Just past Market 22 off East Harbor Highway in Maple City, people can find Brittany Watson’s farmstand stocked with homemade, delicious mini cakes. Watson said she and her family originally began selling just eggs at the stand and expanded into offering sweets this summer. From chocolate peanut butter to almond cake with triple berry jam and Chantilly cream, Watson offers unique flavors every week for people to try.
“I change my flavors weekly, it’s kind of what I feel like making. Like this weekend I’ll probably bake a traditional carrot cake, but I’m going to do my raisins soaked in brandy,” Watson said. “So I do a lot of different tweaks on things. It’s fall time now, so one of my big sellers for fall is chocolate bourbon cake that is stuffed with pecan pie filling. Then it has a brown butter buttercream on top with some roasted pecans.”
Summertime is the busiest for Watson, who works as an asphalt project manager at Team Elmer’s. Baking and creating sweets is more of a side gig, but allows for Watson to experiment with recipes and flavors, a hobby she’s come to love over the years. Since honing in on her passion for baking in the last decade, she’s made wedding and birthday cakes for family and friends, as well as cupcakes, mini cakes, and Watson’s newest favorite, macaroons.
