Favorite Cupcake
Just one bite and you'll understand why Sugar Babe Cupcakes has earned the Favorite Cupcake title. From a Plain Jane (a chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting) to a Fancy Nancy (a chocolate chip cupcake with vanilla frosting), Sugar Babe Angela Malpedo has been satisfying the sweet tooth of Valley residents ever since she opened her made-to-order baked goods company last August.
Self-taught, Malpedo's love of baking began as a little girl and family and friends have been enjoying her cupcake confections for many years. But it wasn't until last summer when this life-long Bethlehem resident decided to turn her hobby into a full-time gig that she began to live out her sweet dreams. Starting a business amid a recession wasn't easy, Malpedo admits. Creating a special order business as opposed to opening a bricks-and-mortar store made it possible.
The secret to creating the perfect cupcake, she says, is finding just the right balance of a cake that's “moist, not dry, with a lot of flavor. And a frosting that's not overly sweet but complementary to the cake.” Using high-quality ingredients like Madagascar vanilla, premium cocoa powder and fresh, local fruit certainly doesn't hurt either.
Not only do they taste good, but these cupcakes are also doing good, as Malpedo donates a portion of every cupcake order to a different charity every month. She always wanted to incorporate a charitable component to her business and from the beginning, she's donated her time, talents and profits to local fundraising events for the Pretty in Pink Foundation, The Coco Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, to name a few.
Plans to leave behind her rented commercial kitchen space and open a bakery in Bethlehem are in the works, Malpedo says, because she wants to make all of her baked goods accessible to the Valley, one cupcake, cookie and muffin at a time. “I look forward to being available to everyone. Having a storefront would be the ultimate icing on the cake!”
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