Stephanie Bueche loves seeing a customer bite into one of her baked goods.
“Someone could be having a terrible day, and just one bite can turn their mood around,” she tells 225 Dine. Bueche is the owner of Les Amis Bake Shoppe, a bakery that specializes in wedding cakes, cheesecakes, cake balls and cupcakes.
Though she’s seen her popularity rise over the past year with the opening of her retail location on Coursey Boulevard, the idea to open up a shop actually came while she was bartending at The Chimes’ Highland Road location. There, the Baton Rouge native was routinely pegged for the Monday morning shift, one that isn’t known as the busiest time for grabbing a beer. However, Bueche made the most of the slim pickings and started baking cupcakes, giving them away to the customers who did visit on Mondays.
Soon enough, she was getting repeat customers and patrons who were interested in placing orders for cupcakes. Thus, the bakery was born. If you peruse the shop’s menu, you’ll notice the shop has an abundance of flavors for customers.
“[Flavors are] what we specialize in,” she says. “Honestly, we have so many because I get tired of making straight vanilla. I also enjoy coming up with new and exciting flavors—there’s something very satisfying to turning someone on to a new flavor profile they never would have imagined.” Read the full story, and be sure to get the latest culinary news every week by signing up for the free 225 Dine e-newsletter.
