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Drea Gideon's avatar

very very excited for this newsletter and all your pop-ups to come!

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Lauren McGowan's avatar

Yay! Me too.

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Tina Hague's avatar

Hi Lauren. Please know that you are wonderful! A breath of freshness-- I LOVE your genuine-ness!! I found you searching for delicious, perfect crumb vanilla cake recipes. Finding your video and watching nearly all of them (I wrote down your recipe as best I could from your very first video). Afterward I searched for you to see if I could find a written recipe and was directed to Cake Dad on Substack. Stay cool and authentic-- glad I found you! --Tina FYI in case you wonder.... I'm just a mom, wife and small business owner (since 1987). I found the rock and love of my life (after two fails) 35 years ago-- I kept telling him he loved me and 2 years later he concurred unconditionally joining me and 3 children-- that was in my native San Diego, CA. We've been in Las Vegas, NV since 1990 and living, giving & getting lotsa love. We have 5 grown children and 4 granddaughters (4 are Gluten and dairy intolerant) and 5 pups between us. We are grateful, healthy and blessed. We still work our business full time and enjoy each other all the time.

You GO girl!

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Lauren McGowan's avatar

Thank you so much Tina! I really appreciate you taking the time to write me. I'm trying to get better at posting recipes on my website violetbakehouse.ca but it's taking some time! I hope you and your family have a beautiful day <3

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Alex Manley's avatar

do you think the quebec dairy people are aware that your cakes are dairy free? it's really not clear to me from the post that they are lmao

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Lauren McGowan's avatar

I think they have absolutely no idea. It's all run by a marketing agency (Canada's biggest marketing agency!!). I love the idea of getting customers that love dairy and secretly feed them vegan biz. Also, the article has a very US Weekly feel that I am here for for such niche content.

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Alex Manley's avatar

that's hilarious. and yes, the US weekly feel is spot on. i was skimming it and feeling like it reminded me of a kind of content i hadn't consumed in forever... there you go i guess 😂

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Alanna Why's avatar

Love this, can't wait to try the cookie recipe! Looking forward to getting some treats from you at these pop-ups. I ordered a cake from you last December and haven't stopped thinking about it since then. It was the best cake I've ever eaten, no contest!

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Tina Hague's avatar

You are exactly where you are supposed to! Thank you so much for the reply (and for the website— my searches for you did not reveal it). Keep on keeping on and being you. Know the universe is on your side and “you have plenty” — of all that you need. Ciao

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