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The Strawberry Shortcake team
Our Story

Life Is Short. Eat Dessert First.

Strawberry shortcake-style treats and sweet dessert service for events everywhere.

Every event gets our signature shortcake — an airy, crisp pound cake topped with fresh cut strawberries, strawberry reduction, and fluffy whipped cream, served by a team that keeps the line moving and the smiles coming.

Our Story

A daughter's joy, turned into dessert

The Strawberry Shortcake food truck fare

The Strawberry Shortcake started with a little girl named Avery and a family that had already spent years running food trucks — just never a dessert one. Dessert had always been a guilty pleasure, and making strawberry shortcake with Avery's grandmother brought back fond memories. It all started with a recipe from Iowa (a box of Bisquick, a few tablespoons of sugar, and strawberries fresh off the farm) and turned into the idea for a whole concept.

What makes it different is that nobody else is doing it. Our airy, crispy pound-style cake is baked, topped with fresh cut strawberries, a strawberry reduction simmered down to a sweet sauce, and fluffy whipped cream — sweet, a little savory, and impossible to stop eating after one bite. Once the line forms, service moves fast: everyone starts with the same base, then we top it with whipped cream and their favorite topping, so guests get back to the party before dessert's even done.

Today, The Strawberry Shortcake stands for putting a smile on someone's face and making their day a little sweeter — especially at family and kid-friendly events, where watching genuine joy over dessert never gets old. It's not work when you love it, and we do.

Life is short. Eat dessert first.

Book Our Desserts on Food Truck Avenue

The Strawberry Shortcake menu can be booked through Food Truck Avenue, a nationwide food truck catering marketplace and booking platform. Choose your desserts, see pricing, and book online where available.

What we serve

Strawberry Shortcake, Done Right

Every guest gets our signature airy-crisp shortcake, topped fresh with strawberries, strawberry reduction, and fluffy whipped cream, right in line at your event.

Strawberry Shortcake

Our signature: crisp-but-airy pound cake, fresh strawberries, and homemade strawberry reduction.

Mix-and-Match Toppings

Everyone starts with the same base, then picks their topping and whipped cream finish.

Flavor Lineup

Try Smores, The Sticks, Strawberry Banana Split, or Peaches and Cream Shortcake.

It's perfect.
Events We Cater

A Sweet Finish For Any Event

From backyard birthdays to full-blown celebrations, we bring strawberry shortcake-style treats and a cheerful dessert experience wherever you're gathering.

Family & Kid Events

Our favorite crowd — nothing beats watching kids light up over fresh shortcake and whipped cream.

Favorite
Schools & Fundraisers

A bright, easy dessert option that keeps lines moving and everyone smiling.

Corporate & Office Events

A cheerful dessert option for groups that makes any workday feel a little sweeter.

Weddings & Celebrations

Dress up the classic with our signature toppings for a memorable, fancied-up finish.

Private Parties

Bright, nostalgic, and easy to enjoy — a sweet dessert service built around your guest count and setup.

Ready to add a sweet finish to your next event? Let's talk dessert.

How We Serve

How Service Works, Start To Sweet Finish

We build every event around one goal: getting a warm, fresh shortcake into your guests' hands without a hitch. Our team rolls in early, sets up fast, and gets the line moving so dessert stays the easy part of your day.

Everyone starts with the same base — that airy, crispy-sweet cake — then gets topped to order with fresh cut strawberries, strawberry reduction, and fluffy whipped cream. Simple to serve, fun to watch, sweeter to eat.

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Early Arrival

Our truck and team arrive 30-60 minutes ahead of service to set up and troubleshoot anything unexpected.

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Stations Set Up

We set up one or more serving stations depending on your guest count, so the line keeps moving.

3
Line Opens

Every guest gets the same base cake, then chooses their toppings for a quick, personal finish.

4
Rush-Ready Service

For bigger crowds we keep the menu to a few dessert styles to keep the line short and sweet.

5
Wrap & Roll Out

We pack up cleanly and head out, aiming to get you back to your day before dessert's even done.

Life is Short. Eat Dessert First!
Your Booking Team

The Friendly Faces Behind Your Sweet Finish

Our team is helpful, friendly, and energetic — ready to help you plan dessert service around your guest count, timing, and setup so the day feels bright, nostalgic, and easy to enjoy.

David, Senior Booking Agent for The Strawberry Shortcake
David
Senior Booking Agent

Big-scale forecasting is where David shines, honed by 30 straight days sizing 1,500 daily meals for Chevron and a Covid-era run keeping FedEx supplied at roughly 1,200 meals a weekend — the same instincts he brings to planning a sweet dessert service for events of any size. Should equipment ever falter mid-event, he's ready to shift from truck to buffet service so shortcakes and treats still reach every guest without a hiccup. His work behind Colorado's statewide health and fire reciprocity bill also means less local red tape standing between your celebration and a cheerful dessert option that's bright, nostalgic, and easy to enjoy.

Brandon, Senior Booking Agent for The Strawberry Shortcake
Brandon
Senior Booking Agent

Long before shortcakes and dessert buffets, Brandon was learning the hospitality ropes in 2003 at Red Robin and Isle of Capri in Black Hawk, moving through front-of-house, expediting, and banquet setup on his way to 12 years in food truck and catering logistics, 6 of them hands-on with live kitchens and food production. That background now shapes a sweet dessert service for events like Amazon, Starbucks, the Denver Broncos, the Denver Nuggets, Southwest Airlines, Harvard, and Texas A&M, with his deepest market knowledge in Denver, Fort Collins, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boston, and San Francisco, where he screens every catering team on service quality, reviews, food, and presentation and moves fast to bring in a replacement if something's off. His planning advice keeps things bright, nostalgic, and easy to enjoy: a simple, focused menu is what lets a truck deliver a cheerful dessert option for groups without slowing the line.

Jess, Food Truck Booking Agent for The Strawberry Shortcake
Jess
Food Truck Booking Agent

Good dessert planning starts before anyone counts heads, and Jess is the one asking who's actually coming — since demographic mix, vendor meals, and service style all shape how many shortcakes a crowd will enjoy. That approach carried her through a 5,000-guest Southwest Airlines event and a 5-day stretch readying 10 trucks for 50 events and about 7,500 guests, with each truck stocked on the correct menu so the sweet finish never runs short. She also checks insurance, safety compliance, references, and fire-risk gaps ahead of time, part of how our team helps plan dessert service around guest count, timing, and setup.

John, Food Truck Booking Agent for The Strawberry Shortcake
John
Food Truck Booking Agent

Pairing the right shortcake-style setup with the right celebration is John's specialty, and he keeps service speed, permitting, parking, COIs, and timing working together so the sweetness never gets held up. His Denver permit and fire inspection background carries into Los Angeles, Orlando, Miami, Sacramento, Washington, DC, and other major markets, giving him a grounded sense of what dessert service for events truly requires city to city. That steadiness showed on the highway to Ontario, when a trailer's tow vehicle lost a radiator hose and John arranged a rented replacement so the treats still arrived on time — a save that brought the client back the following year.

Kaleb, Food Truck Booking Agent for The Strawberry Shortcake
Kaleb
Food Truck Booking Agent

For The Strawberry Shortcake, Kaleb plans dessert service the way he plans everything else — with a backup ready before it's needed, the instinct that once had a substitute truck coordinated in under 20 minutes after a catering truck's wheel bearing gave out en route to an event. That same steady coordination let him pivot a 200-guest wedding from buffet to food truck service with just 30 minutes' notice, and it's why he checks current fire extinguishers, valid health and fire licenses, and labeled, organized coolers before any shortcake or dessert buffet setup gets his sign-off. His planning advice for a sweet, cheerful dessert experience stays simple: a spot to park and a crowd to serve.

Simon, Food Truck Booking Agent for The Strawberry Shortcake
Simon
Food Truck Booking Agent

Simon helps plan sweet dessert service for events with a decade in catering behind him, including 3 years leading prep kitchens and 7 years running trucks day to day. He's worked brand events with Kroger, Amazon, and FedEx alongside recurring Southwest Airlines dates for around 1,200 employees per event, and he still points to the fall festival that grew from an expected 100 guests to nearly 300 as proof that a quick commissary run can keep a dessert line moving without losing quality. When groups want a cheerful, bright finish to their event, his advice is simple: keep the treats to the favorites so service stays fast and fun.

Stephen, Food Truck Booking Agent for The Strawberry Shortcake
Stephen
Food Truck Booking Agent

Sweet dessert service still comes down to logistics, and Stephen has that side covered — years spent cooking, driving, and serving across more than a dozen food trucks, plus a role helping manage a 12-truck operation, taught him how to keep any event on schedule. He's organized corporate events for 1,000-plus guests, helped prep over 3,000 meals in a single day, and once turned a next-day request into a fully booked event within the hour. When a catering truck's trailer hitch failed, Stephen had a team re-hitch it and rolling into service 50 minutes ahead of schedule — the same steady planning he now brings to a cheerful dessert option for groups, thinking through guest count, timing, and setup so the sweet finish arrives right on time.

Thomas, Food Truck Booking Agent for The Strawberry Shortcake
Thomas
Food Truck Booking Agent

Sweet dessert service for events still starts with the same groundwork for Thomas: COIs, permits, insurance minimums, and a track record that holds up to Denver Department of Public Health & Environment and Denver Fire Department standards before a truck is cleared to serve strawberry shortcake-style treats. That habit goes back to 2016, built through concept ownership and catering-team coordination, and it held firm when a generator quit mid-event — he spotted the low-oil shutdown, topped it off, and had the dessert buffet back in front of guests within minutes. His advice for hosts stays bright and simple: plan the service flow, not just the menu.

Zo, Lead Booking Agent & Food Truck Consultant for The Strawberry Shortcake
Zo
Lead Booking Agent & Food Truck Consultant

When Zo helps plan sweet dessert service for events, he's leaning on close to 16 years spent directly behind trucks, smokers, and kitchens, plus a hand in thousands of catering and food truck bookings overseen along the way. His background includes stretches with Quest Diagnostics, Monster Energy Drink, St. Joseph Hospital, and NFL LA Chargers staff, a culinary degree, ServSafe certification, and the day he coordinated eight large holiday events at once with a lean crew. That same steady hand, plus a good read on Douglas County and Castle Rock fire expectations, keeps strawberry shortcake-style treats bright, nostalgic, and easy to enjoy from setup to last guest.

Travel fees may apply for events farther from a metro area — ask your booking contact for details.
Booking Steps

Getting Sweet Is Simple

Booking your dessert service is as easy as saying yes to shortcake. Tell us about your event and we'll build the rest around you.

1
Send us details

Share your event date, guest count, and location so we can start planning.

2
Build your menu

Pick your shortcake styles and toppings — we'll help around guest count and timing.

3
Lock your date

Confirm details and minimum spend, and your sweet finish is officially booked.

4
We show up smiling

Our team arrives early, sets up serving stations, and gets the line moving fast.

Life is Short. Eat Dessert First!
Trust & Compliance

Sweet Service You Can Count On

From first bite to last, we plan every event with care — arriving early, staying flexible, and keeping communication simple so your dessert service just works.

Early arrival, every time

We aim to arrive 30-60 minutes before service to set up and troubleshoot before guests notice.

Rain, snow, or shine

We serve rain, snow, wind or shine, so weather won't cancel your sweet finish.

Dietary needs welcomed

Tell us what your guests need in advance and we'll work to accommodate it.

Built for any crowd

From 4 guests to 100 or more, we add serving stations to keep the line moving.

It's not work when you love it — and we love strawberry shortcake.

Frequently Asked Questions

Booking is simple - just head online to reserve your date! And if you have any questions along the way, we'd love to chat with you over the phone about our service. Just keep in mind that quotes are handled through email only, so we won't be able to share pricing over the phone.
Just pop over to our website and fill out our form—that's the sweetest way to check! We've got multiple trucks and cuisines ready to bring the fun, so don't be shy about reaching out!
All cancellation and reschedule policies can be found in our booking terms linked in the footer of our website. You'll also get a copy with your catering agreement when you book.
Sweet question! Sometimes yes, sometimes no. We make commitments to other parties based on our commitment to you, so if your proposed time change would conflict with another party we already committed to based on our original commitment with you, we wouldn't be able to make the change.

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Let's Get Sweet

Ready For A Sweeter Event?

Let's plan a dessert service your guests won't stop talking about.