Mother and Daughter, Patricia Kent and Linda Griggs-Horstman started creating cakes for Tiny Tot Cakes the summer of 2008. Pat had the idea of putting together a baby shower gift that would stand out from the rest.
Pat takes the color scheme and searches her sources to find the items needed for the cake that meet her quality standards. When you order a cake, you get a unique color coordinated product that stands on its own.
While at the fabric store, looking through patterns for such a cake, Pat engaged two ladies sitting at the pattern table in conversation and inquired if either one had ever made a cake with baby items. One of the ladies told Pat how she made hers and that a lot of creativity could be incorporated in making the cakes. Armed with this knowledge, Pat shared this information with her daughter, Linda Griggs-Horstman, who in turn made a boy’s blue cake. It was the center piece of our shower. Since then, Pat has taken the idea and added her creativity to produce the one of a kind cake.
Pat is a retired school teacher. Her speciality was working with children in grades 1-6 who had learning disabilities. Pat graduated from University of Chapel Hill in North Carolina. She also received her Masters in Special Education at UNC-CH. Pat married twice (out living both husbands) has six children, fourteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Linda currently works as a contract operations manager with a forensics engineering firm. Linda graduated from Mary Washington University with a BA in Psychology. Linda went on to work in the world of sales for Southeastern Sight & Sound, Inc. She owned the company from 1992 to 2007. Linda is currently married and has one son, who is engaged to be married June of 2011.