Caroline Weingart
Lizzie’s Bakery Nut Free
Founder/Owner/Head Baker, Lizzie’s Bakery Nut Free
Caroline Emrick Weingart
The Lizzie’s Bakery Story: I started Lizzie’s Bakery Nut Free, in honor of the two Lizzie’s in my life: my Mom who passed away in January 2021 and for my daughter and people like her with peanut and tree-nut allergies.
In January 2021, while sitting hospice with my Mom, I began researching nut-free bakeries in the area, or rather, the lack of them. During this challenging time, I spent hours going through my Mom’s recipes, including her infamous ginger molasses cookie recipe. She had written “Caroline’s Favorite” on the recipe card! This was the first recipe I made, sharing it with my family and my Mom’s caregivers. The feedback was very positive. Today, it is one of our top sellers at the Shaker Square North Union Farmers’ Markets.
An online cookie decorating class in February 2021 led to lots of cookies for family and friends. In April of 2021, I incorporated Lizzie’s Bakery LLC and enrolled in the Baking and Pastry Arts Program at Cuyahoga County Community College.
2022 and 2023 were full of exciting farmers markets, custom orders and pop-ups. In August 2023, I signed a lease for a space in Shaker Heights. We built out the space for our commercial bakery and café and had our Grand Opening March 24, 2024.
Today, we continue to bake custom cakes, cupcakes, decorated sugar cookies as well as gourmet cookies, breakfast items such as coffee cakes, scones, muffins and breakfast tarts and cinnamon rolls In our bakery in Shaker Heights.
We are still part of the North Union Farmers Market and are doing 4 markets a week (our 5th year). We are looking to expand our wholesale business and currently partner with the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (our 4th year), the Hathaway Brown School Hath Caf, Coffee House in University Circle, Cafe Indigo and the Cafe at Cleveland City Hall. We are also focused on growing our wedding and special event division.
Website: lizziesbakerynutfree.com
