About

The SweetSide

The SweetSide is the Seattle area’s leader in specialty cakes, cheesecakes and desserts! Some of our client’s favorites include French Macarons, our famous Carrot Cake, Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies, Lemon Bars and NY Cheesecake

Our Seattle Kitchen is where a lot of the magic of production happens for The SweetSide! Out of this little shop, we create hundreds of wedding cakes and thousands of birthday cakes each year. The Seattle Kitchen is perfect as a pickup location, and does tend to have a couple ready-to-purchase cakes (call ahead!), but you will not find a bakery case filled with cookies, etc to purchase as a walk in option.

Wedding cakes, birthday cakes, anniversary cakes, holiday cheesecakes and cakes, gift baskets, etc, all are welcome!

Kara Burfeind

Some kids grow up catching frogs and doing ballet, but you were more likely to find me playing in the kitchen, elbow deep in flour and sugar. I have been baking longer than I can remember and can't think of many things I enjoy more.

I fell in love with the art of decorating at a young age watching my mom take tiers and tiers of plain cake and turn them into a masterpiece of fluffy white flowers and design. After college, and a career in public relations and advertising, I began tinkering with the idea of opening The SweetSide. A few years later, I have studied at the amazing Bonnie Gordon College of Confectionary Arts in Toronto and cannot imagine a career in anything else. I would love to sit down with you, eat cake, and create a design that you will love!