Our Story
Too Pretty to Eat
Edible Art Specialty Cakes & Cookies started in a small home kitchen in the piney woods of East Texas. While raising her daughter, Debbie leaned on her skills as an artist and cake decorator to celebrate her daughter's birthdays and other special occasions. Guests were amazed at the skills she had refined in her home, and slowly but surely, her beautiful cake designs were soon recognized as "edible art," and the business was born.
Word spread of Debbie's incredible work, and she was soon noticed by members of the community, who returned for her custom work more and more frequently. The volume was exciting, but proved overwhelming when Debbie and her family realized that their home could not contain her "little" dream any longer.
The business needed a building.
She discovered an old, dilapidated building on South Street in Longview, Texas: the "It'll Do Tavern." Debbie and the old tavern saved each other, and she has since spent over a decade growing the building into a fast-paced bakery with a reputation for irresistible sweetness.
Edible Art Specialty Cakes & Cookies has since completed 2 remodels, added on to its original building, added a mobile food truck, and now seeks to expand yet again with a larger facility that can house not just Debbie's dream, but also provide other budding entrepreneurs with a starting place for their culinary dreams.
At Edible Art, we consider it a privilege to be invited to participate in your most precious moments.
Each dessert that leaves our doors tells a story, and we are proud to be a part of those stories with you.
Design Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Our Designers make up a fantastic team. We each specialize in a different part of the creation process for our products, and believe in leaning on each other's strengths to design stunning works of art. Each of our Designers is an expert in their craft, and together we create beautiful desserts that are almost too pretty to eat!
Culinary Art Director
Debbie Fontaine
Debbie is the Design Consultant who does it all. Let's just say she is the brains of this operation. She is the glue that holds our team in place, and dotes on each of her teammates. Each one of the designers contributes in a very special way, but this lady is and always will be the visionary and the heart of Edible Art!
General Manager
Master of Sculpted Artwork
Lana Frost Kinney
Lana comes to the team with new techniques and beautiful sculpting skills. Her favorite cake decorating styles to work with include palette knife flowers and Lambeth. When she sculpts, she crafts with critical attention to detail.
Assistant Manager
Master Cake Decorator
Marissa Gonzalez
Marissa found our team all the way from Arizona and relocated to Longview with her husband, now a local fireman. Marissa is fascinated by learning new things, but she especially loves to work with contemporary and abstract wedding cakes.
Product Designer
Master of Custom Cookies
Reina Sanchez
Reina is a master of design. Her detail-oriented skills have taken our custom cookies to the next level, but don't underestimate her expertise around cakes. Reina has more than 10 years of experience honing her craft. Her favorite styles are gothic-inspired and work with unusual color schemes.
Product Designer
Master of Custom Cookies
Kayla
Kayla is our newest designer, learning every single duty from the back of house to front of house. Her smile and fantastic humor adds a bright light to the Edible Art experience!
Lead Baker
Crystal
Crystal is our lead baker, master of new recipes and all things sweet that are created in our kitchen. She juggles every curve ball like a pro!
Assistant Baker
Ian
Ian is our quick-witted assistant baker, the expert who touches every single recipe. His hands-on mastery makes every cake and cookie perfect before it reaches our decorators.
Client Relations & Delivery Driver
Debbie Wesson
Mrs. Debbie (fondly known in the studio as Debbie #2) joined the team after retiring from a rich career in education as a physical education teacher. She has survived several holiday seasons keeping our studio's storefront in tip-top shape, and she brings smiles to all our accounts on her weekly delivery routes.
IT Specialist
Tim Fontaine
Computer Tech & all around nice guy! In addition to providing a wonderful sense of humor, he keeps our technology up to date with everything from printers to computers and even our Square. Tim is our go-to for all forms of technical communication and fun sarcasm. Our Design Team runs smoothly because of his technological mastery.
Tech & Wedding Designer
Mykayla Fontaine
Mykayla is the front line of our custom work, ensuring that every new story and vision is brought to life in the best possible way. She is also a technical designer, managing our social media and website right here in our studio. In the last couple of years, Mykayla has adopted many of our brides and grooms, and has found a special love for designing weddings.
Master of Travel
Company Van
Treats on wheels! The Edible Art van is as much a part of the team as the rest of us. Without this van, we wouldn't have the opportunity to deliver our delightful sweets right to your door. When you see this van around Longview & the East Texas area, there is probably cookie gifts and cakes on board!
Melissa
"We were so pleased to discover Edible Art in Longview. They were able to create a customized cake large enough for a 100 people. Everyone LOVED the cake and we are ever so grateful."
Faith
Just wanted to thank you for such a wonderful cake, on my first grandbaby's first birthday. The cake was adorable and was perfect.
Amy
"The staff was so quick to respond to any questions I had. And it's not just pretty - the cake tasted really good and had the right amount of sweetness. My son said it was "the absolute coolest cake in the whole universe" - You can't get a much better review than that!"