Baked Cakes

Baked Cakes

Feature · Comedy · 89 pages
When a broke baker inherits her grandma’s house and a mountain of HOA debt, she cooks up a plan to turn secret family recipes into a secret weapon—a booming weed cookie empire right under the nose of the neighborhood’s nosiest Karen.
Written by Shellie Lewis
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Quarterfinalist, Write LA 2025
Semifinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Summer 2025
Semifinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - Diversity Initiative IX

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Shellie Lewis
Glendale, California
I had always been a creative kind of kid, but being from a Jamaican mom who had her first child at 16, she always pushed me to be employable. So, my artistic skills were always mapped to career tracks that could keep me working consistently. Fine art and being a starving artist were out -- and marketing and advertising were in. "Corporations always ...
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When freelancing nail tech Kim Douglas inherits her late Grammy’s home, she also inherits a mountain of debt, thanks to selective fines from Harper, the HOA treasurer, and Karen next door. With just three weeks to settle the books or lose the house, there’s no time to grieve. Kim does what she does best: sackin’ dough and baking moves. Kim’s not just fighting debt—she’s battling to find her purpose after years lost to caregiving. With her gig economy résumé, the mob would be less preditory than a bank loan. And, she couldn’t keep up if she tried with her go-to grind. Out of options and under HOA attack, Kim resists the help of her overachieving sister Danielle and prove her right. Under Grammy’s watchful portrait, she and her ride-or-die bestie Redd hatch a plan: revive the family bake shop from her home kitchen—with a cannabis twist, a hope, and a prayer. Marley, an old flame turned supplier, joins the hustle and business booms—but not fast enough. Redd ups the stakes, landing a massive order for a cannabis mag launch that could erase the debt and legitimize the brand. With time running out, a showdown between Kim and Danielle forces them to confront old wounds—and finally unite. The family bake shop is reborn. In a high-stakes, three-day bake-a-thon, the trio faces blackouts, supply sabotage, a kinda-sorta kidnapping, and detectives on the case. The only way out? Kim betting big on herself—proving that sometimes the strongest recipe for success is made from scratch.