes in operational structures and thank you in advance for your patience, understanding and flexibility while navigating this thing.
Bake-sales & Hours of Operation
This is a part-time, pop-up bakery, bake sales will be announced on Instagram and the events page.
Limited Availability & Custom Orders
The quest for quality ingredients is real, which impacts the availability of flavors as well as quantity of sweets. If you miss out on the goods I hope you’ll come back for the next one.
At this time no requests for custom orders will be accommodated.
Pick-Up
Pick-up available in Hayward, CA (address revealed after purchase).
Customers must text (510) 467-0574 when they arrive and wait in car until they receive their baked goods.
*Delivery / shipping options coming soon *
Employment Opportunities
At this time, this is a one-woman operation. I work with on-call staff on occasion for marketing, baking and distribution needs. As demand increases, I look forward to providing income opportunities for others, specifically, Black Bay Area natives.
Essential Workers
Much love to the healthcare workers, educators, grocery store workers, public transit and sanitization workers and all of the people who are subject to exposure daily and don’t have the privilege of social distancing.
I will donate a box of baked goods to essential workers once a month.
Customers may also gift goodies to essential workers on the order page.
Donations & Wishlist
It takes a village to sustain a business and I’m calling on mine to help make this thing grow. You may donate to Butter Brown Bakehouse to offset costs for baking equipment, ingredients and paying staff.