Friday, January 10, 2014

New bakery open in Belvidere - News - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL

Elizabeth Ann's opened Dec. 6 and is located at 107 Buchanan St., just off State Street. It's owned by friends Robin Heckman and Cristy McKenzie.

just snowballed from there," McKenzie said. "We really wanted to start a business, and we were really praying and thinking about it for a few years. … This place opened up in Belvidere, and it's perfect. It's adorable."
The name Elizabeth Ann's is a combination of their mother's middle names. The bakery can do any type of custom order, including wedding, birthday and other special-event cakes.
The storefront also has a case that typically has five or six flavors of cupcakes each day, as well as sweet bread, dessert bars and cookies. McKenzie said the cherry pie bars and the Swedish almond bread are popular.
They're also having fun experimenting with cupcake flavors, like a chipotle chocolate cupcake with cinnamon frosting.
The store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday

Read more: http://www.rrstar.com/article/20140110/NEWS/140119950/-1/json#ixzz2q3y1dPrT

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