Valentines Treats!

Its that time of year when everyone wants to show their loved ones how much they care!  

We're very happy to help out with a fun sweet treat to celebrate.

Our 6" cakes make a lovely treat.  We're happy to make a 'rustic' style cake for you and your loved one or family to share.  For simple decor, we have a limited offer of $35.  

For a more formal looking cake, like this little bird themed cake, we can make these for $45.

We are also busy baking cupcakes, how about these delicious raspberry chocolate almond cupcakes with a chocolate ganache topping?  

Instead of a dozen red roses, how about half a dozen delicious cupcakes with rose frosting?

Order a half dozen cupcakes for your nearest and dearest for $20, or a dozen for $33 with pretty decorations

Or, how about some cookies?  There are these adorable heart shaped sugar cookies for $2.50 each, or we can box up some macarons for your sweetheart, they are $6 for a box of 5.

Maybe you have another jennywennycakes treat that you'd like to share with your loved ones?  Let us know what you'd like us to make and we'll be happy to help!

Email us at Jennywennycakes@gmail.com or give us a call at 619-356-0536 to place your order.

Remember, we are always happy to take orders for birthdays, showers, weddings and other celebrations, we like to have a minimum of 2 weeks notice, and will need full payment ahead.  Our usual minimum order is $50.

2012 -cakes of the year!

Jennywennycakes has all kinds of fun things going on in 2013, but before that, lets have a look at the fun and games that went on in 2012!

The year started with a fun icing smiles cake for Trevor.  This was a collaboration with Fernanda from CAKE, who made the incredible panda on top.

February we had a gender reveal cake to make, this became a trend for the year, I think these will be even more popular in 2013!

In march we learned about Korean culture with this first birthday cake.  It was very important that the writing not be pink or red, and we made a little character dressed in traditional 1st birthday clothes. 

April saw the wine bottle cake, which became another popular design, especially with the custom printed edible label, everything here was edible!

We were honored in May to be asked to provide a cupcake tower for a wedding at Georges at the cove, with perhaps the most delicious flavors combinations chosen by the bride!

We really enjoyed creating this fun princess castle for Nina, which was delivered to a gymnastics party!

July was a doozy, with Jenny travelling to the UK to create a dinosaur and lost world themed cake complete with a large ammonite groom's cake.

In August, Australia beckoned, Jenny attended a fun class with Whimsical in Melbourne, Australia to make this very tall cake.  The cake was repurposed for her nieces birthday complete with handmade fishes, painting and an ariel candle!

This was a favorite for September, Nathaniel is a big fan of the coronado bridge, so it was fun to create a scene around it with sea creatures and some brown sugar sand!

There was a lovely wedding at the ranch house in Rancho Penasquitos with this simple lace on pewter blue cake

November saw this exciting pirate themed cake, complete with parrot-guarded treasure chest!

Everyone loves hello kitty!  The customer provided a bundle of hello kitty dolls to decorate the cake with along with a candy and cupcake theme.

What was your favorite Jennywennycakes cake last year?

Market Adventures!

We're embarking on a new adventure with Jennywennycakes.  As is often the case, I was joking around in the kitchen with my friend and assistant, Kristen about how I would love to bake for the Farmers Market, and she said that she'd be happy to go to the market with the goods.  We both thought about it a lot that night, then confessed that we'd realized we'd actually like to go ahead!

Next we started looking for a market.  We found that the Mira Mesa Market was open, so we started there, bringing cupcakes, cookies, trifles and treats.

It has been fairly slow so far, but we decided what we really needed was to maximize our exposure so we started looking for another market.  The timing couldnt have been better, as the San Diego Public Market had just funded!

We decided to throw our hat in the ring, and we were accepted into the Sunday Market!

We hope you'll come and see us!  We started with trifles, cupcakes and macarons, it was a little early for sweets, so we're thinking we'll also bring some breakfast items next time, and maybe some British treats!  Let us know what you'd like to buy, and definitely come and see us!

If you are planning an event, its a great opportunity to try some of our cakes without having to set up a tasting, and we're always happy to discuss your options at the market!

Mira Mesa Farmers Market: Tuesday evenings 2.30-7pm, Mira Mesa High School

San Diego Public Market: Sunday mornings 9am-2pm 1715 National Avenue, San Diego 92113

Jennywennycakes location

I wanted to try and explain the location for jennywennycakes.  I don't put the location on my website, as so many people find me on Yelp, and are expecting a bakery that they can wander in and buy things off the shelf!

Jennywennycakes operates out of Just Call Us, a commercial kitchen in Clairemont.

The kitchen is located at 4445 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, San Diego CA 92117


Directions from the 805:  Come off at Clairemont Mesa Bvld and go east.  Take a left turn on Genessee Avenue, then turn immediately right into the strip mall.  Drive to the end of the strip mall and the kitchen is right there.

It can be a little tricky to find as it is tucked away behind the panda country restaurant and Clairemont Auto care at the corner of Genessee and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard.  If you find the Starshine Market, just drive to the other end of the strip mall and you'll find us!

Please call at 619-356-0536 if you are having trouble!

Julia turns 1

I was contacted by an amazingly talented mom about a first birthday.  I was honored to take up the challenge and make a cake and desserts for her daughter.


This was a little while ago, you can see the spring/easter theme to the party, since it was Easter Sunday.


She designed adorable stationery, bunting and styled an amazing party.  I was challenged to match those designs and to make lots of yummy desserts.


I created a 6" cake with a likeness of the baby girl with the easter bunny to match the invitation, and cupcakes with matching toppers.  I also provided some desserts, profiteroles and mini raspberry macarons with raspberry ganache filling.


As you can see, it came together beautifully, I'm particularly in love with the bunting, I wonder if she'd make me some if I ask nicely!

Trademarks and bakers

Here are some fun recent cakes.  They all have similar themes, kids love mickey mouse, minnie mouse, hello kitty and other trademarked characters.  I get multiple requests for these kind of cakes every week, and every baker that says they will reproduce these likenesses is gambling with their business.  

My solution is that I will match the theme and colors, but I will not reproduce the characters.  

Thankfully Party City and other online retailers offer some solutions with little party candles and toys.  That way I'm happy, and my customers can embellish their cakes with their favorite character.

Another advantage for the customer is the pricing, the candles are very inexpensive compared to me taking my time modeling a character.

So next time you decide you'd like an Elmo cake for your precious little munchkin, please keep in mind the baker, who is grappling with whether to put their business on the line by agreeing, or losing your business by saying 'no'.

In this set I have a little mermaid cake, a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake, Hello Kitty, Cars, Batman, Nemo and Rio

If you see cakes in my library that have the characters in, it is likely that I either made it for a charity donation, or I made it for a friend for free.  The restrictions are only on people that make profit from their cakes.

Sweet sixteen at Sweetwater reservoir!

 I was recently contacted by a wonderful mother who wanted to make her only daughters sweet sixteen party, the most memorable occasion.  I was happy to help, and she brought me all manner of fun cake decorations and papers to make her daughters cupcakes pop with color and fun!


We settled on four flavors, carrot with cranberries, walnuts and raisins with cream cheese frosting, hummingbird with vanilla frosting and coconut shavings, chocolate mud with nutella filling and chocolate frosting, and lemon with lemon curd and berry frosting.


I agreed to bring my cupcake stand, which was decorated with pink ribbon to match the occasion


I arrived at the location and found that the family had done an amazing job of decorating a fantastic venue with many personal touches.  This would be a wonderful location for a budget wedding, with rental through the San Diego Regional Parks Department.