Sweeten Your Day at Sugar Whipped Bakery in Plattsburg
by Cassie Bond
If you find yourself in Plattsburg, Missouri, and you’re craving something sweet, there’s one spot you absolutely can’t miss—Sugar Whipped Bakery. This local gem is the perfect place to indulge in a delicious treat while supporting a beloved small business.
Its owner, Melissa Fahlstrom, is a Kansas City native. She moved to New York after college to study Musical Theater but soon found that baking was her true calling and switched to pursuing a different artistic career. She gained experience working as a pastry chef for restaurants such as Orso and Joe Allen in Manhattan. She worked with Dylan’s Candy Bar to help develop a new line of desserts and cupcakes for their flagship store café. She also designed cakes for a quickly growing list of private customers and catered a number of events.
Despite her success, she missed home. While visiting for Christmas, she made a trip to Plattsburg and was charmed by the town and an empty bakery space downtown. She made an offer on the space, and after a lot of hard work, Sugar Whipped Bakery opened in August of 2017.
Sugar Whipped Bakery is open 6 days a week (closed on Mondays) and sells donuts, savory breakfast treats, pastries, cupcakes, other sweets, and hot and cold coffee drinks. Seasonal items rotate through the menu, and there are always fun holiday specials as well as seasonal items that can be pre-ordered.
The small-batch bakery has a slightly different selection every day. In addition to the usuals, some of the special items you might find include S’mores cheesecake, skull cocoa bombs, eggnog pie, pizzelles, hot chocolate cheesecake, butterbeer cheesecake, sausage gravy hand pies, cookie dough donuts, maple bacon cinnamon rolls, chocolate espresso bread pudding, and root beer float donuts.
The store is decorated beautifully and designed to help customers relax while they enjoy their coffee or tasty treats. There is comfortable furniture, books for children to enjoy, and a chess board for visitors.
Fahlstrom has won multiple awards, including The Pitch’s 2024 Best Place to Get a Wedding Cake and Best Wedding Cake Alternative awards, and the Silver award for Best Cupcakes in the Best of the Northland-Kansas City competition.
She also bakes for Icing Smiles Inc., a non-profit organization that provides special custom cakes to families with children with critical illnesses or who must be hospitalized frequently. Follow the business on Facebook at facebook.com/sugarwhippednyc to see what is available each day, and we’re sure you’ll be tempted to stop by this sweet bakery!
Sugar Whipped Bakery is located at 107 N. Main Street in downtown Plattsburg.
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