NEW NEW NEW - Cake Push Pops!

Cake Nation - I love my cakes, cupcakes, and cake pops. I do. I even dream about them at night. No kidding. But, I am SWOONING over our newest item. You might want to sit down for this - Cake Push Pops. Oh yes. It's like a cake only portable. Like a cupcake only not as messy. It's like the best of all of it - in a nifty push pop. Behold - your newest addiction - our Cake Push Pops.

$3 a pop or $36 for a bakers dozen.

The combinations are endless. We can customize the colors of the cake and the buttercream. Plus, they come with little dome lids to transport. 

Easter Packs are HERE!

Cakers, we've got lots of new items for your tasting pleasure. Here's one of the many super cute things we've got available. Chick Cupcake Packs! We have a delightfully refreshing Lemon Cupcake and a creamy and delicious Vanilla Cupcake. You'll get 9 cupcakes for $10. Available for a limited time - so be the early chick and get the cupcake!

Bunny and Chick Cake Pops

Cake Nation, here at CH&L, we're all about the cute. And here is some serious cute. Our Easter Cake Pops. These sweet pops will include little yellow Chicks, cute baby bunnies, and sweet mini morsel pink and yellow pops. Happy Spring!

$13.50 for half dozen or $25 per dozen

Also available in display containers. Please email for prices.

thebestcake@gmail.com

Spring Packs!

Cake Nation! Spring Packs are here! You'll get one Banana, Orange, Cherry, and Blueberry Cupcake for this fantastic rainbow pack. You'll get your colorful Spring Bouquet of  cupcakes for $5. Feast your eyes on these ...

Happy Spring!

Trail of Life Cake

Cake Nation, we had the privilege to bake for a 20 year cancer survivor. It's her 60th birthday and this cake is a nod to her amazing life. The signs represent things that she has accomplished and things that make her uniquely her. The trail and the outdoor theme is representing her extreme love of the outdoors and all the activities that accompany that. The three little blue birds at the top are for each of her three lovely grandchildren. We hope this cake can sweeten what is already going to be a fantastic celebration for an AMAZING woman. Happy Birthday!

OSU Graduation Cake

Cakers, I am a huge Buckeye fan. I mean, I like OSU almost as much as I like cake.  So, when a customer asked for this cake, I did a little seat dance. I was given free reign on design, so this what I came up with. Congrats on your college graduation, Sharlene!

Lego Cake

Cakers, I cannot lie, I love you all. You're like cake family to me. The customer that ordered this cake, is like dear cake family. She was one of my very first customers, and she has been one of my most frequent customers. When she emailed me a few weeks ago about a Lego cake, I was thrilled. I hope you had a very happy birthday, Elijah!

Minnie inspired cake

Good morning, Cake Nation! We've got a few posts to put up for you, so hang on to your keyboards. First up, this sweet cake inspired by Minnie Mouse and all things girly. Once again, I was in pearl shimmer heaven. This cake was for a customer that ordered a year ago for her daughter Tabitha's first birthday. I was SO very happy to have the chance to bake again for her this year. Buttercream makes such sweet memories for all of us! Enjoy and happy birthday, Tabitha!

Necco Wafer Cake

Cake Nation. Sometimes, just sometimes you all throw me a curve ball. Like for example, this cake. I get the order and I am needing to somehow incorporate chocolate Necco Wafers in to the design of the cake. It took a little shopping to even find Necco wafers (thanks to the Cake Nation peeps on FB). Here's the design I came up with. After all was said and done, it ended up being one of my favorite cakes.

Pink and Green Cupcakes

Cakers, you all love your cupcakes. I love that you love our cupcakes as much as you seem to love our cakes! Here's an order that I loved! Pink and Green. I made these for my very favorite little cupcaker, Charlize Rain.

Train Cake

Sometimes there are those customers that you fall in love with. You know, the ones that you actually mark their birthdays on the calendar and wait around for the phone call when the time comes? Yeah, this is one of those families. This cake was for their son, Joey's, 2nd birthday. This cake is a vegan cake that is also soy free. It's a snickerdoodle cake with vanilla frosting. Happy Birthday, Joey!

Fairy Godmother Project

Here at CH&L we LOVE to give back to the community. We try to give as often and as generously as we can. This quarter, we donated 250 cupcakes and a cake to Clothes that Work in affiliation with The Fairy Godmother Project. It was our honor and our pleasure to be a part of this event and look forward to help making young girls' special day that much sweeter again next year.

St. Patrick's Day Birthday Cupcakes

Cake Nation! Who more to deserve our St.Patrick's Day themed cupcakes that someone born on St.Patrick's Day? Here's an order we sent out to someone just like that. Happy Birthday Victoria!

Paintball Cake

Sometimes I get orders that stump me for a bit. Like this one. A paintball themed cake. While I do have two boys, I have never been paintballing. So, this order took a lot of research to come up with a design. Hope you like it, Cakers!

Zebra Print 10th Birthday!

Cakers, do you know how much I  adore zebra print on cakes? Sigh. I love it. So, I was VERY happy to have a cake client email me and ask for it. I hope the little birthday lady enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed making it!

Welcome Home Cake

This cake was going along with 6 dozen cupcakes to a soldier coming home after his second tour in Afghanistan. It is our honor and our pleasure to be able to create this cake as a gift to someone to amazing who does so much for our country. Thanks for your service, Brian!

Pirate Order! Arrrrgh!

Ahoy Cake Nation! This order was a BLAST to make. This is one of the cakes that I had saved to my computer as Wish Cake. This design is not my original concept, I just had the pleasure of  tweaking it and making mine. So, here you go, Cakers, the Pirate Order!

Happy Birthday, Mason!

St.Patrick's Day Packs are here for your cupcake delight!

Top of the day to you, Cake Nation! You all know how much we love making cupcakes ... well, we love special occasion cupcakes even more. CH&L St.Patrick's Day Packs are now available. We have two variations of this pack (You choose one):

Pack 1: You'll get 6 delightfully green Vanilla Cupcakes topped with rich Irish Cream buttercream. You will also get 3 Chocolate Stout (Guiness) Cupcakes topped with Salted Caramel Buttercream. Seriously - these are AWESOME.

Pack 2: You'll get 6 green Vanilla Cupcakes with Mint Buttercream and 3 Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream. Lots of yummy goodness in there too!

So, as a recap, you'll get 9 cupcakes for $10. It's like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

This offer has expired. Keep your eyes peeled for the Spring Pack coming soon!

Taking over Dayton one Cupcake order at a time!

Cake Nation! Have I mentioned lately how much we adore you? Seriously, you guys have very diverse and interesting lives and orders. This order was placed for Sinclair college's Kummba night. I love the way they looked when they were completely finished and set up. Thanks for letting us at CH&L live vicariously through you!

Holy Stacks of Scrumptious Cupcakes, Batman!

Cake Nation! I've missed posting on here for you. We've been up to our eyeballs in cupcakes. Seriously, you all are amazing. Our Valentines Packs went over smashingly. So, now, we're working on St.Patty's Packs. I know! Squee! I know one of the flavors will be a Chocolate Stout Cake with a Salted Caramel Buttercream. It's ok to seat dance. I did. Stay tuned for more details ... until then, here's some pics of the cupcakes that have been going out to you all.

Our take on a box of chocolates.

CH&L Valentines Pack. Our take on a box of chocolates. 

You'll get Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, Double Chocolate Cake with our signature Vanilla Buttercream, and a White Chocolate Cake with our lightly flavored Strawberry Buttercream. 9 cupcakes for $10.

 Now that's sweet.




*48 hour notice required on order. Delivery to the Dayton area is available for a $5 charge. Please email thebestcake@gmail.com to see if your location is available. Delivery is subject to availability.

Welcome to the Jungle

Cake Nation! How are you? Staying warm I hope. This cake is another order for Icing Smiles, Inc. Remember, we made the iCarly Cake a while back for them? Well, this cake is for a little boy turning 1. His name is Milosh. When Milosh was in NICU as a baby, he was dubbed the Lion Prince. So, we took that theme and ran with it. Happy Birthday, Milosh!

Groupon Customers

Hey Groupon Cakers! Cake, Hope, & Love is a cottage bakery. This means that we bake out of a residential kitchen. This is a perk for our clients because it allows for a lot of individual attention. To use your Groupon, simply click on the contact us button up top and fill out the form. All we need to verify your Groupon is the first and last name the Groupon was purchased under. Then, each dozen allows one or two flavors. Tell us which you'd like to try and hit send. I'll email you back with a confirmation and we'll schedule your pick up. It's that simple. Go and get your cupcake on!

Orders require a 48 hour notice and are subject to our availability. 

It's on like Donkey Kong

Cake Nation! How are you? I hope the new year is off to a fabulous start. Here at CH&L we're loving the orders you all are sending us. This cake was tons of fun to make. Not to mention, your newest favorite Cake Lady, Connie, was getting some fondant time in. This cake was a vanilla cake with a cookies and cream filling. Donkey Kong himself was hand crafted by yours truly. Enjoy!

Pink Birthday Cake

So, this was a great weekend for cakes. I had two Cake Nation peeps call and ask me to make cakes and they just wanted them pretty. Sigh. I've been elbow deep in fondant flowers and luster dust. Not a bad way to spend a Friday morning. So, here's my Pretty in Pink birthday cake.

Everyone all together now .... Awwwww! So cute. I love flowers. And butterflies. And pink. I just love this cake. So, this is an 8" rich chocolate cake filled with CH&L Vanilla buttercream. Tastes as good as it looks, I tell ya.

20th Birthday Cake

Cake Nation, I love when one of you call and say something like - just make it pretty. My heart soars in to fondant heaven. Really, it does. So, here's one of those cakes.

This is a 10" moist Srawberry cake filled with creamy buttercream and fresh sliced strawberries. Delicious.

Your new favorite things

Cake Nation! How are you? Fantastic I hope. Well, I'm here to make life just a little bit sweeter. Cakers, behold the Cake Pop. Sweet delectable CH&L Buttercream mixed with moist delicious CH&L Cake - all on a cute little stick. Cake Pops come in an endless variety of flavor combinations with no limits to the way they can be decorated. Seriously, they are close to perfection as well, most things you'll see.

Cake Pop Pricing:

$10.50 for half dozen

$21.00 a dozen

One flavor per every order.

Groupon Customers

Hey Groupon Cakers! Cake, Hope, & Love is a cottage bakery. This means that we bake out of a residential kitchen. This is a perk for our clients because it allows for a lot of individual attention. To use your Groupon, simply click on the contact us button up top and fill out the form. All we need to verify your Groupon is the first and last name the Groupon was purchased under. Then, each dozen allows one or two flavors. Tell us which you'd like to try and hit send. I'll email you back with a confirmation and we'll schedule your pick up. It's that simple. Go and get your cupcake on!

Orders require a 48 hour notice and are subject to our availability.

If you're new to the CH&L site here, make sure to scroll through our blog. We not only make scrumptious cupcakes, we also love creating fabulous cakes. If you're a bride looking for something a little more than just a traditional wedding cake, boy did you ever find the right site today! Looking for a birthday cake, yep, you guessed it. We're happy you're here. Here are a few peeks at some of our favorite cakes.

Winter themed wedding

I was thrilled when I got this order. The client told me she just wanted shades of blue with snowflakes for a winter themed wedding. I was chomping at the bit to be able to sit down and pipe snowflakes. There's something whimsical and magical about this theme. I really love how the entire set up looked. I look forward to more winter themed wedding orders. 

Cake Nation - you guys are great. I mean, seriously, you've been telling everyone about us. We've been getting cupcakes orders every day. Matter of fact, I have chocolate cupcakes in the oven right now that are going to be turned in to Peppermint Hot Chocolates. Say it all together now ..... Mmmmmmm.

So, here are a few pictures of some of the stacks of cupcakes going out of the kitchen.

Christmas Packs are here!!

Since the Thanksgiving boxes went over awesome, I thought I would offer up a Christmas pack WITH a bonus. The Christmas pack is 9 of our classy cupcake. There are 2 Egg Nogg, 3 Candy Canes, and 3 Gingerbread all for $15. For you CH&L scholars out there, that's 9 cupcakes for the price of 6. Where's the BONUS you may ask? Well, since it is the time of year for generosity, we'll DELIVER your cupcakes for free. Yup. Some serious yumminess from our ovens to your doorstep. What a merry little Christmas.

Finishing on a sweet note

This cake is out of the norm for us. It is fondant-less. Man, did I ever forget how difficult smoothing buttercream can be. I think this cake had a great look when all was said and done. I hope you have a happy retirement from the Air Force, Scott Huddle. Thank you for your service.

Sweetening Up the Holidays!

Happy December Cake Nation! Here at CH&L we are doing our best to bake a difference one cupcake at a time. One of the ways we're doing that this Christmas is by visiting our local Ronald McDonald House. We're going to be going down the week of Christmas to deliver stacks of sweets to these amazing families. I got to thinking, you know what's better than cupcakes? Cupcakes and YOUR  treats. So, you know that one sweet that your family and friends always ask you to make? Yeah, that one. Make an extra platter of them and I will send a pick up person to your place and get them. Then, I'll make a HUGE delivery to the Ronald McDonald House. So, fire up those ovens, Cakers! We're going to be making some major sweets for a GREAT cause.

email me with your sweet @ thebestcake@gmail.com or call 937-985-1870 and ask for Shannon.

Oh, and if baking isn't your thing, here's a link to a list of items that's needed for the Ronald McDonald House.