Butterfly Bakery, Sable Fessler
The mission of this LGBTQIA+-owned and -operated bakery in Nebraska is to share kindness and create a welcoming environment for all. The brightly colored walls and butterfly-themed decor add to the warm and safe atmosphere of the bakery, to which baker Sable Fessler attests. Butterfly Bakery offers a wide assortment of pastries, cakes and cupcakes, wedding cakes, cookies, and more, as well as decorating classes. The team also puts their motto of “Baking the change by creating edible art, embracing our community, and normalizing queer culture,” into action; through The Butterfly Effect, the bakery’s community service initiative, Sable and other team members make weekly donations to local food banks and partner with other local nonprofits to multiply their efforts and continue to make people happy through their work.
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WEDDING CAKE SANDWICH COOKIES
Makes 15 sandwich cookies
Recipe by Brian Hart Hoffman. Adapted from Tasty Pride: 75 Recipes and Stories from the Queer Food Community by Tasty and Jesse Szewczyk. Published by Clarkson Potter. ©2020 by BuzzFeed, Inc.
As a child, I loved weddings and went to as many as I could. My mom was a church organist, my aunt Janice was a wedding coordinator, and my aunt Cheryl loved a good slice of cake. As I grew up and realized I was gay, my love for weddings faded. How could I love something I wouldn’t be able to have myself? It saddened me to think that I wouldn’t be able to celebrate my future love and my future husband along with my own wedding cake, so I became comfortable on team “I don’t need a wedding to be in love, so I don’t want one.” Then I met Stephen. And I wanted one. After a trip to Seattle, Washington, to get legally married in the courthouse
