Sage Cakery is a bake shop located in Urbana, MD. They are honored to be a part of your celebration! They bake entirely from scratch using top quality ingredients. Often organic, local, and always non-gmo, they never use premade mixes or preservatives. Also offering a variety gluten free and plant based options!
Sage Cakery has a talented team of decorators with a wide range of artistic talents, able to create all sorts of custom decorations. They care deeply about our product, our customers and our planet. They are rooted in our community.
Award winning cakes, cupcakes, dessert bars, macarons, and more! Stop by their Urbana storefront and grab something from the case, or give them a call to create something unique for any special occasion!
A conversation with Nikkie Byrd, Owner
Tell us your business origin story!
I’ve been baking since I was a kid, and an artist for just as long. Shorty after high school, my mom suggested her, my sister and I take cake decorating classes together at Michaels. I went along with it, and it didn’t take long at all before I realized that this is just another art medium, and that there are so many things that you can do with sugar! I started decorating home made cakes on the side for fun. Over the years I honed in on my skills, teaching myself by trial and error as I went along, watching youtube here and there (it was barely a thing back then.) For a long time, I had known that I wanted to own my own business, and bring my own visions to life. After nearly twenty years of decorating, I decided to quit my full time job and open a storefront bakery with an emphasis on baking entirely from scratch, using quality ingredients. To make not only beautiful cakes, but also delicious food that is fresh and made with love and care.
What do you like most about being a business located in Frederick County?
I grew up here, I’ve lived in Frederick since I was two years old. I’ve loved watching it evolve, grow, and progress over the years. Community here really uplifts community. We are all rooting for each other, it’s so great! The spirit of Frederick is inclusive, progessive, and supportive, and it’s amazing to both witness it, and to continue to be a part of.
What makes your business unique?
Baking entirely from scratch is more unique than one might think it is. 😉 We have a lot of exciting and memorable flavors. Really popular right now is Earl Grey, and Blackberry Sage. Soon we’ll be rolling out summer flavors such as Honey Lavender, and Strawberry, which are both made with fresh, local ingredients! Our decorators are mega talented and very diverse in their skillsets. For cake design and decoration, the range of possibilites is as large as your budget will allow for their time.
What do you want your business to be known for?
Providing beautiful, delicious cakes and desserts, creating a quality product with integrity, and being integrated in and supportive to our community
Share some of your community involvement efforts!
In the past we have donated birthday cakes to children whos families are suported by the local food bank. Since, Urbana Food bank has closed but we would love to look for another opportunity like this. We have donated countless custom cakes, gift baskets, and gift cards to auctions, teacher appreciation days, fundraiser, etc throughout the community. We regularly sponsor local athletic, drama and band boosters.
What do you do best?
We make crispy clean, well executed custom cakes with truly unique and delicious flavors. People also LOVE our S’mores bars and our house made Macarons.
Is there anything else exciting about your business that you want the Chamber membership to know about?
Mother’s Day preorders open soon! Lots of beautifully tasty, gift boxed options for Mom!
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