The Furlough Cheesecake

The Furlough Cheesecake was born during the longest federal government shutdown in history, which began days before Christmas 2018. Biological sisters Nikki Thompson Howard and Jaqi Thompson Wright are Prince George’s County, MD natives, who found themselves along with over 800,000 federal employees and contractors without a paycheck during the holidays. But instead of wallowing in despair, these sisters decided to take a tremendous leap of faith and started selling cheesecakes to support their families. Their incredible journey has afforded many tremendous opportunities and exposure to include THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, O MAGAZINE, and CNN to name a few. Now, with startup growing pains and their first year of business behind them, The Cheesecake Sisters are looking forward to a sweet future!