Pastry Palate Cafe is a design driven patisserie & café in Carmel, NY, specializing in custom designed cakes, cupcakes, cookies & pastries for any occasion. We will create anything you can imagine, & specialize in gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, or most any of your dietary needs.

Our signature cakes are made with only the finest ingredients. Custom designed & flavored to please any desire or palate, we will work with you to come up with that one-of-a-kind creation sure to be a hit with your guests or customers!

The Pastry Palate Cafe is the brainchild of graphic artist & innovative designer for the home decor industry, Diane Stimson. Wanting to merge her design talentswith her passion for baking, she garnered a Pastry & Baking Arts diploma from The Institute of Culinary Education in NYC, earning the Top Toque Award for Excellence in Craft.

After honing her skills at Jean-Georges in NYC, & as Pastry/Sous Chef for 52 Main in Millerton, NY, she is enjoying balancing her time creating custom crafted cakes, cupcakes, cookies & pastries, & coming up with new & unique healthy desserts for discerning clientele. If you can conceive it, she can achieve it!