How long do the jars stay fresh?

Thirty days in the fridge, six months in the freezer, and ten days once you open the jar.

Do you ship? How fast?

Yes, to all 50 states. Orders leave our kitchen in 2–4 business days, and you get a tracking number by email.

Merrillville, Indiana · Since 2015

A bakery moment,wherever you are.

Name: Cupcake in a Jar, 8 oz
Brand: Cute as a Cupcake
Price: 10.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Scratch-made Cupcakes in a Jar. Two layers of cake and icing, fresh for 30 days in the fridge, shipped to all 50 states.

Build a gift box Gifting for a company

As seen on WISH-TVChicago Sky Foundation pitch winner

Concept film from her real jars

Seen on our corporate gifts page

The menu

Twelve flavours, one jar at a time.

8 oz jar $10 · 4 oz jar from $6. Baked in a kitchen that also handles peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, dairy and eggs. Nutrition and allergens

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Two Cupcakes in a Jar, one with a spoon in it — Her photo

Red Velvet Cupcake in a Jar — Studio edit of her photo

Concept render: gift box of six jars on an office desk — Concept render

Concept render: Cute as a Cupcake machine in a break room — Concept render

2layers

Cake, icing, cake, icing. Made from scratch.

A real cupcake, built in a jar so it never gets crushed, smeared or stale on the way to you.

30days

Sealed fresh for a month in the fridge.

Six months in the freezer. Ten days once you open it, if it lasts that long.

50states

It travels where a cupcake can't.

Ship one to a friend, or a dozen to every client on your list. Orders leave the kitchen in 2–4 business days.

24/7

Or it waits down the hall.

Cupcake in a Jar machines bring the bakery to break rooms, campuses and hospitals. Tap, take, back to work.

Build a gift box

Pick the flavours. We'll write the card.

Choose a box, tap the jars you want, and add a note. We pack it, seal it and ship it anywhere in the country.

Tap a jar to add it. Tap a jar in the box to take it out.

Box size

Gift note (optional)

0 of 4 jars
Shipping calculated at checkout$0

Someone at a desk eating a Red Velvet Cupcake in a Jar

Concept render

3:00

The slump has a cure.

Cupcake in a Jar machines put fresh jars in break rooms, campus lobbies and hospital halls. No line, no drive, back at your desk in two minutes.

Proposed pilotrealSPACE Merrillville5164 E 81st Ave · coworking · opening date to come

Open nowThe bake shop2008 W. 81st Ave · Tue–Sat 10am–7pm

ComingYour building?Coworking, campus, hospital or office: host one

The QR code on every machine

Scan a machine, and the jar keeps working.

Every machine carries a code that opens its own page: what's inside this week, a one-tap review, the flavour list, and a way to send a dozen to a client.

Every rating gets the same honest ask for a Google review
New flavours and openings go to the email list
"Send a dozen" turns a 3 PM treat into a corporate order
"Want one here?" turns fans into host leads

You found a Cutie machinerealSPACE MerrillvilleRestocked every week from our kitchen on 81st Ave.

In this machine this week

How was your jar?

Loved it? Send a dozen to your clients.Start a gift order

Get new flavours first

Corporate gifting

Client gifts people actually open.

A thank-you that arrives fresh, looks beautiful on a desk and doesn't end up in a drawer. From one box to five hundred addresses, from a certified Minority and Women-owned supplier.

30days fresh on arrival

50states, one address or hundreds

M/WBEcounts toward supplier diversity

Holiday orders close in–days · Dec 11, for delivery before the holidaysProposed cutoff · confirm with Michelle

Open the corporate gifting site Get a quote here Gifting guide (PDF)

Concept render: a white gift box of six Cupcakes in a Jar on a desk

Quote builder

Your estimate in 60 seconds.

People on your list25

Jars per person

Ship to

Note cards

Needed by

Your estimate

50 jars

Jars at list price$500

Bulk pricingQuoted to your order

Delivery25 addresses

Note cardsIncluded in quote

List price is $10 per 8 oz jar. Large orders get special pricing. Shipping is quoted per address. Orders leave the kitchen in 2–4 business days.

1 · Tell us the listSize, flavours, note, deadline.

2 · Approve the quoteExact price and ship date, same day.

3 · We ship to everyoneSealed, packed and tracked to each address.

Truck & dessert cart

Bring the bakery to the party.

Serving Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland: corporate events, weddings, schools, festivals, grand openings and private parties.

Request a date · Cupcake truck

What's on the menu

Every event is quoted to the headcount and the menu. Fully licensed truck, friendly team, setup and clean-up handled.

Host a machine

A perk your people notice, with nothing to manage.

Cost to youNothing. No fee, no lease, no purchase.

RestockingWeekly, by our team. A 30-day shelf life makes it simple.

PaymentsCard and tap only. No cash for your staff to handle.

What we needFloor space near a standard outlet.

LaunchA free tasting for your members or staff in week one.

Revenue shareAvailable for hosts. Ask us for the numbers.

Concept render

What kind of building?

How many people are there on a normal day?

What people say

LOVE the vegan cakes in a jar.

Customer review · via Restaurantji · Apr 2025

Customer service was EXCELLENT.

Customer review · via Restaurantji · Mar 2026

Read all 64 reviews on Yelp

WISH-TV · Aug 2026Featured on "Indiana Grown"Sold at the Indiana State Fair's Indiana Grown pavilion.

Chicago Sky Foundation · 2025Small Business Bootcamp pitch winnerThe win funded the vending machine rollout.

Goldman Sachs10,000 Small Businesses alumCertified Minority / Women-owned Business Enterprise.

Cute as a Cupcake storefront on 81st Avenue in Merrillville

Our story

A life without cupcakes is a life without love.

Michelle Wainwright left the pharmaceutical world to bake. Ten years later Cute as a Cupcake is a Merrillville storefront, a pink truck, a dessert cart, a line of jars that ship nationwide, and a nonprofit, Cutie Cares, that fights food insecurity at home.

2015A kiosk at Southlake Mall and the farmers markets.

2016The storefront opens on US Route 30.

2020The shop closes for the pandemic. The jar keeps the business alive.

2025Wins the Chicago Sky Foundation pitch. Machines roll out.

Questions

Good to know.

Still wondering? or call (219) 472-0858.

Jars, shipping & allergens

For businesses

The flavour list