The Rooted Alien

09/07/2026

Thank you to all you beautiful people that liked, followed and shared Mawmaw's page. She definitely felt all the love even from many states away. Hopefully, the outpouring of support helped boost engagement and keeps her going ❤️

Your kindness did not go unnoticed by me and there will likely be a little thank you for you from me in the future ☺️

💛 **A Thank‑You From Mawmaw’s Heart** 💛

I just have to take a moment to say how truly overwhelmed I’ve been by your response to my recent post. The love, encouragement, and engagement you’ve shown me has touched my heart more than you know.

To those of you out of state who wanted to support a little vegan bakery no matter the distance — thank you. Your kindness means the world, and I’ll be sure to return the favor in any way I can.

And to my locals, I hope one day I’ll get to meet each of you in person and thank you face‑to‑face. Until then, I’ll keep sharing the joy of vegan baking and showing that we don’t have to miss out on any of the sweet treats we grew up loving. There’s room for all the nostalgia *and* all the goodness.

Thank you again for lifting me up. You’ve blessed me, and I hope I can be a blessing right back. 💛✨

09/06/2026

My Custom Bakes is the platform I use for my website. It's what allows you to scroll my menu and check my availability.
The founder designed this platform with the needs of cottage bakers in mind. I'm looking forward to seeing what features are added in the future...🤞for coupon codes ❤️

A couple of reminders:

- If it's not listed on the website, it's not available to order. I know this is disappointing to many, but certain things like cinnamon rolls, cake jars and seasonal/specialty flavors are only available at markets or when posted.

- I will be taking a very limited number of custom orders in 2027, as well as for the remainder of 2026. I will re-evaluate this, as I go. I am planning a market in November and will post items here when I have random bake days, so grab them when you can!

- Next availability for custom orders is October, so be sure to plan ahead for events.

- I'm currently working on a few seasonal flavors that will make a one-time appearance soon 😊

- And yes...for those who didn't know, Alyson is my real name, that is my face and sometimes I do comb my hair (not often, but it happens).

09/04/2026

As we creep closer to our cold months, Florida seems light-years away...for me, it's just a quick message away to my friend and fellow baker Compassion Confection Co. LLC.

She recently shared a post of another Florida vegan baker Mawmaw's Vegan Bakery who is currently feeling the down side of the social media algorithm after some time away to deal with a cancer diagnosis.

We all know first hand how hard it is to find vegan treats and we know the algorithm isn't nice. As someone who often disappears online for periods of time to deal with my chronic illnesses, I know firsthand how s**tty the algorithm is if you aren't consistently posting.

So as a community, let's rally to boost Mawmaw's engagement by giving her a follow and keep another vegan business going ❤️

💛 A little note from Mawmaw 💛

Baking has always been my love language — for my family, for my friends, and for all of you who’ve followed along on this Mawmaw’s Vegan Bakery journey. Many of you walked beside me through my cancer battle last year, and you supported me when I realized I couldn’t return to the market. I’ll never forget that kindness.

Now that life has settled into a quieter routine, my page interactions have slowed to a point where I’m honestly questioning the sustainability of keeping my cottage bakery going. With rising costs, baking batches that don’t sell just isn’t smart or sustainable.

I’m not posting this to pressure anyone to order — goodness knows none of us buy treats every week. My faithful customers have been so faithful, and I appreciate you more than you know.

What I am asking is simple: if you enjoy my page, my baking, or the little community we’ve built, a quick positive comment, a like, or a share every now and then would help tremendously. Engagement is everything for small pages like mine, and your support — even in tiny ways — truly makes a difference.

Thank you for being part of my story, my healing, and my kitchen. ❤️

08/31/2026

It's almost back to school time, which means pretty soon my feed will be filled with "first day" pics of your precious gremlins....I mean angels, your precious angels.

So, the ABCs seemed fitting....drop your favorite below

08/27/2026

I'm not ready to let summer go yet, but I also not mad that it's almost time for hearty soups 🍲 and what goes better with soup than fresh bread?

This French Bread is the second loaf of bread I've made this week (to feed my own family) First was my fluffy sandwich bread. Truly, nothing beats fresh homemade bread.

This also serves as your routine reminder that the fact that store bought breads don't mold should freak you the f@ #& out!

08/22/2026

Planning to attend the Hodag 10s Golf Scramble? Make sure to get in on the raffles 👽

That donor and prize list is insane!

This organization does an awful lot to help this little community ❤️

08/20/2026

Forecast says there is a possibility of order extras available Friday evening/Saturday morning.

Cupcake flavors will be bourbon vanilla and chocolate available in 4 packs ($14) 6 packs ($18) or dozen ($36).

Message or comment with the flavor and amount you would like. Limited quantities available 🧁

08/08/2026

What goes together better than peanut butter and jelly?

Well chickens and golf obviously.

This is an 8 inch 3 layer vanilla cake with raspberry filling and vanilla buttercream.

It should come as no surprise that this strange request came from someone who shares my genetics. She wanted to surprise her fabulous office mate on her birthday. The perfect surprise for a girl who loves chickens, golf and sweet treats........and frogs, shoes and Star Wars. Unfortunately, I had to narrow down the themes to prevent my head from exploding.

So please, please send me all your strange requests.

I have a couple of spots open for custom orders in October 😁

07/12/2026

I definitely don't FAFO when it comes to copyright...just ask Keath 🧁

This little guy wanted a theme that rhymes with Mider-Span for his 3rd birthday, so Mider-Span is what he got 🕷 🕸

Hand-painted spiders and webs, so I cheated with an edible icing sheet for the city scape 🌃

07/09/2026

Story time.....

One fine day not long ago, I strolled into big box mart to stock up on a few baking essentials, only to find the butter I use had DOUBLED in price. I nearly shat my pantaloons! Then to make matters worse, upon researching, I found this to be the case across the land (and interwebz). Turns out it was being discontinued and remaining stock is hot and pricey commodity. This is where I really lost my s**t.

I saw only two options.....
1. Increase prices
2. Stop using frosting and require my customers to use their imagination

I was heavily leaning towards option 2, but in the midst of my mental breakdown, I did something crazy. I tried a new brand. I was very brave about it too, I only cried like 4 times.

Bottom line, you may notice a slight variation in the frosting flavor or texture. I feel these minor differences are actually an improvement.

Also, I'm ok, thank you for asking.