Sara Varon

Cupcake is a sweet, hardworking pastry who runs a highly successful bakery alongside his best friend, Eggplant. Life in their bustling community is mostly wonderful, but Cupcake harbors a massive, secret dream. He desperately wants to travel abroad to meet his absolute idol, the world-famous pastry chef known as Turkish Delight. To make enough money for the expensive plane ticket, Cupcake decides he must hustle harder than ever before. But balancing his demanding bakery duties, his friendship with Eggplant, and his international travel goals turns out to be incredibly complicated. As his stress levels rise, Cupcake has to figure out what truly matters most in his life. This charming, beautifully crafted graphic novel is packed with hilarious food-based characters and genuine emotional depth. It is a brilliant, feel-good story about ambition, loyalty, and realizing that sometimes the best things in life are already right in front of you.