Arlington's Wynne Having Her Cake And Eating It Too With New Business

ARLINGTON, MA — Samantha Wynne never thought her favorite high school hobby of baking and cakemaking would eventually turn into a business. However, her five original recipes have recently arrived for the people of Arlington to enjoy.

The Rhode Island native did freelance work for people during her teenage years before her passion took a backseat while in college and graduate school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“I moved back up to Massachusetts about three years ago and started ramping up again,” Wynne told Patch. “I made the decision last year that I would like to start taking general orders and not just doing things for my circle of people.”

After working with the town of Arlington to acquire her food manager certification and other necessary permits, she officially launched her one-woman business in East Arlington earlier this month.

“There was always something in the back of my mind where I always enjoyed this and I always thought it would be so cool to do this,” Wynne told Patch. “The more I did it and the more feedback I got and people wanting me to make their birthday cakes or people asking me for a certain flavor, it became more fun.”

Wynne works in the field of college admissions as her full-time role.

Wynne moved to Arlington from neighboring Cambridge two years ago, and said the town felt like home almost immediately.

“East Arlington really charmed me… I got to the same train station that I went to when I lived in Cambridge, so it barely makes a difference in my commute. But my life is so different here,” Wynne said. “I live in a house and have a full-sized kitchen.”

The house she lives in doubles as her bakehouse, where customers can place orders online and then retrieve their cakes from her home which doubles as the business’s brick and mortar location.
Wynne said the local feedback has been great thus far as she made a push to advertise her business to the town.

“I had so much more engagement than I was expecting,” Wynne told Patch. “It was such a learning experience too, seeing what people are looking for.”

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