Little Rosebloom Neighborly Bakery

01/07/2022

Hey, Y'all!

I want to thank you for your support over the last year. So many of you have ordered cookies and cakes to share with your loved ones, and it has meant so much to me.

Due to recent health concerns, I've stopped baking indefinitely and am closing down the neighborly bakery. It was a very difficult decision, but the best decision for me. Thank you so much for bringing me your fantastic cake ideas- I am so glad that in my short time as a baker I got to make a rainbow unicorn cake, a Spongebob cake, an EDIBLE CHALKBOARD MATH CAKE! It was so much fun. I only regret not getting into my Baked Alaska and Jello Cake phase sooner!

One of my favorite things about baking is the way it connects us to our neighbors, our family, and our past selves. I don't think I've ever eaten a slice of chocolate cake without thinking about my Aunt Debo or that iconic scene from Matilda (my favorite childhood film), and every chocolate chip cookie brings back memories of my mom reading me to sleep with If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. I don't think that ever goes away, and it connects us to our loved ones even when they're no longer around.

Baking is something I picked up a couple of weeks after lockdown in 2020 because every grocery store was out of bread and I found a jar of baker's yeast. Every week it grew more and more into a therapeutic practice that helped me get through my darkest weeks in isolation, it turned into the one thing I could do while stuck inside, and it made people so happy in an otherwise terrible two years. It's a very hard thing for me to leave behind.

I'll leave this post up for about a month before removing this page, the website has already been taken down. Thank you again for your love and support ❤️

-Celeste Perez

05/11/2021

Hey everybody! A few days ago I entered an at-home baking competition hosted by Alice Fevronia, one of the finalists from Great British Bake Off. The winner gets $20,000 and there are several other great prizes to be had! If I won this competition I could afford equipment to start the baking and cooking show of my dreams.

There’s always been a part of me that wanted to become a baker- on road trips we’d drive through old town squares and as a kid I’d imagine opening a cake shop or a chocolate shop in one of the storefronts (I saw Chocolat waaaay too early as a kid). I grew up watching chefs like Jacques Pepin & Julia Child, and used to dream of having a cooking show of my own. When I was in highschool I got a job at the Crate & Barrel Outlet and spent most of my time there reading through the cookbooks. That’s where most of my paychecks went, too. When I was 16 and saw Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette (my favorite film) I spent the following year obsessed with French patisserie. My love of baking and cooking has always been there, and while it wasn’t my chosen career path, it still found its way to me in the worst of times.

I’d love to get your support during this competition. Voting is open NOW! Below is the link where you can vote for me!

I want to start an educational baking and cooking show to teach them HOW to bake and cook, as well as the science behind it!

05/06/2021

Hello friends! Thank you so much for your support since I launched this business. It means the world to me. With this page I can keep you updated on new flavors, specials, news about my *BLOG*, and more! For now I can only offer my products to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but this is the page to follow to find out when I’ll be shipping to other cities! I hope to get there soon. Again, thank you so much for your support and for being here.

Welcome to the neighborhood!

Love,

Celeste Perez