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Jewel Green<br />
Baking Company<br />
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Facebook at Jewelgreenbakingco and Instagram.<br />
Everything Sweet<br />
Photos courtesy of Everything Sweet<br />
334.728.1430<br />
Hello@everythingsweetauburn.com<br />
www.everythingsweetauburn.com<br />
When Ann Archer was a sophomore in<br />
college and suddenly sent home during the<br />
pandemic, she had so much time on her<br />
hands that she decided to start baking. She<br />
added photos of her baking to Instagram.<br />
After someone asked her if she sold the<br />
cakes, she decided, “Why not?” She began<br />
to get orders.<br />
Last year, Ann moved back to Auburn<br />
after graduating from Ole Miss and taught<br />
kindergarten. She continued baking and<br />
has enjoyed having cookie and cake classes<br />
with children.<br />
“I love being in the kitchen and in my<br />
apron,” Ann says, “so I decided to go ahead<br />
first and open up my bakeshop and party<br />
store, Everything Sweet, in late July. Some<br />
of my most popular items are my Annabelle<br />
cake, a secret family recipe that is a light<br />
and fluffy pound cake with a cinnamon<br />
swirl in the middle, sugar cookies that I<br />
paint to be custom for any occasion, and my<br />
favorite, my strawberry cake.<br />
“I am so grateful for the opportunity to<br />
bring life to celebrations and celebrations<br />
to life,” Ann adds. “I believe every day is a<br />
gift and should be celebrated as one!”<br />
Melissa Dorman Baysinger and Derek Land, who<br />
both grew up in Lee County, opened their online<br />
cottage business, Jewel Green Baking Company,<br />
in November last year. While Melissa handles the<br />
baking, Derek manages the business side.<br />
The baking company offers a variety of baked<br />
goods, including their seasonal cookie trays with<br />
a variety mix and cookie decorating kits that children<br />
will enjoy. They are also continuing to expand<br />
their custom cake business in order to offer birthday<br />
cakes, groom cakes, graduation cakes and<br />
more.<br />
This fall they will be offering a variety of baked<br />
goods perfect for get-togethers with family. “We<br />
will be offering a variety of pies and breads,” Derek<br />
says. “Some flavors we will be offering are pecan<br />
pie, apple pie, pumpkin spice swirl loaf, cinnamon<br />
coffee cake, and other classic fall flavors.”<br />
They also offer Wayne’s buttermilk pie that<br />
they are naming after a local veteran. Derek and<br />
Melissa want to donate 100 percent of sales of this<br />
pie to a local veteran’s organization as their way of<br />
giving back to the community.<br />
When they are not working at their cottage business,<br />
they are busy with private chef and catered<br />
events.<br />
They require at least 48 hours for orders.<br />
Photo provided by Jewel Green Baking Company<br />
58 EAST ALABAMA LIVING
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