The Yummy Cupcakes® Story

In January of 2004, Tiffini came up with a wild idea of creating a cupcake only bakery!  Then, there was no such thing as a cupcake only bakery and the idea sounded a little crazy.  Well, you could find gourmet cakes…in many flavors and designs…why not little cakes....in lots of different flavors, where you would have lots of choices…every day.

So Tiffini went to work in the kitchen creating cupcake flavor combinations and the family taste testing began.  We had cupcakes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and every opportunity in between…looking for the winners.  Turned out, whenever a combination was exceptionally delicious, our then 2 year old Logan (Tiffini and Nik’s son) would ask for another one of those “yummy cupcakes”.  We officially became Yummy Cupcakes in March of 2004 and started out creating cupcakes for special events.  We saved the money we earned, used every credit card we had (!), did all our own work…painted, laid tile, created signs, signed contracts…and opened our first location in Burbank CA.  We were scared to death we would open and no one would come.  While Oprah didn’t know about us yet, Daily Candy did and thanks to their email blast, we opened to lines out the door and down the block.

Since that day, Yummy Cupcakes has grown and Chef Tiffini has now created over 400 exclusive and proprietary recipes you will only find at Yummy Cupcakes.  

Yummy Cupcakes grew and its reputation for quality and delicious products spread. We are so fortunate to have been recognized as outstanding and featured in publications such as Bon Appétit, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Martha Stewart, O, Vogue, People, Cooking with Paula Dean and many more;  featured on Food Networks “Unwrapped” and “Kid In A Candy Store”, The Cooking Channel’ Unique Eats, Rachael Ray, the Tonight Show, Dr.Phil, The Today Show, KCRA, KTLA, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Fashion TV, E!, and more; and had the privilege of serving cupcakes to celebrities special events including The Academy Awards, The Emmys, The Golden Globes, to name a few.  Our Executive Chef has received many awards and now voted #1 by our fans in Los Angeles!  It has been a challenge that we are so proud to share.

In case you are wondering, Logan is now 22 years old and has 2 sisters…Madison, now age 19 and Bailey, now age 15. And yes, they have the cupcake fever too and are very much a part of Yummy Cupcakes! Only now we have 3 taste testers!