Buttercream Dreams: Small Cakes, Big Scoops, and Sweet Treats
By Jeff Martin
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Jeff Martin
Jeff Martin first stumbled upon his passion for languages on his first trip to Brazil at the age of 17. Since then, he has become fluent in several languages, and now works as a master certified Spanish court interpreter. Throughout his journey, he has met many people who ask him the same question. "How can I become fluent in a foreign language?" Through over 11 years of research, analysis, interviews, language lessons, and ultimately watching his children learn to speak, he developed the answer to that question in the form of a book.
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Buttercream Dreams - Jeff Martin
This book is dedicated to the three people in my life who have given me the inspiration for all of these crazy ideas! To my wife, brandy, who has encouraged me to follow my dreams and to take risks. Your unwavering support has made all of this possible, and I could not have done it without you by my side! For my daughter, lily, the inspiration behind the name that started it all. Your love for ice cream and cake makes me smile and reminds me every day that a cupcake does help! Just don’t tell your mom how much we sneak when she’s not looking! And to my little jax, those teeth are going to fall out anyway . . . but keep brushing so we stay out of trouble with mom!
I would also like to thank all the Smallcakes staff, customers, and owners of our franchise locations. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wake up and count myself lucky to be doing what I love and working with so many amazing people! I never dreamed that I’d be so fortunate to be writing a book, much less traveling the globe to assist other people in meeting their dreams as well. My story is the real American dream, and so I encourage everyone to take a risk and follow your own dreams . . . you really can do anything you set your mind to!
Contents
Introduction: Life Is Sweet
Small Cakes
Big Scoops
Sweet Treats
Metric Conversions and Equivalents
Index
Introduction
Life Is Sweet
Hi, my name is Jeff Martin, and I have the greatest job in the world. I am the founder of Smallcakes: A Cupcakery. Creating Smallcakes is an American-dream story. We started Smallcakes with very little money and a passion for bringing gourmet, amazing, delicious cupcakes to neighborhoods all over the country. I wanted to do this because cupcakes remind so many people of their cherished childhood memories of baking with Grandma and Mom.
People ask me all the time for our recipes or for advice on how to improve their own homemade cupcakes. This book represents everything I’ve learned after making thousands of cupcakes and other sweet treats. I’m excited to bring these cherished recipes to all of our fans and friends.
About Smallcakes: Maybe a Cupcake Will Help?
The history behind how we got started is definitely a modern-day entrepreneurial story. I worked in restaurants my whole life, but honestly, baking was never my forte. As I traveled to LA and NY, I noticed a few cupcake bakeries beginning to pop up. I was fascinated by them because all they served was cupcakes, yet they were extremely busy, but their product was average. I live in Kansas City where we really didn’t have a cupcake-only
bakery at the time. I told my wife my idea about opening a cupcake shop and she quickly shot it down because I’m not a baker. Eventually she came around and we started baking cupcakes at home to come up with a product that was better than what we had tried everywhere else. After all the cupcakes and frosting disasters, we finally found ten cupcake flavors that were amazing, including Cookies ’n’ Cream Cupcakes, Orange Creamsicle Cupcakes, and Cinnamon Maple Cupcakes. As we were opening our first cupcake bakery, we also had a three-month-old baby girl named Lily, who would play a huge part in what we would become down the road.
When I started looking for a retail space, I met with many landlords who thought the idea of a cupcake bakery was not a smart one. After being turned down by five different landlords, we finally found one who said, I don’t think it’s going to work, but I will lease you a space on a month-to-month basis.
When selecting a name for our shop, we considered just about everything. We wanted something that was unique and really conveyed to our customers who we were. After a few days of thinking and getting nowhere, we decided to take a drive. Our daughter, Lily’s, nickname was Smallcake.
And as we were driving down the road talking to her, my wife leaned over and