Satisfy your cupcake cravings at cute café
America is in the middle of a cupcake craze. From the East to West coasts, it’s never been easier to satisfy one’s craving for a personal-sized portion of icing-topped cake.
Pink Moon Cupcake Bakery in the Columbus suburb of Powell has been serving these tasty treats since May 2007. That’s when the husband-and-wife team of Mike and Cinnamon Nuhfer opened their cupcake shop in an 1860-built house at 84 W. Olentangy St. nestled in the quaint downtown.
Cinnamon bakes cupcakes in small batches in the shop’s tiny kitchen Tuesday through Saturday. The business is closed Sunday and Monday. Mike helps out on Saturdays when he’s not working his regular job as an engineer.
Pink Moon includes a cupcake shop, café and multiple rooms featuring locally made crafts, such as children’s T-shirts and hats with cupcakes on them.
How’s the cupcake business?
“It’s fantastic,” said Cinnamon, sporting a colorful handmade apron and stylish hairdo. “We’ve been busy since the day we opened.”
Pink Moon offers cupcakes for individual sale for $2.50, by the dozen or in large orders for special occasions such as weddings. But, no matter the number needed, Cinnamon whips up her cupcake batter in small batches from scratch.
“It’s a very, very tiny kitchen,” Cinnamon said. “I can bake only four dozen cupcakes at a time, which is a challenge when you’re trying to make so many cupcakes.”
Pink Moon offers vanilla and chocolate cupcakes each day as well as specialty flavors that vary, such as Pumpkin Butter Cream on Tuesdays, Pineapple Crumb Cake on Thursdays and Margarita Key Lime on Fridays.
Customers can visit the shop and select a cupcake out of an array of domed glass pedestal plates. Pink Moon offers decorate-your-own cupcake parties for kids. A table is set up in the café where children can select from a variety of sprinkles and other decorations. A local artist is available to do face painting.
Cinnamon grew up baking and has no formal culinary training. She has a master’s degree in business and human resources and a cosmetology license. She previously worked in human resources at Ashland Chemical Co. and as a stylist at Kenneth’s Hair Salons & Day Spas. She also made handmade blankets, which she sold at art fairs. “I’ve done just about everything,” she said.
What makes Cinnamon’s cupcakes so special?
“I start with fresh ingredients such as sweet-cream butter and pure vanilla,” Cinnamon said. “It makes all the difference in the world. I also don’t use any shortenings or artificial flavorings. It’s all natural. Nothing touches a refrigerator or a freezer. Everything is extremely fresh.”
For more information, visit www.pinkmooncupcakes.com.
