WOOOOO HOOOO! Look dad I’m on TV

Pink Ribbon Bakery was featured on Thursday’s episode of Shaw TV’s go! Vancouver. Thank you Christine Vu for giving me the opportunity to tell my business story. I felt all awkward and nerdy on camera, but I think it turned out well. Here’s the video. I come [...]

If you want a fabulous custom cake from Pink Ribbon Bakery but you have no idea what theme you want, let me help you out a little bit! I have a list of themes that I’ve been keeping in my back pocket for quite some time now, and I would absolutely love the opportunity to [...]

One question I am asked all the time is “What’s your favorite cake you’ve ever made?” It stumps me every time because I love all my cakes… like as much as I love my pets (and sometimes more).

Here are my top 20 favorite cakes over the last little while.

This was [...]

Ok so here is how the story goes. I’ll start off by saying that I have my best friend Anthony to thank for this whole experience. You may know him better as 6x DJ of the YEAR DJ Physik so throughout the rest of this post I will refer to him as Physik. Keep in [...]

Over the last little while I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Erin Ireland. I’ve got to tell you… it is SO refreshing to know someone who’s so passionate about what they do. Erin lives for finding the greatest food around, and helps in promoting the items that she believes are TO DIE FOR! [...]

If you know me, you know that I love tattoos. I have a large collection of body art that I am quite proud of. All of my tattoos are done by the fabulous Mark Ainsworth of Rain City Tattoo in Vancouver. He has become a best friend of mine over the years. We are both [...]

*Yes a blog post without photos. No it’s not boring*

Nobody said it was easy. Well… a few people did. But what do they know.

The bakery is a success people! I’m up and running and rocking and rolling. Business is booming and only getting boominger! Yup. My location on 6th Street in New Westminster [...]

Yes, that’s right everyone! I made Matt Damon’s birthday cake! Here’s how it all went down.

On Friday morning I received a call from a girl who who wanted to order a custom birthday cake…. for that day! Normally if someone tries to order a same day cake, especially on a Friday, I am [...]

Now don’t get me wrong. I love all my cakes equally… just as though they were all my tiny little puppies, but some just make me so proud to be doing what I’m doing. There’s nothing better than putting the finishing touches on a cake and then taking a step back and thinking “Wow, I [...]

Sheila: “Oh no….. oh ok wait… oh shit…. DAMMIT!!!”
Sheila: (yelling accross the room) “MATT…. DO HORSES LAY DOWN?”
Matt: “Ummmmm….. I don’t think so?”
Sheila: “Well I say they do now”
Matt: (while grabbing the laptop) “Maybe we should Google it”
Matt: “They all look dead I think”
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