For over 20 years, Tatiana Tedesco has been pursuing her biggest passion: baking for her own enjoyment and as a profession. She has spent the majority of her life mastering her craft, as it’s been something she’s always been interested in and working towards as her primary career.
“This was always my passion, I do what I love so it’s not like, “Oh no, I have to go to work.’ I really do love this,” Tedesco says.
Five years ago, Tedesco and her husband moved from London to the Hopewell area. She immediately started to establish herself in the community by baking right from the comfort of her own home.
“I was baking from home and the business worked so much, and I got so many customers that I needed to open a shop,” Tedesco said.
Shortly after that, Tedesco would open Madame Cupcake Bakery with some help from her lifelong friend, Joanna Karcz. With a combined experience of over 30 years working in the food industry, the two work together to combine old world tastes with modern technique for some truly unique treats.
She specializes in desserts like French macaroons, cupcakes, and all kinds of cakes Customers can walk in or get an event catered with her treats. She can make custom desserts or even complete dessert tables.
Her bakery is relatively new to the area after opening up this January and she has been very happy about how everything has gone for her.
“The shop has been open since January of this year, and it’s getting busier,” Tedesco says. “People are starting to know me and know what I’m doing here.”
What makes Tedesco’s bakery stand out from others is how she blends together flavors from different cultures to create some unique recipes that she came up with on her own. From her decades of experience cooking around the world along with her own cultural background, she’s able to pull from everything to put these recipes together in fresh and exciting ways.
“I came up with all of the recipes by myself, and most of the recipes either come from Poland, England, America, and French as well, so there’s a fusion of cultures and recipes,” Tedesco says.
One thing that she prides herself on is that her food tastes homemade and isn’t something that you would find in a grocery store.
“Not too sweet, I’m trying to not do very sweet stuff like you would find in ShopRite, I like that fluffy consistency,” Tedesco said.
The most exciting part for her is when it comes to actually designing the desserts, as she’s able to express that artistic side of herself by bringing creative visions to life.
“I love the creative part of it, I do designs like wedding cakes and dessert tables so I have to play with the colors and I love that design part of it,” Tedesco says.
With holidays like Mother’s Day approaching, Tatiana will start to put out special promotions and treats themed for the holiday along with exclusive discounts for those that subscribe to her website’s newsletter. She has to prepare for things to get busier around the holidays and makes sure to have her treats themed for the occasion.
Looking toward the future, Tatiana hopes to expand her bakery in two major markets. The first of which is the actual farmer’s markets in the area with a pop-up shop selling her baked goods, along with expanding her catering into Wedding Banquet halls.
“The next step is that I will probably do the markets and offer my stuff for Wedding Banquet halls,” Tedesco says. She adds that in the next year, she hopes to start setting up a little pop-up shop in some of the local markets.
When it comes to why she chose Hopewell when moving here, she had fallen in love with the town and the people in it.
“I always loved Hopewell because of the vibe of the town so I decided to open it up over here, I really love it. The people are so friendly. The whole surrounding is so nice,” Tedesco says.
Madame Cupcake Bakery. Open every day but Monday. 43 Railroad Place Building C, Hopewell NJ 08525. Phone: (609) 955-0076.
Madame Cupcake Bakery is in Hopewell Borough.,
