Karl & Stephanie Will
By Appointment Only Please
(225) 262-9077
Serving Baton Rouge & the Surrounding Areas

About Us

Welcome to Sweet Impressions.  As you visit our site, we hope to put you well on your way to choosing the perfect cake for any special occasion.  As you will see in our photo gallery, almost anything is possible when it comes to cakes.

Sweet Impressions is owned and completely operated by the husband and wife team of Karl and Stephanie Will with periodic assistance from their daughter Olivia (7) and son Parker (5).  Karl does all the baking and building of cakes while Stephanie has a great eye for designing as well as the patience and ability for decorating.  Olivia is a dedicated chief taste tester.  All the work is done in their 750 square foot commercially licensed, health board approved kitchen behind their home in Central, Louisiana.  By having no one besides Karl and Stephanie working in the kitchen to perform all the baking, decorating, deliveries, and cleaning of the facilities and equipment; the quality and consistency of the final product can be guaranteed.

Karl was in the kitchen in Midwestern Illinois baking since he was 5 years old learning from his mother influenced by a strong German background.   In 1988 he graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.  Since then he has worked in world-renowned hotels, 5 star restaurants and pastry shops located in areas such as:

  Jacksonville, Florida
            Los Angeles, California
            San Francisco, California
            Napa, California
            Missoula, Montana
            Dallas, Texas

In the five years before Sweet Impressions was launched in September 2003, Karl worked as executive pastry chef at The Baton Rouge Country Club in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Using his extensive pastry experience, Karl is out to dispel that long-standing myth that wedding cakes only have to look Good!

Stephanie uses her marketing degree from Louisiana Tech to run much of the business end of Sweet Impressions.  Don’t think that her works ends there though.  Growing up in Central, LA right around the corner from Sweet Impressions’ current location, she amassed over 18 years of experience in sculpting and painting in various medians including pottery, ceramics and cakes.  Her ability to design and create works of edible art really comes to light.  In addition to a love of cooking and baking, her experience helps when developing flavors for new cakes and desserts.

Using only the freshest ingredients and making all cakes, filling, and frostings from scratch, Sweet Impressions can create a masterpiece for you.  Whether it is the most elegant or extravagant bridal cake, a very unique or theme grooms cake, or a simple butterfly cake for a 3 year old birthday party, Sweet Impressions will work hard to get exactly what the customer wants.  Quality, consistency, and customer satisfaction are all top concerns for Karl and Stephanie.  With Karl making sure it tastes good and Stephanie ensuring the right look, Sweet Impressions is confident to make anyone’s special day a complete success!