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THE CROWNED CUPCAKE:
Custom Cupcakes and Creations for All Occasions
Happy New Year to all our readers! We hope that
you’ve enjoyed a restful and enjoyable holiday season and are
ready to tackle 2019 with all it promises to bring!
A new year typically means that most of us make a list
of New Year’s resolutions. One of my resolutions this year
(and every year!) is to do a better job of remembering and
celebrating birthdays of family and friends. If this is also
one of your resolutions, this month’s featured business can
help sweeten birthday celebrations, and add creativity and
deliciousness to other special occasions on your list, including
holidays. The Crowned Cupcake, located in Pinole, is your
one stop shop for not only unique, beautifully decorated
and scrumptious cupcakes, but also for custom cakes, pies,
cupcake bouquets, and a variety of other sweet treats sure to
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make any occasion memorable and festive!
As a child, business owner and cake artist Claudia
Anderson, was inspired to become the talented baker and
cake decorator that she is today by working alongside her
mother in the kitchen when she was a young girl. Her
mother was a wonderful cook and baker, and always baked
and beautifully decorated beautiful cakes to celebrate the
birthdays of family members. Claudia initially learned the
art of baking and decorating cakes from her mother; then
later, she eventually took classes to enhance her skills. As
a teenager, one of her first jobs was decorating ice cream
cakes at Baskin Robbins, and later she worked as a cake
decorator for Lucky’s Supermarket bakery. Over the next
20+ years, she developed a passion for making her own sweet
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701 Belmont Avenue, Suite C, Pinole | (510) 964-5265 | thecrownedcupcake.com
By Vickie Lewis