Purple Elephant Cakes

Purple Elephant cakes is home based bakery in west valley AZ. Arizona Cottage Law Home based bakery #10835. We now have French macarons, cupcakes and cake pops for sale at Hope’s Artisan Bread 13331 W. Indian School RD #202 Litchfield Park AZ 85340.

Established in 2010.
A Purple Elephant? Our name – Purple Elephant Cakes – was inspired by chef Jin’s then 4 year old daughter Annie’s fascination with a purple elephant. The ineffable playfulness and charm of the idea struck both Jin and Annie as a perfect fit for Jin’s delicious desserts. Whimsical, playful, colorful, vibrant, young and cheerful are the qualities we want our brand, Purple Elephant Cakes, to represent.

Jin S.
Business Owner
Jin Hee Sonu
Founder & Cake Designer

Jin’s desserts capture and celebrate the essence of what makes her client’s events special to them.

After attending the International Culinary Center (ICC, formerly The French Culinary Institute) of NYC in 2004, Jin spent years perfecting her pastry skills at renowned NYC venues including Café Boulud, Spice Market, Morimoto, the Gilt at the Palace Hotel in New York, working under award-winning pastry chefs.

Jin opened her first custom cake shop in the posh Upper East Side of Manhattan neighborhood in 2010 with her ICC alumnus Candy Tamano Iannelli. Just a few years later, she opened up her second cake shop in San Mateo, CA after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. More recently, Jin moved to West Valley, Arizona with her husband Scott and her daughter Ann, opening her latest incarnation of Purple Elephant Cakes in 2017.

Jin’s desserts have been featured on the Style Me Pretty website and in FEMALE Magazine (Singapore).