Business
BY ASIA ARMOUR
CaseBakes Cookies in Webster nds success in the ‘small things’ Casey Cardona never imagined owning a bakery that ships out more than 1,000 cookies per week or being a nalist on Food Network’s “Christmas Cookie Challenge.” What would become CaseBakes Cookies started humbly from the desire to have some decorative sugar cookies for her son’s rst birthday party, Cardona said. She saw some online, but said they were too expensive for her single-income family. So she decided to make her own. This initiative turned into a full-scale business that opened September 2018. Sorting out details Cardona has always had a crafty side, she said. She spent hours designing and constructing the life-size nutcrackers in pink uniforms in the lobby
CaseBakes Cookies rotates its menu based on the season, but the business specializes in the owner’s decorated sugar cookies.
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of the sweets shop. “I just like seeing the nished product when it came from nothing and then seeing it completed— the fact that you did it with your hands and it’s original, and it’s unique,” Cardona said. This skill and dedication translates to how she crafts her decorative desserts, she said. “That’s what sells it, is the attention to detail,” Cardona said. “It’s the small things that tie in.”
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