Meet Arleen Scavone, owner of Sweet Arleen’s Bakery and two-time winner of Cupcake Wars!

Banker Turned Baker, Arleen Scavone, may be a banker by trade, but she is also a passionate, life-long baker at heart. Arleen started baking as a child, doling out treats to her family and living by her mother’s belief in real butter! Though she declared home economics and foods as a college major, for practical reasons she earned a business degree. For three decades, she invested her energy into banking, helping entrepreneurs and start-ups get their businesses off the ground and marketed toward success.

While achieving her goals as a corporate businesswoman, Arleen never forgot her first love—baking. And, along with her proven business acumen, came the confidence that she could apply her skills to realize the entrepreneur’s dream of doing what you love. After years of practice, research, testing and perfecting, Sweet Arleen’s ensures that only the best ingredients and highest standards are baked into every batch to produce the Cupcake Challenge-winning Sweet Arleen’s brand.

Arleen has worked with countless non profit organizations and is constantly speaking to students and professionals alike to share how she followed her dreams and made them a reality.