Meet Carrot Top

The idea of creating a company began in 2019 after baking mini sweet potato pie as party favors for her guests celebrating and honoring her deceased mother’s national journey with breast cancer.

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Yalonda remembered a time when her mother, Carolyn would bake sweet potato pie during the holidays and special occasions. As a child, helping to mash the potatoes, Yalonda became forever intrigued with the soothing smell of warm sweet potatoes, melted butter, cinnamon and nutmeg.

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Less than a year later, after beginning her journey with making pies for friends and family, Yalonda was informed that her great grandmother had a sweet potato cake recipe published in a North Carolina cookbook. The sweet potato cake recipe and sweet potato pie are both foundational baked goods, deeply rooted in family, love and tradition.