Though she ended up burning the cake and feeding it to her dog, her passion for baking did not waiver. Her ambition and drive followed her all her life, and led to the establishment of Jenny’s Bakery, a family-run business with locations in Friendswood and Nassau Bay.
What's special about it?
For 15 years, Bui worked at a catering and baking company to help provide for her four children, she said. In June 2004, she opened her first bakery in Nassau Bay.

“We keep everything the same as when [we] opened,” Bui said “The flour, the ingredients, [the quality] of everything we get [is] the same. We won't change that.”

Jenny’s Bakery is known for its tiered cakes, handcrafted and customized for weddings and birthdays, she said.
“If the customer wants something, they just show me a picture and I can do it,” Bui said.

Bui’s petit fours are also widely requested, Din said. They are made with white almond cake, covered with buttercream icing then dipped in royal icing, she said.

Bui makes all kinds of cakes for special occasions—from weddings and anniversaries to birthdays and baby showers.
Because of this, she has gotten to know her customers in Nassau Bay and Friendswood through their lineage, and much more personally, she said.
“It allows her to be in the community, but to stay within the families, also,” Din said. “So she gets to know all generations of each family that comes back to us.”
- 124 S. Friendswood Drive, Friendswood
- 18051 Point Lookout Drive, Houston
- www.jennysbakery.com