Cualli Cakes

For my mom, thank you for making our birthdays so magical. You are me and I am you.

Welcome to Cualli Cakes. My name is cashmere. I am a BIPOC woman and mom of two. We are a vegan home bakery located in Beaverton Oregon. Cualli Cakes is named after my beautiful daughter, Cualli. Cualli means “good” in Nahuatl.

This menu is a tribute to my mom, Joious Lovato who passed away November 25, 2023. My mom was magic. My favorite memories are the parties she’d throw. My menu “To Mom, Love Cash” is inspired by the cakes she’d bake me and my sister. Mothers Garden is inspired by a cake she made for my sisters 6th enchanted forest birthday. She filled up a garden pot with chocolate cake, gummy worms, oreos, chocolate frosting, flowers and served it with a shovel. I remember her making snails with hostess snacks and caramel. All of her ideas were before Pinterest! She was magical, creative and imaginative that way. My mom made cakes that looked like lady bugs, 6 foot long sandwiches and rocket ships made of computer parts, trash bags and a tent. She embraced mess, art and imagination. She nurtured exploration and freedom to just be. My mom had the ability to make everyone feel really special. She danced to the beat of her own drum in a fashionable pair of shoes. She was my best friend and my other half.

My mom told me that I create beautiful cakes that are captured in photographs for special days. At Cualli Cakes we bake from scratch with organic sugar and flour. We use Pascha and Enjoy Life chocolate chips. Our cakes are unique and you will taste and feel generations of love in each bite. We bake memories of arms that hold us, hands that knead, mix and twirl. When you order from Cualli Cakes you support my dream of being a baker and you keep my moms legacy of love, imagination and joy alive.