A bakery in Brooklyn, N.Y., is reportedly sending cakes to all 53 Republican senators urging them to let former national security adviser John Bolton John BoltonDiplomacy with China is good for America The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Pence lauds Harris as 'experienced debater'; Trump, Biden diverge over debate prep DOJ launches probe into Bolton book for possible classified information disclosures MORE testify as the impeachment trial against President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE continues in the upper chamber.

According to GrubStreet, a food blog run by New York Magazine, a bakery called Butter & Scotch is sending the cakes to every Republican senator this week.

Photos of the cakes shared by the bakery on Instagram show different baking puns written on the tops, like “Don’t go baking my heart” or “This trial is half-baked without witnesses.” But each of them shares one line reading the same message over and over: “Let Bolton testify.”

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A GoFundMe page for the effort that was created several days ago has racked up more than $7,000. Colin Bishopp, the organizer behind the crowdfunding page, said he created the page for a “bipartisan group of friends.”

On the crowdfunding page, the group writes, “Republicans in the US Senate refuse to allow witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial, so let's deliver them John Bolton's testimony on a cake."

“Maybe that will make the truth easier for them to swallow,” they add.

Carina Kolodny, who organized all of the cake deliveries this week, said in a written statement that she and her friends came up with the idea after “having a conversation about how noisy and dishonest the conversation in Washington has become.”

“We tried to come up with an example of something that everyone likes, something that every senator would have to agree is fundamentally good. All we could come up with is cake,” she continued. “Everyone loves cake! We figured that if Republican senators are going to ignore the facts being delivered to them by every other medium, why not try to reach them with cake?”

Kolodny said she and her friends hope the effort allows each Republican senator to "step outside of the DC echo chamber for a minute, have a piece of cake, and remember what’s good."

“Checks and balances are good. Fair trials are good. Cake is good. Our nation’s forebears knew these things, and each Republican senator ought to know them too,” she added. “The Republicans who refused to receive a cake today seem to need a reminder.”

The Brooklyn bakery said on Instagram Wednesday morning that it had already completed its first batch of cakes and sent its first one to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzMurkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight Sunday shows - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death dominates MORE (Texas), whom the bakery claimed “turned it away.” Cruz’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

Republicans have faced increased pressure from Democratic senators and the public in recent days after a bombshell report from The New York Times published over the weekend detailed damaging claims Bolton allegedly makes about Trump in his forthcoming memoir.

According to the Times, Bolton claims in the manuscript that the president said he wanted to withhold millions of dollars in aid to Ukraine until the country announced investigations into his political rivals.

Trump has maintained the reported claims are “untrue” as the White House works to block publication of some aspects of the book.

Meanwhile, a few GOP senators, such as Sen. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsMcConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Most Americans think winner of election should pick next Supreme Court justice: poll Murkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election MORE (Maine) and Sen. Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyGOP set to release controversial Biden report McConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Will Republicans' rank hypocrisy hinder their rush to replace Ginsburg? MORE (Utah), have said the new details add fuel to calls for the upper chamber to open the trial to witnesses. However, many others — including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellOcasio-Cortez to voters: Tell McConnell 'he is playing with fire' with Ginsburg's seat McConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Video shows NYC subway station renamed after Ruth Bader Ginsburg MORE (R-Ky.) — are confiden they have the votes to block having additional witnesses in the Senate, despite the firestorm surrounding reports of Bolton’s forthcoming memoir.

– This story was updated Feb. 1 with additional information on the cake effort