Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique has a unique menu that carries specific flavors on certain days.  So make sure you come back on the days of your favorite cupcake.  Also, coming early is a must because when the little darn things are gone, they are gone.  She only serves the best and she only serves them fresh so therefore when the store is sold out; it's time to close up shop.   

With a background in the food industry, a love for desserts, and the old family recipes; Bridget and her husband Jeff was able to take a huge leap of faith and be the first to bring a cupcake specialty concept to Houston.  She manipulates the concept of just a cupcake and turns it in to a work of art, with the most unique flavors that you would never think can come out of such a little cupcake. 

 What Bridget has created is more than a place to grab some really great cupcakes and go.  The entrepreneur created a combination of what inspires her everyday- her children, her family that works with and supports her, her staff, and her happy customers with every mother's dream of combining all her inspirations in the business she has always wanted.  Not only is this a happy place for her family but it is a warm welcoming place for all families cause you can't help but smile when you walk through the doors.  

2. Can you make a cupcake with splenda or and sugar substitute?  Again, there are recipes out there, and we've even tested a few of our own, but we choose not to use alternative sweeteners, because let's face it, you CAN taste the difference.   

3. Do you offer customized individual boxes of cupcakes for an event or promotion?  We offer boxes for just about any size order – from 1 to 24….you name it.  Individual cupcakes are packed in our white square box with an insert inside that holds the cupcake in place perfectly and our logo label placed on top, tied with our signature ribbon at no charge.  For an additional charge, we also have a hot pink version of the individual box that has a see through window on top, ribbon, and a note card.  We've had several clients select our cupcakes for wedding and party favors, client gifts, etc.  

4. What makes your cupcakes unique? For starters, Sugarbaby's cupcakes are baked from scratch.  A lot of our recipes are old family recipes, with the freshest and highest ingredients.  We select premium Dutch and black cocoa and gourmet chocolate from companies like Callebaut and Guittard.  The only vanilla you'll find in our store is the best Madagascar bourbon vanilla out there – not that imitation stuff.  We use organic carrots in our 24 Carrot Cake and vanilla bean in our Va-Va-Vanilla cake.  We hand dip chocolate covered cherries to top our Velvet Rouge. There's no shortening allowed in our store…so when we say we top our cupcakes with buttercream, we mean it – good old fashioned butter, confectioners sugar, and real vanilla. We also don't bake with additives or preservatives.  Finally, each Sugarbaby's cupcake is its own little work of art.  Our fabulous team of bakers and pastry chefs take pride in creating desserts that are as appealing to the eye as they are to the stomach.    

5.What occasions do people order the cupcakes for? We've created custom order cupcakes for all sorts of occasions. Most commonly, our cupcakes are ordered for everyday dinner parties, business client gifts, birthday parties for children and adults, graduation, baby showers and bridal showers. And we of course have our own special assortments for holidays like Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Christmas, Halloween, etc. Some of our more interesting requests have been for charity horse shows, “Sex and the City” parties, and even a dog's birthday party (for the adult attendees of course).  We offer a lot of personalization through color, sprinkles, fondant, and other decorative details that help clients coordinate their desserts with their theme. =

6. What is more fattening the cupcake or the frosting? If I had to guess, I'd probably say the frosting since our frostings are made with real butter, cream cheese, etc.

7.Is there such thing as a masculine cupcake for men?  Or is there a specific cupcake that men buy when they come in?  Don't be fooled into thinking men could never love something as cute as a cupcake – because they do.  In fact, the majority of our “regular” clients – those that might come in more than once a week and/or come in on specific days for specific flavors – are men!  Anything chocolate tends to be the first choice for the guys, so some favorites among the men are our Velvet Rouge, S'mores, Black Forest , and Dippity Doo Dah (and yes, they say the name). Maybe it's the black cocoa we use in our chocolate cake that makes these flavors seem more masculine, but guys enjoy a good old vanilla bean cupcake with pastel icing and sprinkles too. Men just have good taste!  

I took a few years off to spend with my son and welcome our daughter as another addition to our family while deciding what I really wanted to do for myself professionally. My husband Jeff and I had studied the cupcake trend that was sweeping New York and LA, and decided to take a huge leap of faith and be the first to bring a cupcake specialty concept to Houston. We didn't want to just open a little walk-in / walk-out bakery though.  We wanted it to be more service oriented, and a real “experience” to visit our store.  The kind of place you tell your friends, “You just have to go there!”

10. Who helped you design your boutique? Our friend Nick Carnegis of Carnegis & Co. locally and House849 in Palm Springs, helped to bring all our ideas together in a design atmosphere that was exactly what we were looking for a cross between Alice in Wonderland and an old Victorian pop-up greeting card.  We had some lucky finds with unique one-of-a-kind details like the lighting fixtures, antique buffet, and even an apron from the movie set of Chocolate for good luck. 

11. What else do you sell besides cupcakes?  Besides our delicious cupcakes, we also offer a daily baker's choice variety of other miniature desserts such as mini cheesecakes, mini tarts and pies, and individual sized bundt cakes.  To compliment our desserts, we offer Dean & Deluca coffees and teas (the only place in Houston you can find them), sodas, bottled waters and teas, juice, or just a good old fashioned glass of milk.  If your cupcakes are for a party, we have an assortment of tiered stands and presentation pieces to serve your desserts.  For clients that need gift ideas or something nice to go with their cupcakes, we have a unique assortment of platters, dessert plates, and tea sets, beautifully packaged candies, cookies and chocolates, coffees and teas, and a lot of other goodies.

12. Do you have an area where people can hang out and eat their cupcakes?  We have a sunny window bar and dining area that seats about 25 people and an adjacent black and white damask party room that seats an additional 24 guests and can be closed off for private parties when booked in advance.  

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13. What makes you love cupcakes so much?  For me, they're just fun.  There are so many things you can do with a cupcake, and so many flavor options you can create.  I love that each one is its own little work of art, and I LOVE how they make people's faces light up.  That's what makes it all worth while. 

14 .What is the most unique cupcake you have? From what we have right now on our menu, I'd have to say it's a toss up between our Chocolate Covered Strawberry – chocolate cake filled with strawberry preserves, topped with strawberry buttercream and dipped in dark chocolate, and our S'mores – chocolate cake with chunks of graham crackers and chocolate chips baked in, topped with marshmallow buttercream, toasted marshmallows, a chocolate dipped graham cracker, and chocolate ganache.  They're real eye catchers and all those great flavors combined make them irresistible.  

15. What is the most unusual cupcake you have made? We created some really adorable ladybug cupcakes for a child's first birthday that you would just have to see to believe.  We also had a request for skulls and crossbones on chocolate cupcakes.  Amanda, one of our pastry chefs, is quite the artist…and she hand cut and detailed them.

16. How do you come up with your flavors? Many of our flavors are old family recipes.  Our carrot cake and banana nut recipes for example, have been in my family for several generations.  We like to explore flavors that are indicative of the season.  We've had spice flavors like pumpkin and gingerbread during the winter and citrusy fun flavors like lemon, orange cream and pina colada during the summer.  We also experiment with combinations that remind you of other delicious treats that come in a different “package” so to speak – chocolate covered strawberry, mocha java and s'mores for example.  It's a tough job to do all this taste testing, but someone's gotta do it!

17. What inspires you everyday? I'm inspired by smiling faces – my children, my family that works with and supports me, our staff, and our happy clients.  Like I said before, to see people smile and know that we bring a little joy into their lives makes it all worth while.

For more information, please call Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique at 713.52-SUGAR or visit their website at www.ilovesugarbabys.com