Joanna Prisco

The Journal News

One of Westchester's most popular purveyors of cannolis, cheesecake and pastries has major league fans inside the biggest team in baseball.

Homestyle Desserts Bakery in Peekskill was commissioned to design a four-tier cake, cupcake display and custom buttery shortbread cookies for a lavish Yankees party thrown in celebration of Derek Jeter and the Yankees retiring his No. 2 jersey during Sunday's game. Jeter retired from the team in 2014.

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"We cater a lot of events for the New York Yankees," says Laura Timmons, whose mother Rose Sanca ran the family bakery for more than four decades before hanging up her apron in 2014.

"We've made blue velvet cupcakes for them," she says. "We made (Mariano) Rivera's retirement cake, Old Timers party cakes, cupcakes for player's wives that were pregnant. They called us to do this one a little last minute — but we didn't mind it at all."

Like Jeter, Sanca may have passed the proverbial spatula to Laura and her brother Jason Elias nearly three years ago but she still makes plenty of public appearances.

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To wit, Timmons said her mother would be hand-delivering the desserts to the Yankees soiree to ensure everything be set up properly.

For No. 2's retirement party, the Homestyle Desserts team created a four-tier version of their "People Pleaser" cake, made with alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake, separated by cannoli cream and chocolate mousse fillings. Decorated with an edible reproduction Jeter's jersey, it is large enough to feed 90 party goers.

Meanwhile, 100 chocolate and vanilla cupcakes topped with slicks of homemade buttercream frosting, as well as 100 handmade shortbread cookies, have all been capped with coordinating images of No. 2 on top.

"Every cake and cookie we make is from scratch, and every piece of printed edible art has to be cut by hand to fit the dessert," says Timmons. "It's a lot of work."

For most customers, such a decadent spread would run close to a grand. But for this Bronx Bomber? It's on the house.

The family are huge fans and have been to many games throughout the years, occasionally as special guests of the team.

"They're very, very nice; we've met so many players and their family members," Timmons says. "Jennifer Steinbrenner sent my mother a very special Yankees pocketbook, too."

As one might expect, everyone at the bakery roots for the boys in pinstripes.

Well, almost.

"We have one Mets fan," Timmons admits. "But, just the one."

Go: 24 S. Water St., Peekskill; 914-737-4659; homestyledessertsbakery.com