Melissa Markland. Sales Manager. Cake Aficionado. Friend to fondant, best buds to buttercream. Have a question about cake? She’s the one. Want to order a cake for your aunt, your sister, your child? She’s the one. Want to schedule and appointment? She’s the one. Want to know how many servings you need? She’s the one. Want to know what is fashionable? She’s the one. Want to know what wine to pair with our chocolate caramel? She’s the one. Unstoppable, unsurpassable and unstump-able. She’s the one.

Christine Throgmorton. Business Manager. Cake Lady extraordinaire. Christine started here as a Yule Log Lumberjack and quickly took over the whole place. Thank goodness. Christine remembers our clients by name and cake preference and can recall a t a moment’s notice what flavor your top tier was. She keeps the bakery organized, she keeps the kitchen organized, and she keeps me organized. We keep her laughing, and she keeps us sane. She can also parallel park a 1-ton diesel dually blindfolded, and can offer up some excellent elk recipes.

Ryan Coffey. My Sous chef and my right hand.  Originally from Houston, Ryan was a student of mine at the Texas Culinary Academy and he graduated in 2005.  He has been at the bakery since 2006.  He bakes, he decorates, he sculpts, he builds crazy stands, he pipes and he leads our team to success every week.  Ryan can also spin a mean record and loves to DJ parties.  What he lacks in volume he makes up for in patience. He can make the most delicate butter cake you've ever tasted and can stack a cake perfectly in the center every time. He excels at details and is able to tell the difference between great and good enough with a single glance. Good enough just isn't, and it never will be.  

If you have a baking question, he would love to answer it.  ryan@frostedart.com

Dora Martinez. Our fiery fondant queen. Don't stand still or she might cover you too! Dora has worked at Frosted Art since 2004, preceded all but Ruben and can decorate a cake with record speed. She has two beautiful daughters, Gloria and Victoria, who work here on school holidays. Dora helps keep everyone in line in the kitchen and can make the best tamale I have ever eaten. Dora is the master at topsy turvy so much that we refer to them as "Doras".  She makes a tres leches cake that will make you weep and a shoe collection that rivals Nordstrom.

Ruben Espitia.  Ruben has been here since before the dawn of time, 1990.   There are rumors that he invented cake.  Ruben is responsible for bakery upkeep, delivery coordination, icing production and well if you ask him his job description be prepared, it will take at least fifteen minutes to describe everything he does for us. He knows the city by heart and is our own personal GPS system. If you see a big pink van around town, wave, because that is Ruben!  The bakery wouldn't run without him, we just wouldn't want to. "Talk to me!" You will here this often if you are lucky enough to know our Ruben.

Kaitlin CupcaKe Massey.  Kaitlin joined us recently and I wonder what we did before she got here.  Kaitlin is our thinker, our in house genius.  She can make a mean little gumpaste dog.  (she’s pretty good at the nice ones too)  Biochemistry was her first love, but she got too close to the sucrose, and she turned to the unsavory side.  Ha ha!  Cake has claimed another sweet victim.  Kaitlin is responsible for all the little things made out of fondant and allowing the rest of us to live vicariously through her.