The Cake Girl earns top honors in Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay 2025, winning both Best Cakes and Best Cupcakes—a major recognition of Kristina Lavallee’s baking excellence.

Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl clarifies how a dash vs. a pinch can affect your baking—precision matters in professional cake making.

Kristina Lavallee, founder of The Cake Girl, appeared on Telemundo’s Hoy Día as the guest judge for a blindfolded cake-decorating challenge with the show’s hosts and Aleska Génesis.

Cake expert Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl created a bespoke Hello Kitty-themed birthday cake for rapper Cardi B’s daughter Kulture — featured in TMZ.

Kristina Lavallee explains the food-safety and freshness pitfalls of placing cakes in a turned-off oven overnight — featured in Southern Living.

Telemundo 49 highlights Kristina Lavallee’s Military Spouses Night Out—an exclusive celebration she hosted for 30+ military spouses with cake decorating, food and gifts.

Kristina Lavallee, founder of The Cake Girl, shares how she transformed a food truck into a national franchise empire — featured in Our Latinx Magazine.

Kristina Lavallee, founder of The Cake Girl, explains how she’s taking her award-winning bakery national by franchising her custom-cake concept.

Kristina Lavallee spreads joy across Tampa Bay through Random Acts of Sweetness, veterans support, and community outreach — featured on Bay News 9.

Kristina Lavallee, founder of The Cake Girl, shares how she scaled from a mobile dessert truck to a nationwide franchise — featured by Investors Hangout.

Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl appears on Hoy Día to offer a hands-on demonstration of her custom cake and cupcake artistry.

Kristina Lavallee, founder of The Cake Girl, launches the annual “Fill The Van” initiative to deliver toys and joy to Tampa Bay families and veterans.

Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl expands her “Fill the Van” initiative to support veterans and families in need this holiday season in Tampa Bay.

Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl shows viewers how to craft fun, professional-style Halloween mini-cakes at home in a segment on Tampa Bay 28.

Latina pastry chef Kristina Lavallee opens up about how she launched her own bakery and turned a dream into reality — featured on Telemundo’s Hoy Día.

Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl shares with WESH how her heritage, viral custom cakes and resilience built one of Florida’s most recognized bakery brands.

Kristina Lavallee teams up with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor and Police Chief Lee Bercaw to launch “Random Acts of Sweetness,” surprising community heroes with desserts.

Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl demonstrates professional cupcake and cake decorating techniques on WFLA’s Tampa Hoy/Todo Tampa Bay.

Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl teaches viewers how to decorate cakes and cupcakes with professional flair for the Fourth of July.

Kristina Lavallee of The Cake Girl leads a fun, hands-on cupcake-decorating demo on Hoy Día — showing how kids and families can bake like pros.