Women in Business: Carol Gregg - Pastry Art Bake Shoppe

Carol Gregg is an artist. 

Enhanced by a history of painting throughout high school and college, Gregg’s palette has taken to the kitchen to create delectable masterpieces.

Gregg and her husband Dennis are the owners and founders of Pastry Art Bake Shoppe and the inventors of Baby Bites. 

“We do cookies and cheese coins and brownie pops and cheesecakes and, you know, just a variety of things like that,” Gregg said. 

Pastry Art first opened its doors in Homewood in 2006. After winning the hearts of Birmingham residents with its rich pastry treats, Pastry Art opened its second shop in 2010, located off of U.S. 280 in the Inverness Corners shopping center. Plans to franchise are in the making.

Corporate and personal events alike call on the creative arts of the bakery. 

Cakes are often customized, with requests ranging from business logos to item replicas. A repertoire of cakes resembling animals, a wine bottle, a TARDIS from the TV show “Doctor Who” and more is viewable on the bakery’s Facebook page.

“We never have a dull moment, really, around here,” Gregg laughed. 

And she never says never to a challenge.

“We’re not afraid of any amount that we have to do,” Gregg said.

Gregg’s greatest challenge is refusing to allow enormous orders to compromise the quality of her baked goods. Consistent quality, she said, is of the utmost importance; the care of her customers is her ultimate priority. 

► WHERE: 940 Inverness Corners

► CALL: 995-5855

► WEB: pastryartcakes.com