Cake It Easy Gluten-free bakery opens in Logan

“If you put in the work, it’ll get you where you want to go,” said Amy Fochs, co-owner of Cake It Easy!

Fochs and her sister Whitney Starks recently opened their new gluten-free bakery located on 1300 N. 200 E. in Logan.

For the sisters, baking has always been a large part of their lives.

“Our parents baked a lot, and when we got older, we would bake with them,” Starks said.

Their quest for creating tasty gluten-free baked goods started when their dad was diagnosed with celiac disease.

Fochs explained adjusting to this new challenge was a difficult process.

“He tried different recipes and bought all the flours and all the things,” she said.

Ultimately, the end result of the recipes was never as enjoyable as the ones with gluten, according to Fochs.

“I’ve got to figure out how to make things good for him again,” Fochs said.

According to the sisters, this is partly where their journey began. They wanted to create an enjoyable experience for their customers also experiencing the same struggles as their dad.

“When you’re gluten-free, you don’t get a lot of options,” Fochs said. “We were talking about that and then kind of evolved into, ‘How cool would it be to be able to create your own?’”

In an attempt to liven up the gluten-free community’s baked goods options, Fochs and Starks said they created a personalized system to give their gluten-free customers the chance to choose for themselves.

“Up at the counter, it is a create-your-own. You can do a cake slice or cupcake and pick your frosting and put toppings, and everything’s gluten-free,” Fochs said.

The sisters said their favorite part of running this bakery is getting to meet other people also looking for gluten-free desserts.

“Being able to talk with everybody and hear their stories — it’s been really fun,” Starks said.  “And realize you’re not alone — other people are dealing with the same thing.”

According to Fochs, meeting so many new people in the gluten-free community has been very eye-opening as they’ve heard different experiences of their customers’ journeys. She said it wasn’t until one hears these stories that they can realize just how difficult some people’s experiences have been.

“It’s also been very eye-opening to see the different things that people have dealt with health-wise that have led them to finding out that they need to be glu -free,” Fochs said. ““It isn’t until you’ve heard it from someone that you’re like, ‘Wow. How did you deal with that?’”

The bakery aims to be as community oriented as possible.

“The goal was wanting people to really feel like it was kind of like an extension of family,” Starks said.

Within their own family, Fochs and Starks try to include everyone, from their own kids to their siblings, nieces and nephews.

“It would be so much fun to have it be a whole family thing,” Fochs said.

Starting a bakery together was not a new idea for Fochs and Starks. According to the sisters, this was a lifetime dream of theirs: working together doing something they both love.

“Growing up, we always joked about having a family bakery,” Fochs said. “We will never give up on that.”

When the pair first started to look at Logan as a possible location for Cake It Easy!, Fochs said, “Everything just sort of fell into place to be here.”

Starks said the hardest part of getting the bakery up and running was “just making the decision to do it and deciding that we’re doing it and committing to doing it.”

Fochs and Starks have many plans for the bakery’s future development. Fochs said they want to later add goods such as cheesecake, bread and cinnamon rolls.

“We want to make sure that there’s options,” Fochs said.

Fochs’ advice for Aggies thinking of starting their own business is: Pursue your dreams. She said it’s important to love what you do. According to Fochs, after working in different environments, she’s found it’s ultimately worth it to go for what you want.

“It gets tough, it gets stressful, but if you put in the work, it’ll get you where you want to go,” Fochs said.