I’m Jocelyn Delk Adams. Welcome to Grandbaby Cakes, a brand inspired by my grandmother which shares classic recipes in a modern and accessible way. I hope to inspire a new generation of bakers and cooking enthusiasts to learn kitchen skills and not feel guilty about enjoying dessert. At an early age, I loved visiting Mississippi to watch my grandmother, or “big mama” Maggie as my family affectionately calls her, bake. Big mama bakes cakes that literally have her neighbors lined up around the block waiting for a taste. She not only invents (yes, she developed all of her own recipes) the most delicious melt-in-your-mouth desserts I’ve ever tasted, but she also infuses them with so much love.
I didn’t realize I had the “baking” gene as my family calls it until my 20s. Now that I am in my 30s, I can’t stop baking! I achieve my ideal state of zen in my condo’s cozy kitchen, whipping up delicious treats for family and friends as they lounge nearby to taste-test. Follow along for some decadent desserts and sensational savory recipes and watch as I remix traditional recipes with my fun “grandbaby” twist.
Bio
Jocelyn Delk Adams is the founder, author, national television personality and brand ambassador behind the award winning cookbook Grandbaby Cakes and the food website Grandbaby-Cakes.com, which gives her family’s, particularly her grandmother’s, cherished generational recipes her modern spin while preserving the most important ingredient- tradition. Jocelyn is a TODAY Show Tastemaker, a Food Network judge on the popular series “Santa’s Baking Blizzard” and “Beat Bobby Flay”, and cast member of such shows as “Food Fantasies on OWN Network and the Cooking Channel’s longest running most popular shows, “Unique Sweets”. In addition to being a regular on the TODAY Show and Good Morning America, she is regularly featured on The Rachael Ray Show, Food Network’s “The Kitchen”, Dr. Oz, The Cooking Channel, People Magazine, ABC World News Now, Hallmark Channel, Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, O (The Oprah) Magazine, The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS, Essence Magazine, Huffington Post, Bon Appetit, Southern Living Magazine, and many others.
She also recently gave a TED Talk in 2017 about Brand Authenticity and has been a top brand ambassador and writer for several top brands such as Coca-Cola, Land O’ Lakes, Audi, Dole, James Beard Foundation, Pillsbury, State Farm, HomeGoods, McCormick and many more.
Jocelyn’s first cookbook Grandbaby Cakes was released in September 2015 and was featured as a top fall cookbook by People Magazine, Vanity Fair, Yahoo! and Epicurious. It also won the Gourmand World Award 2016 for Best Blogger Cookbook USA and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award 2016- Outstanding Literary Instructional Work. Jocelyn was also a contributor to 2017 Eater’s Cookbook of the Year Feed the Resistance. Jocelyn hopes Grandbaby Cakes will continue to deliver inspired recipes shaped by the past but reinvented for the present which will encourage new generations of dessert enthusiasts to learn how to bake and create new family memories for years to come.
Press
National and Local Television Appearances
TODAY Show
- March 7, 2017 – National Cereal Day Recipes Appearance
- January 31, 2017- Super Bowl Appearance- Sweet and Salty Treats
- November 2016- All Star Chef Thanksgiving Appearance – Thanksgiving Tips
- November 4, 2016- All Star Chef Thanksgiving Appearance- Cornbread Appearance
- September 16, 2016- One Bowl Desserts Appearance
- August 3, 2016- Summer Blueberry Treats Appearance
- May 21, 2016- Cookies and Cream Gooey Cake from Grandbaby Cakes Cookbook
- March 2, 2016- Cinnamon Roll Pound Cake from Grandbaby Cakes Cookbook
The Rachael Ray Show
- Dec 2015 – Christmas baking episode
- September 2016 – Episode co-starring Katie Lee and Marc Murphy
The Kitchen – Food Network – September 2016
Unique Sweets – Cooking Channel
- 2017 – 5 episodes
Hallmark Channel- Home and Family – December 2015
CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade – Pillsbury – November 2015
ABC World News Now – November 2015
Several local appearances on:
- Fox News Chicago
- WGN Chicago
- CBS Chicago
- WCIU Chicago
- Morning Blend Milwaukee
Awards and Nominations
- Gourmand World Cookbook Award- Best Blogger Cookbook 2016
- NAACP Image Award Nomination- Outstanding Literary Instructional 2016
- The Kitchn Homies – Best Recipe Blog Nominee 2013
- Black Weblog Awards 2013 Best Food Blog Nominee
- Yahoo! Shine Club Best Holiday Recipes Winner Article – 2012
National and Local Print Magazines Press
- Relish Magazine – January 2017
- Taste of the South Magazine- Dec 2016
- Southern Lady Magazine – September 2016
- Southern Living Magazine – March 2016
- O (The Oprah) Magazine – February 2016
- FW Magazine (Top 20 women in food in Chicago) February 2016
- Southern Lady Magazine – January 2016
- Essence Magazine – December 2015
- Chicago Magazine – December 2015
- Chicago Social Magazine- December 2015
- Southern Weddings Magazine- Fall 2015
- Mississippi Magazine Sept/Oct 2015
- Celebrate Magazine – Sept/Oct 2015
- Taste of the South Magazine – Sept/Oct 2015
- Michigan Avenue Magazine – Sept 2015
- Better Homes and Gardens Feature – December 2014
- Better Homes and Gardens – Bloggers We Love- August 2014
- Ebony Magazine- August 2014
- Chicago Social Magazine – June 2014
Newspaper Press
- Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Splash Magazine
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Online Press
- Bon Appetit Featured Essay– How My Grandmother Taught Me The Rules of Baking and Life 2016
- People Magazine – Top Fall Cookbooks 2015
- Country Living Magazine
- Yahoo! Cookbook of the Week
- Design Sponge
- Vanity Fair – Top Fall Cookbooks 2015
- Essence Magazine
- Ebony Magazine
- NBC
- The Everygirl
- Buzzfeed
- Today Food
- Parade
- MSN
- Jet Magazine
- Groupon
- The Everygirl
- New York Times Online
GB Facts!
