I'm starting a gourmet cake/cupcake business and need a name. Can you please help me?

I am starting a gourmet cake/cupcake business out of my home. I'm looking for a unique, memorable name for my business but am having a major creative block. The few names I have come up with my husband doesn't like. I don't necessarily want my name in the business name. I'm not really looking for the cutesy-clever names (such as these suggestions I've gotten from friends: Baby Cakes, Pat-a-Cake, Takes the Cake, etc). I want something that is different than every other cake business. A few names I've come up with are: peace-love-cake, Sweeet!, Anticipation, Sweet Anticipation, My Serendipity, Sweet Serendipity.....you get the picture. I also like idea of calling the business Dessert (or Desserts) but then think that I would like something that conveys the message that cakes are not just for dessert! I do have a tendancy to over-analyse things! LOL. A little background: My husband's name is Johnny, our 1st son (who went to Heaven when he was 12 days old) is Johnny Weston (we call him Weston), and our 2nd son is Johnathon Cash (we call him Cash). My husband is from East Tennessee and a HUGE TN Volunteers fan. I'm from Iowa but love all things southern. My cake business will be (hopefully) selling to some local businesses to serve as desserts and also I will be taking special orders from the general public. Hope this gives you folks something to get those creative juices going! Especially since my creative juices seem to have completely dried up!!! ;) Thanks!

3 months ago - 3 answers