04 Nov 2012 9:55 AM:

@Roberto: Good thinking, we are going to investigate the coffee industry as well. Thanks for the suggestion!

@ the Newfies: we lived in Toronto, then moved to BC. Shawn has relatives in NL.

@Finisterre: Agreed, they have here totally different ideas re desserts. Although it's hard to reproduce one's memories, we will do our best! You would be surprised how many factors play a role, starting with the obvious ones (ingredients) all the way to the levels of humidity in the air, etc. Baking is chemistry :)

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02 Nov 2012 9:08 PM:

At the end of the day we are baking cupcakes from scratch, and when the bar launches everyone can drop in and choose their favourite flavours for cake, filling, frosting and topping. We have the alternative to start at the local market as suggested by some of you. In the article you linked I like the question "Do you want to run a cake company or do you want to be a baker?". Long story short, we are a duo team, one of us loves baking and wishes to focus on the diversity and quality of the product, while the other one loves enterprising, so will take care of the logistics, etc. Of course this is a tight collaboration, and we bounce ideas off each other, while we take on board your input, as our clients are theones we want to make happy. Thanks for your feedback!

 

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02 Nov 2012 3:08 PM:

Thank you all for the kind words, it is very encouraging to us. especially being new around here, everything is so different, and it seems harder than it actually is. Eventually we will find a good location and will make sure everyone knows about it. As long as we get thru the initial stages before the opening. Crowd funding is indeed new here, apparently so new that it doesn't really work.

And yes, good point about the pricing, sweets have to be fun, and not a luxury.

Have a delicious day :)

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31 Oct 2012 8:56 PM:

Hello fellow expats!

We have recently moved from Canada to Spain, and everyone keeps asking us "why", as if we moved to some sort of post-apocalyptic wasteland crawling with zombies. But let's not get into that right now. Our plan is to start a cupcake shop, like a bar where you can pick and choose your own flavours, combine your all time favourites and experiment with new ones. Also we will offer a treat-of-the-week from the typical North American cuisine, plus coffee & tea so that you can sit down, and enjoy your sweet day properly.

As you can imagine, starting a business in Spain is not as easy as in Canada (where you can literally do it overnight). While we are jumping thru hoops and cutting red tape, (with a large doze of optimism and a healthy sense of humour), we are also looking for a suitable location. The shop will be in the Costa Blanca area, south of Torrevieja. There is a large base of expats here, with a mix of all nationalities.

At this point we need your LOVE and support. Some of the professional baking equipment can be insanely expensive, and there is no substitute for quality. Banks are not to be trusted, so we have set up a crowd funding site, and if you feel generous today, please go ahead and check it out. You can back the project at any level, and there are some great perks associated with each level (mostly cupcakes for YOU!) If this is not an ideal time for a small push, that's fine too, you can still help out simply by forwarding/reposting this link to your friends/family. Please go to the website sponsume and under project search cupcake to find us.

Thank you advance, and looking forward to meeting you in person at our cupcake bar!

Arthur and Shawn

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