Cupcake shop inspired by childhood memories

24 Dec 2019


LARAMIE — Inspiration comes in several forms at The Sugar Mouse Cupcake House.

After eight years selling home-baked cupcakes at the Downtown Laramie Farmer’s Market, Ruth Williams took a leap and opened a brick-and-mortar store this fall. The new bakery in downtown Laramie, located at 211 Grand Ave., is modeled after the British tea shops of Williams’s English childhood, and she bakes up classic British treats, including the popular sugar mouse itself.

But another source of inspiration for the operation is a home for girls rescued from slavery in Cambodia. Williams traces her relationship with the home to a magazine article she encountered by chance at a salon about 14 years ago.

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