Custom Wedding and Special Events Cakes
Serving the Middle Peninsula & all Surrounding Areas
(804) 693-0478
Cakes to Remember
4288 Cato Drive
Gloucester, VA 23061
ph: 804-693-0478
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Cakes to Remember can be contacted by phone, email, or messaging through facebook.
804-693-0478
www.facebook.com/TraceysCakestoremember
"More than I ever could have imagined!! Tracey made everything exactly as I asked, and I was a pretty particular bride. I loved it - as did my guests!! Many of my unmarried friends, who have since gotten married, have all used Cakes to Remember. You should too!" Tammy 2014
Cakes to Remember is located 7 miles north of Gloucester Courthouse, 1/2 mile off Route 17 (George Washington Memorial Highway).
"My husband Brian and I are big planners and this was just not a part of the plan," Esplin said. "It just turned out to be something fun and easy for me."
Planned or not, Esplin's hobby-turned-business venture is fast gaining popularity with customers across Middle Peninsula.
The former teacher home-schools her 10-, 8-, 7-, 4-, and 2-year-old children and is maxed out on weekly cake orders – baking and decorating five to 10 cakes a week.
"Even if I were to open a storefront I couldn't do anymore than I do now," Esplin said. She likes to do every step on each cake herself.
Six years ago, Esplin received a request from her daughter for a special unicorn cake. She said her husband had previously made the children's birthday cakes when they were babies using special pans or designs but they never turned out quite right.
Esplin, herself, had never really baked.
She took a stab at it anyway.
It turned out great and two months later she made another successful karate-themed cake for her son.
"The grocery bill started adding up and I had to at least ask that people pay for the ingredients," Esplin said. "That's really how it got started."
Then the requests started coming in from strangers.
"In all honesty, it exploded from there," she said.
In mid-2011 Esplin officially opened "Cakes to Remember," receiving her business license and health certifications.
Since then she has made more than 1,000 cakes, each personalized to her customers.