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Children’s Dental
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them started on a lifetime of happy
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with Dr. Halley her team.
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Hot Pink Cake Stand
(www.hotpinkcakestand.com,
910-343-4727) was started
in January 2010 by Jody Carmichael.
Originally an interior designer,
Carmichael says she fell into the cake
business by accident, starting with cup-cakes
and eventually expanding to spe-cial-
occasion cakes. It wasn’t until three
months before opening Hot Pink Cake
Stand that she decided to take a cake
decorating class. Carmichael studied in
New Jersey under Anne Heap, a recent
winner of the TLC Cake Challenges.
Hot Pink Cake Stand’s most popular
cake flavors have been chocolate and
chocolate varieties (red velvet, peanut
butter, etc). “I find that people stick
with simple flavors, but I’ve also had
requests for a chai-flavored and pump-kin-
flavored cake,” says Carmichael.
Along with unique flavor varieties, Hot
Pink Cake Stand is one of the only local
bakeries that offer vegan, gluten-free and
sugar-free cake options.
Carmichael agrees that taste is one of
the most important aspects of the cake,
Cake by Hot Pink Cake Stand. Photo by www.bacaphotography.com
It’s
what’s on
the inside...