Introducing Jennifer and Sean

The Frosted Fox Cake Shop was founded by me, Jennifer, and my husband, Sean, in 2015. Our shop is located at 6511 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19119. I thought you might like to learn a little about us and what we hope to do with our shop.

   I was born and raised in Philadelphia. Sean is originally from Miami. We met at the Culinary Institute of America on the first day of classes in 2006. We actually met during one of those ice breaker activities that are usually kind of forced. Sean was attending school to learn about fine dining and I went because I dreamed of opening my own cake shop one day. Soon enough, we were spending all of our free time together and by the end of culinary school, we were all set to move to Philadelphia together. Like a lot of culinary couples, we envisioned a delicious future together and hoped to own our own bakery, cafe or restaurant!

Sean and Me on the day I graduated Culinary School

   Once we moved to Philadelphia in 2008, Sean started working for some corporate catering companies. They focused on high quality food on a large scale. Imagine the Pixar or Google campus cafeterias and that's a pretty good picture of what he was doing. I started working for a bakery in my neighborhood and was able to start decorating cookies, cupcakes and, my favorite, cakes! Eventually, I even became the pastry chef, which meant that I had a lot of responsibilities to make sure the shop ran smoothly.

    Sean and I got married in 2010 and we made sure there was an impossibly huge amount of food at the wedding. I was thrilled to make my own wedding cake! It was around this time that foxes began to enter our life as a recurring motif. We went to see Fantastic Mr. Fox and I became pretty obsessed with it. The groom's cake I made for Sean and our wedding cake featured a pair of foxes and we even named two of our pets after characters in the movie. I started collecting pieces that featured foxes and other woodland creatures for our home.

Photos of our wedding from Philadelphia Brides

    About a year ago, Sean and I started dreaming of our bakery in a more tangible way than ever before. With the support of our families, we decided it was time to start making it happen. I left my job (I was working as a chocolatier with John and Kira's) and started testing recipes out of our home. Now, we are on the brink of making our shop a reality.  We have a storefront, our recipes and our game plan. Now, we just have to make everything a reality.  

   Our dream shop will feature our wedding and specialty cakes as its main focus. While cakes are the focus, we will also offer a line of cookies, bars and other small baked goods for our local customers who are looking for great neighborhood options.  We want our shop to be a nice place to relax, watch us decorate and connect with others. We want our desserts to bring people together by wowing them visually and then thrilling their tastebuds. Authenticity and quality are important to us. We make all of our items from scratch with high quality ingredients. Everything is decorated by hand, by a real person. We want to offer people a place where they can imagine their dream cake, work with our team, and see that dream become a reality, just like our bakery will be a dream come true for us.

Our Storefront at 6511 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia PA 19119

   We don't have an opening date yet, as this process is quite involved and so many aspects of it are out of our hands. For now, check back in with us here and on our website, www.frostedfoxcakeshop.com for updates on our progress. 

Introducing the Frosted Fox on the Prowl

Welcome to the official blog of The Frosted Fox Cake Shop! I'm Jennifer and I own the Frosted Fox along with my husband, Sean. Opening a bakery that specializes in cakes has been my dream ever since I was a little girl. I am extremely excited to be able to turn this dream into reality thanks to my incredibly supportive family and friends. What makes this even better is being able to open our shop​ in Mt. Airy, just a few blocks away from where I grew up and where we now live, in Germantown. For those of you who don't know the area, both neighborhoods are in Northwest Philadelphia, a wonderful city for food and culture. Please check out our website (frostedfoxcakeshop.com) for more specific information about our shop, our products and our photos!

   With this blog, I hope to be able to share information about our shop. Things like events and specials as well as what we're learning about running a small business. I also want to share information about the cakes we are making and showcase our favorite new pieces. I hope to also share some of my decorating and baking knowledge with you through photo and video tutorials. 

   My hope is that this blog will provide insight into the crazy life of running and working in an artisan cake bakery.  The topics won't be limited to cake decorating, but of course that will be a popular topic. The blog will be pretty informal, but I will be working hard to keep it entertaining and informative. If you prefer your information in small bites, you can follow us on facebook for quick snippets about what is happening in our shop. You can also follow us on instagram to see more photos of our work and our shop life.

   Well, now that we have the housekeeping out of the way, we can start into the real meat of what we want to do here. Check back for our first REAL post where I'll introduce myself and my husband and what we are hoping to achieve with our bakery!