December is a big baking month, but if the amount of dinner parties and cookie exchanges is getting overwhelming, pop by SusieCakes Bakery in the Marina for a selection of homestyle baked goods to mark the holidays.

Now through January 1, SusieCakes is offering several holiday-inspired desserts including:

• California Christmas House: fully assembled, modern gingerbread house decorated realistically and adorned with family name
• Gingerbread Latte Cupcake: Gingerbread coffee cupcake with coffee buttercream frosting and topped with mini gingerbread men
• Pies: Pumpkin, Apple Crumble, and Pecan made with flaky hand-crimped crusts
• Cookies: Old Fashioned Gingerbread Men, Frosted Sugar Cookies & Hanukkah Sugar Cookies
• New Year’s Champagne Cupcakes: Vanilla cupcakes baked with sparkling rosé champagne and topped with champagne buttercream frosting
• Morning-After Mimosa Cupcakes: Vanilla cupcakes baked with sparking rosé champagne and topped with orange buttercream frosting
• Sugar Cookies: Champagne flute and bottle shaped cookies with colorful royal icing

SusieCakes, 2109 Chestnut Street, San Francisco; Tel. 415.474.2253

Images courtesy of Natalie Pavich

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