Cupcakes for Courage: Chicagos Largest Mobile Cupcakery Hits Hollywood!

When life throws you lemons, what do you do?  Make cupcakes, of course!

As children, sisters, Kathryn and Laura Pekarik, shared a passion for baking.  Always thinking they would eventually start some kind of business their idea was put on hold when Kathryn was diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoma cancer in May 2010.

While trying to keep their minds off the cancer and divert attention away from the effects of the treatments Kathryn and Laura began to invent their cupcake recipes and continue the dream of one day starting that business.

Later that year, a benefit was held in Kathryn’s honor to help defray the costs of her medical care.  To  contribute, Laura baked 250 of their own recipe cupcakes to host a bake sale at the event.  With such rave reviews, the brain child of these two sisters, Kathryn and Laura Pekarik was born; Cupcakes for Courage!

While Kathryn  continued treatment, Laura took Cupcakes for Courage to the next level.  Little did they know these little  delectable cupcakes would take her to Hollywood.

Cupcakes for Courage is one of the contestants competing for $10,000 this Sunday on Cupcake Wars.

Upon Kathryn’s persistence, Laura pulled out all stops and took the steps needed to get them there and created a Cupcake Wars application video.

As Laura says, “we don’t hope, we do! …and that is exactly what Cupcakes for Courage is all about; doing and giving back by providing Chicagoland these wonderful little cakes while raising money for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research, Ride Janie Ride and others in our community and beyond.  We also strive to protect the environment for generations to come in using biodegradable, recyclable and sustainable packaging.”

The “Green Machine’s” weekly schedule makes frequent stops Tuesday thru Friday in the city…also catering cupcakes to weddings, parties and special events.

By Andrea Pekarik Welch “Cupcake Mama”