There’s a new way to enjoy cupcakes courtesy of Create Your Cupcake, which recently opened in Sandy Spring. Founded by Barbara and Stephen Hart, they have designed a space that resembles a creative studio and has turned the traditional cupcake bakery model on its head by customizing the sweet experience.
Create Your Cupcake’s one-of-a-kind (patent pending) baking technology turns cupcakes (regular and gluten free) into hexagonal shaped shells that can be filled, topped and embellished. The cupcakes have a hollow center with a removable top that is personalized to meet the customer’s culinary cravings whether they are small, medium or large. Customers create their own masterpieces and don’t have to choose from what is available.
Barbara was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2004 at the age of 51. She grew up in a wheat-based baking family, which made her determined to create an allergen-friendly business where those following a gluten-free diet can indulge without cross contact concerns.
Keeping with the theme of doing things differently, Barbara’s entire bakery is gluten free with a separate enclosed gluten baking room complete with its own heating and ventilation system. All wheat-based ingredients are kept in this separate room along with dedicated baking utensils and equipment. This ingenious step allows her to keep gluten-free cupcakes free from contact with gluten.
The bakery takes extreme precautions to prevent cross contact. Gloves are changed after every order, pastry and cremache tips are wiped down with food services sanitary wipes, toppings are transferred into small cups before being added to a cupcake and all staff is trained on the protocols for preventing cross contact.
They offer five gluten-free cupcake bases (banana, carrot cake, chocolate, red velvet, and vanilla) eight butter cream frosting flavors, 17 cremache flavors and more than 20 embellishments (toppings). The cupcakes, frosting, and cremache (light, creamy custard-based filling) are made with only natural ingredients.
Cupcakes are served in hexagonal containers encouraging customers to eat them like a parfait. This is truly the best way to get a bite of all the ingredients, which is why a long spoon (just like the ones traditionally used to eat ice cream) comes with each cupcake order.
Let your imagination run wild when it comes to picking out frosting, cremache and embellishments. There are almost too many choices making ordering a hard task – ha ha! Order them online and pick them up, or order them onsite using iPads. Orders can be delivered locally and shipped on the East coast. These cupcakes also make great gifts for baby showers, birthday parties, and corporate events.
Drop by and customize a sweet gluten-free treat!
