About Us

• Yummy Cakes & More started in the autumn of 2007. We are a family business mother (Gloria Lambdin),daughter (Kristi Gives) , husband (Manny Gives) team. Mom developed her taste for yummy, homemade, baked goods from her mother, Nelda Doughty. She passed down this love for baking to me at a very young age. It wasn’t long after I received my first Easy Bake Oven, that I wanted to venture further into the world of baking. Kristi graduated from Opryland Hotel Culinary Institute in 1999, where she was a member of the Hot Food Competition team. They competed with teams from all over the United States, for which she received 1 Gold, 3 Silver, and 1 Bronze in various competitions held in Florida and Myrtle Beach, SC. Kristi received the Culinary Student of the Year Award from the Opryland Hotel Culinary Institute upon graduation. This award is given to the student selected by their fellow classmates, chef’s and teachers. As Pastry Chef of The Park Bakery in Gatlinburg, TN , Kristi provided the baked goods and desserts for The Park Grill and The Peddler restaurants for seven years before leaving to have her 2nd child. Shortly after her son was born, she realized that her love for baking still needed to be a part of her life. At this point, we decided to begin the plans for Yummy Cakes & More. We are blessed to be able to do something we love and share it with our community. Taking great pride in everything we make, we look forward to making your special occasion something extraordinary! Thank You for voting Yummy Cakes & More as East Tennessee's Best Bakery of 2011 in The Tennessee Magazine Annual Readers' Choice Awards!