
Lita's Treats
Season 4 Episode 13 | 4m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
Lita’s Treats is a popular gourmet cupcake shop.
Lita’s Treats is a popular gourmet cupcake shop located in Irmo. On this episode of Backroad Bites, check out the unique flavor combinations and beautifully decorated treats at Lita’s.
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Lita's Treats
Season 4 Episode 13 | 4m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
Lita’s Treats is a popular gourmet cupcake shop located in Irmo. On this episode of Backroad Bites, check out the unique flavor combinations and beautifully decorated treats at Lita’s.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipLolita: My name is Lolita Lindsay and we are in Irmo, South Carolina at Lita's Treats and we came up with treats because we didn't want to just focus on just cupcakes.
So that left avenue for us to serve cake slices and cheese cakes and brownies and cookies and cake pops and other desserts under the tree.
I started baking at the age of seven I won a 4-H contest, Grand Prize and there began my baking career.
I got into baking I was doing it for up until I was about 20 and decided I didn't want to bake anymore and became a full time family law paralegal did that for eight years and just quit cold turkey.
My heart kept calling me back to baking, so I had to keep doing it.
Quit that cold turkey in 2014 of February and opened my first location in 2014 August and I've been doing it full time ever since.
Ever since I've been open eight years ago.
Red Velvet will always be a customer favorite.
I have that every day and I bake it by the dozens.
If South Carolina was a dish here.
That dish here would be my peach cobbler poud cake cupcake.
Peaches is all about the South.
I personally love all things peaches.
So I took a pound cake recipe I incorporated a peach and crumb topping and in the middle and a crumb topping on top and heres my southern South Carolina treat.
I believe we're unique because we are still one bakery that Hand mixes a lot of stuff, which incorporates a lot of love.
So we don't put everything in a mixer and just be, we actually take our hands and whip it up.
I think that's different.
Something different that I personally feel like there's a different taste when I put my batter in a mixer and just beat it and beat it and beat it than when I do it by hand.
It's not so much air in my batter, which to me gives a moister cupcake.
I think people love that we always have a welcoming atmosphere.
We definitely care about families here.
And we make everybody feel like family.
It's a place that people may bring their kids or their spouse or just friends come out, have a cupcake.
So I think we just promote a lot of community.
You can find Lita's Treats on IG at Lita's Treats social media, Facebook, we're Lita's Treats, you can also visit our website, which is https://mylitastreats.com.
And there's an S behind the A. I'm a Believe it or not.
In the eight years we've been in business, we've only done advertising through social media.
That's been our roadway to where we're at now.
It's been on social media.
I see Lita's Treats becoming a fran.. A franchise.
My goal within the next two years is that we'll have a location in Charleston, which is home for me.
So that's what we're working on Greenville will be next and then we'll start looking outside of the state of South Carolina.
So baking has always been my thing.
So offering sweets and treats, it was just a no brainer.
That's just what I'm good at.
And I believe you should stay in your lane, whatever you're good at then do that.
When someone walks in Lita's Treats, they feel welcome and love.
But also more importantly, when you eat that cupcake you also feel that love with the flavors like we like I put my heart into it when I'm baking so I would want customers just to be able to taste that love.
We should remind them a home.
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