A HONEY OF A CAKE MAKER HONEY CHAPPELL OF SIMPLY SWEET CAKES BAKES DELICIOUS WORKS OF ART OUT OF HER HOME KITCHEN IN SUWANEE. By Jaya Lord / Photos Courtesy Honey Chappell
S I sit in what I call my “comfy corner” and flip through the TV to find background noise to write to, I realize that I almost always choose Netflix's "Nailed It!" If you haven't watched this show, it's a baking competition for home bakers who are... not very good. In each episode, the bakers are challenged to recreate edible masterpieces. Most of them end up looking and tasting poorly, but it makes for fantastic entertainment. Simply Sweet Cakes’ Honey Chappell, however, is the opposite of these forlorn bakers. In her home kitchen in Suwanee, Honey whips up cakes that look like actual works of art — and taste even better. If Honey were to star in a baking show, it would look more like “Cake Masters” than “Nailed It!"
First Of Its Kind Business In Suwanee
Honey turned a hobby she dabbled with into a profitable, successful business in 2015. Simply Sweet Cakes is a licensed home-based cottage food business that was the first of its kind in the City of Suwanee. "I was the guinea pig,” Honey says. “It was crazy in some moments because there wasn't a lot of knowledge with this type of licensing, but the City and I walked through each step together and we got it done.”
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Simply Sweet Cakes provides a variety of sweet treats ranging from wedding cakes, custom cakes and mini-cakes to sugar cookies, cake pops and cupcakes. When it comes to the flavors, Honey can craft one of her creations using familiar favorites like chocolate, vanilla, marble, and strawberry, as well as premium flavors like red velvet, blue velvet, white chocolate, Italian cream,
