The "Sissy"s
Amy and Amanda officially created sissycakes in May 2010. It all started way before this when Amy was working at a bakery and would bring many of her delicious leftovers into her other job at the Marine Science Center at the University of New England. Then Amy started to try her hand at making more gourmet and custom cakes whenever she had the time for someone's birthday at the MSC. From there, it seemed that almost every week someone would ask her to bake something for a co-worker's birthday or other special event. Unfortunately she couldn't afford to be making these creations on her own anymore, and a friend at work offered to pay her to bring in these treats. It was then when it became quite obvious that she needed to start a small "unofficial" business. The next step was to find a business partner, so who better to ask than her creative and artistic sister, Amanda! They started off by offering to cater friends and friends of friends and business took off, as they all started recommending the duo for any baking needs. As they common call upon each other as "sis" Amanda ingeniously came up with the name sissycakes after hours of brainstorming logos and names and they instantly agreed that was the one!