Orange Olive Oil and Rosewater Cupcake
An orange olive oil cake brushed with a honey glaze and topped with a rosewater scented butter cream frosting and a rose petal.

Peach-Berry Shortcake Cupcake
A peach corn cake is topped with a lemon cream cheese frosting, a berry compote and a tarragon shortcake.

Orange-Scented Chocolate Campfire Cupcake
An orange-scented chocolate cake is housed in an orange half, then topped with cream cheese frosting and dark chocolate chards.

Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Cupcake
Tomato and thyme cake is topped with a honey marscapone frosting, parmesan crisps and roasted, sugared tomatoes.

Cupcake Wars Quartet
All four winning cupcakes were be featured in our bake shop.

Whole Foods Market Cooking Class
Bake with Your Kids!
Join host Brady Breese, owner of Urban Cookies/OllieCake and Cupcake Wars winner, for a fun and informative class on how to bake with your kids. He’ll be creating one of the winning cupcakes with the help of his 2-year-old son Oliver.
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011
Location: Whole Foods Market – Paradise Valle
10810 N Tatum Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85028
More Info: wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/paradisevalley
RSVP: Christine.Lockwood@wholefoods.com

Whole Foods Market – Scottsdale
Local Vendor Day
Did You Know… Urban Cookies also bakes muffins, scones, brownies and dessert bars? That’s right, but only to its wholesale partners across the Valley. Visit Urban Cookies’ booth at Whole Foods Local Vendor Day to taste some of their amazing treats you’ve never had before!
Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011
Location: Whole Foods Market – Scottsdale
7111 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85054
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Whole Foods Market – Chandler
Local Vendor Day
Did You Know… Urban Cookies also bakes muffins, scones, brownies and dessert bars? That’s right, but only to its wholesale partners across the Valley. Visit Urban Cookies’ booth at Whole Foods Local Vendor Day to taste some of their amazing treats you’ve never had before!
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011
Location: Whole Foods Market – Chandler
2955 W. Ray Rd., Chandler, AZ 85224
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Cupcake Love-In
“Peace, Love & Cupcakes”
Come out to see some of the Valley’s best bakers and chefs, including our own Brady Breese, and taste their amazing cupcakes at this second annual Cupcake Love-In benefiting Central Arizona Shelter Services, Inc. (CASS).
Date: Sunday, October 30, 2011
Location: Hotel Valley Ho
6850 E. Main St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Local First Fall Festival
Visit more than 60 booths representing local vendors and eateries from across the Valley including Urban Cookies and support the “Buy Local” movement.
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011
Location: Duck and Decanter parking lot
1651 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85016

Greater Phoenix Chamber’s Valley Young Professionals Event
Hear from a panel of local entrepreneurs including Urban Cookies’ owner Shaun Breese, about how they’ve created successful small businesses.
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Location: TBD

Crafeteria
Hosted by local Frances and Smeeks, this annual winter event kicks off the busy holiday shopping season and encourages “Buying Local.” Visit Urban Cookies’ booth for a sweet treat!
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
Location: Frances and Smeeks parking lot
14 W. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85013

When we first got the call from Cupcake Wars’ producers, the first thing they said was “Your cupcakes look amazing, but what’s with the name Urban Cookies? We’re a cupcake competition!” No problem we said, and dusted off our OllieCake brand name.

If you’ve been a customer for a while, you may remember the launch of OllieCake in May of 2009. Not just the brand name of our gourmet organic cupcakes, but also named after the owners’ first son, Oliver. If you visit the bake shop often, you’ve probably seen Ollie roaming the bakery, possibly wielding a foam sword.

Brady Breese: A football player, a chef, a physical therapist, a financial advisor... all the careers Brady Breese thought would be his calling in life – but none panned out. Instead, he became the owner and creative director of his own organic bake shop – Urban Cookies and OllieCake – specializing in gourmet cookies and cupcakes.

A self-taught, home-grown culinary artist, Breese started out with a passion for cooking and a love-hate relationship with baking. Until in 2004, while working as a life insurance agent, he entered an employee bake off and won with a decadent flourless chocolate torte; much to the dismay of his female counterparts who had held the first-place spot in previous years. And, so the baker was born and one year later so too was his bake shop – a venture he launched with his wife, who handles marketing for the company.

Salvador Garcia: Sal spent nearly 20 years in the construction industry mostly as an iron worker in California and in 2008 he made a drastic career change; one that brought him to Arizona and combined his two best assets: his hard working mentality and his hard working hands. Earning his certificate of baking and patisserie at the Le Cordon Bleu Scottsdale Culinary Institute, he joined the Urban Cookies team as an intern and quickly became only the second hire in our company’s history.

He’s a dedicated family man and father to three boys Chaz, Jesse and Nicholas. He spends his extra time hanging out with his dog Grizzly Bear, watching football and baking of course.