Offering mouthwatering morsels in flavors such as Red Velvet, Devil’s Food Cake, German Chocolate and Meyer Lemon, Gigi’s Cupcakes Napa hopes to entice cupcake lovers one bite at a time.
Gigi’s Cupcakes is enjoying sweet success since opening on Valentine’s Day, said Laura Young,
“Business is good,” said the self-titled Chef de Cupcake, who co-owns the shop with her husband, Bill. On average, the shop sells 300 cupcakes a day and more on holidays, said Young.Made daily from scratch, Gigi’s cupcakes are made from childhood memories and family recipes, Young said. The shop makes approximately 24 kinds of cupcakes including Carrot Cake, Mayo Cake, Hummingbird, Coconut and Tuxedo Cake. The Red Velvet is the most popular, said Young, who credits her pastry chef Carina Lopez for her baking magic.
Named after the couple’s Yorkshire Terrier, Gigi’s opened in a former candy shop near Browns Valley Market. Over a period of six months, and with the help of Young’s son-in-law Dennis Cook, a contractor, they completely remodeled the space in a classic vintage style.The shop is decorated with black-and-white pictures of the couple’s six grandchildren, a black-and-white checkered floor, a faux vintage phone, black gramophone, pink pedal car and other pink, black and white accents.
“I always admired the way things were in the ’50s, where home and family came first,” said Young. “Being a long-time admirer of Doris Day and G-rated life… I want to capture some of those times in my shop.”
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