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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Out With The Old And In With The New (Cupcake Store)

Melissa Guillemette hopes to fill the hole made by the departure of Sugar Cupcake Shoppe by expanding her previously home-based business.

  Driving down 110 over the past few weeks, one can be forgiven if the absence of Sugar Cupcake Shoppe might not be immediately noticeable to those not paying attention. Or at least, that’s what Melissa Guillemette has found. That’s because Guillemette has taken over where Sugar’s Kate Kelly has left off at the little nook between Nixon and South Chelmsford roads on Route 110 with another cupcake store, bringing a storefront to what was before her home-based Sweetpea’s Bakery. “It’s a great opportunity, I had people stopping by all the time and I couldn’t accommodate that,” she says. “So now with a storefront, people can stop by and grab a cake whenever they’re in the mood.” Replacing one cupcake store with another cupcake store can …

Amber B.

5:58 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013

I'm definitely coming by! I picked up a Sugar cupcake for a friend and he deemed it really on the dry side. Gluten free, soy-free, vegan??? Sold!   more ›

Monday, April 2, 2012

The Art of Cupcakes Gives Birth to Residential Bakery

Sweetpea's Bakery on Southwick Circle was born out of a love of artistry and a hunger for food...artistry.

If cupcake baking is an art form, then that would certainly explain the story of Melissa Guillemette. While the she loved painting for as far back as she could remember, last year she took that love and transferred into the beginnings of what would become Sweetpea's Bakery: a residentially based cupcake enterprise on Southwick Circle. Before she became Sweetpea's owner/baker/ “doer of everything”, Guillemette was looking for a way to expand her decorative impulses which ranged from painting to sculpting and beyond. Ultimately, she came to the conclusion in early 2011 that food would become her next canvass. “It’s just more fun to eat your art at the end of the day than sit on a wall somewhere.” she said. “Everybody can relate to food, …

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