The Story of Nana’s Flamingo Bakery

Welcome to Nana’s Bakery!

I have always loved baking, and over the last few years I have really enjoyed pushing myself to try new recipes for desserts, bread, and now sandwiches.  This has led to a lot of homemade desserts sitting around our house!! I finally decided to turn my love of baking and experimenting with baking into a business in southeast Michigan. When I brought this idea up to my family, they were all very supportive, and my oldest son asked if he could make cheesecakes for the Bakery. How could I say no to that??

Naming the Bakery

The first thing I had to do was come up with a name. I thought this was going to be a hard task, but it turns out the only thing I could possibly think to name it was Nana’s Bakery after my mom. My mom, who my three boys called Nana, passed away a few years ago.  She is the one who helped me develop my love of baking. She was a hobby baker herself.  She was always the one to bring cookies with her to an event.

A Family Tradition

As I got older, my dad started making pumpkin and pecan pies.  This inspired my love of making fruit pies. Over the last decade or so, my dad started making cheesecakes and has begun to experiment with a lot of different kinds. This is where my son’s love of making cheesecakes comes from. He stayed with my dad for a day and asked him to teach him how to make a cheesecake. So now, Parker has taken on baking different kinds of cheesecakes and is looking forward to selling them in the bakery!

My love of making cakes came from my aunt, who ran a catering business. She would make any cake my cousins and I wanted for our birthdays. No matter what we came up with, she would do her best to make it happen. This has always been one of my favorite childhood memories, and a tradition I decided to continue for my kids. My kids keep me challenged in this area, by not only picking harder designs every year, but also asking for more complicated flavors.

Welcome to Our Family

I wrote out all of this to say that family is why I have decided to go down this road of opening my own bakery. I love baking for family and friends, and I am looking forward to baking and cooking for many more people going forward. With the new cafe in southeast Michigan, I’ll get to expand my offerings once again, too! So, please come to visit and try some of our family recipes. Because we’re Nana’s Bakery, offering homemade sandwiches and desserts and bread. Everyone who walks in the door is family and no one leaves hungry.