Alabama NewsCenter — K&J Elegant Pastries & Creamery has a sweet home in Alabama

By Susan Swagler
Alabama NewsCenter

Kristal Bryant’s sweet success is absolutely made from scratch.

The chef-owner of K&J’s Elegant Pastries & Creamery, a custom cake shop in downtown Birmingham that specializes in cakes for all occasions, including weddings, started her business in 2010 in her home kitchen making sweets for friends and family. She outgrew that space and opened a shop on Kent Dairy Road in Alabaster in 2013 selling custom cakes, cupcakes, cookies and cinnamon rolls. The initial investment was $15,000; she and her husband painted the place and built their own counter.

Then the internet found her and her signature, over-the-top milkshakes. And those “Kollasal” Milkshakes launched her career.

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