Listen, sometimes you’ve got to toot your own horn 📣, and who better to toot it than the tooter, I mean, the baker herself! I would love to “bake down” why you should consider me as your next go-to Woodbridge area baker for sugar cookies, cake pops, cookie cakes, and macarons. If you’re ready to book and don’t need any more convincing, head to the shopping bag on the top right corner to check out!

🧡 My cookies both taste and look good

We’ve all been there, at the grocery stores, where they have single-serve sugar cookies that are kinda cute, but kinda not. The label lists just about every preservative under the sun, and the taste makes ya think they’ve been hiding in the warehouse just a tad too long.

My cookies taste and look great! At least, that’s what my mom told me, and she’s not allowed to lie, right? In all seriousness, I spent a year testing and refining my sugar cookie recipe into something I would both eat myself and be proud to give to clients for their events.

🥣 I use a vanilla bean paste recipe (it’s a more expensive ingredient, but booooy does it make those cookies taste soooo good) with a vanilla royal icing to accompany them. They are soft to the bite and are ¼ inch thick, so you don’t get too much dough per bite.

Every order is baked-to-order, so you know (and I can guarantee) it’s fresh for your big day. I don’t have cookies lying around or stashed in the freezer (my Lake Ridge townhome doesn’t have the space for such things), so I make sure what I give you is something I’d also give to my friends and family.

🧡 I’m really good at making designs

I promised myself to practice long enough to make sure I create clean designs each and every single order that comes in. After 6 years of bakin’ cookies every day, I can proudly say that I can do that for you too.

Royal Icing is one of the hardest frostings to work with, but it makes for some really memorable designs and styles that you won’t find with other cookies.

I practice new techniques and 🎨 make sure I nail them before I roll them out to my customers so they are confident every single time they order. If ever you have a design idea that’s outside my wheelhouse, I make sure to let you know vs takin’ your money and wingin’ it.

I pride myself on a clean and neat design for every cookie. No icing running off the sides or smooshed details. If it isn’t right the first time, it’s rebaked and remade before it ever gets to your hands.

Have a color palette or invite you’re trying to replicate? I can do that too! Send over the invite or the mood board for your event, and I can match colors to your needs. Makes me happy I didn’t sleep through color theory class in college!

🧡 I’m really dependable 

I haven’t missed an order yet, and I don’t plan to! I make sure that if you entrust me with your hard-earned money, I'll give you a baker you can trust from the first email to the final pick-up.

💻 My online ordering form streamlines the process on your end and keeps me organized on mine, so we are a “batch” baked in cookie heaven. The order form has everything you need to place an order, and once I accept your inquiry, I take the job off follow-up very seriously.

I make sure to stay up on emails so that you don’t have to come lookin’ for me to see when your cookies are ready, too.

I don’t take big breaks throughout the year! 🏝️🍹⛱️🌞 🌊 I typically go on vacation for 1 week during the summer, but outside of that, my books are open! The only way you won’t be able to get an order in is if I’m booked already (typically book out 1 month in advance from regular customers and their yearly orders).

I don’t get overwhelmed on my end and cancel an order on yours. Listen, life can be stressful in the kitchen, but I will never cancel on you because of it. The only thing that may delay me from an order is my oven going out, but even then, I’ll find a way to make sure you have your order for your event!

🧡 I’m really clean!

You are takin’ a gamble buying from someone who bakes from their home, but I make and bake sure that every step of my cookie-making process is as clean and sterilized as can be.

What does that look like? 🫧🧴✨ The kitchen gets a full wipe-down before I bake, no matter if it was just wiped down the night before. My dough is made in mixers that only make sugar cookie dough. The baking pans I use are only for cookies and never come in contact with anything my family may eat for dinner (no smelly fish smells here).

The icing bowl I have for my KitchenAid has only ever seen royal icing, and I have a dedicated cookie decorating room where no one is allowed except the baker in the apron.

🌀 I have HEPA air filters both in the kitchen and the cookie room, and I make sure that every single cookie that leaves my home is heat-sealed in a cellophane bag so nothing gets on them during the car ride to the event. Your safety is my top priority and I never want to risk it for the biscuit (literally) with food-borne illnesses.

🧡 I have easy pick-up flexibility

You have a busy schedule, and I know that, hence I have flexible hours to fit your needs so you can get your order and go.

With pick-up from my home in Woodbridge, Virginia (think the Lake Ridge area near the Lake Ridge Nursery), I make sure to give you a wide variety of availability to choose from when it comes to picking up your sugar cookies.

I work a day job remotely most days, so it allows me to meet my customers’ pick-up needs throughout the week. Plus, my teen son is about to join the traffic on Old Bridge and drive himself, which will give me even more time to meet your needs.

🧡 I make sure you look good

No, no, I’m not going to do your hair or straighten your tie, 👔 but I make sure that if you buy from me, you’re going to be so happy with your order and how it’s presented to you.

My goal is to make and bake you happy so you can call me “my baker” for years to come. Every order is made to order, and every cookie is heat-sealed. I make sure the packaging you get them in makes you look good so you can show up at the party and look like a rock star.

If you aren’t happy with any part of your order - neither am I. I have a 100% money-back guarantee because I stand behind my brand. You shouldn’t have your money held hostage over cookies, and it isn’t about to start with Mixing Bowl Cookie Co. I’ll work to make it right, and if I can’t make it exactly what you envisioned, take your money and the cookies, and I’ll learn from the experience for next time.

I’ve had a money-back guarantee for the last 6 years, and no one has felt the need to take me up on it. And I’m going to continue to produce an amazing product so I don’t have to break my streak.

Well, I tooted (kidding), but I hope you read through this and have a better understanding of why I want to be your go-to baker here in Woodbridge. I know talk is cheap, so let me bake it for you and prove to you why Mixing Bowl Cookie Co. is going to be your favorite place for custom-made sweets in Nova!

🤔 Ready to book? Head to the Shop tab or click on the bag icon at the top right of this page! That will allow you to add items to your cart and submit your inquiry for review.

✅ Once I’ve reviewed your order, I’ll send you an email letting you know if I can take it or not. I try to keep up on the availability calendar on the website, but orders are given on a first-come, first-served basis, so get your orders in sooner rather than later!