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I didn\u2019t intend to get into the business of wedding cakes, exactly. I wasn’t particularly averse to it – it\u2019s just that when you\u2019re busy with the daily routine of bread and pastries, throwing a wedding cake into the mix sounds complicated. And wedding cakes can be pretty show-offy, lots of frills and sugar flowers, with a greater focus on glamour than taste, and as subject to the vagaries of fashion as bride\u2019s dresses are. I worried it was too far from my focus to keep up. But when my sister Allison and brother-in-law Marty asked me to do their wedding cake, I jumped on the opportunity.<\/p>\n

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Their wedding was January 22, 1994, just six months after I\u2019d opened Macrina. They needed a cake to serve to 250 guests. Amidst the chaos of running a new bakery, I set to work making a large cake with four tiers. The bottom cake was 16\u201d in diameter. I vaguely remember each layer being a different type of cake. The wedding was in Portland. I loaded the layers flat into the back of our delivery van. Fortunately, the weather was winter cold. Heat is not good for the cakes and the icing. I worried that the cakes would get damaged, but everything survived the journey. I assembled the cake there, decorating it with a white-chocolate, cream-cheese buttercream, edible gold flakes, and fresh flowers. I was so proud of the way it turned out.<\/p>\n

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Since then Macrina has done hundreds of wedding cakes. The style is much the same as the one I did for my sister\u2014simple, fresh and elegant. Once I\u2019d done a few, word of mouth brought in newly engaged couples.\u00a0For years, I coordinated and delivered the wedding cakes. I made many a cake delivery with my daughter Olivia. Her baby backpack had a frame that allowed it to stand and she would sit patiently while I stacked, finished, and decorated the cakes. In 2002, our pastry department took over the wedding cakes. Significant improvements were made to the wedding cake department. Our decorating got more creative while remaining simple, fresh and elegant. \u00a0About ten years ago we added wedding cakes to our website. This has been a great discussion opener for interested couples.<\/p>\n

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Today, Anna Moomaw-Parks is our wedding cake coordinator. She gathers details, manages the schedule and delivery and is the point of contact for\u00a0couples and wedding planners, all to make sure our customers get the best possible service. Anna says, \u201cWedding cakes aren\u2019t the primary focus of Macrina. They are a special thing we do, and we work hard to make them special. We don\u2019t have a team of people producing them. One of our pastry chefs, Mariah Eubanks, makes and decorates the cakes. We\u2019re careful not to take more orders than we can handle. It is an important day for the customers. We want to be sure we do all we can to make it wonderful.” \u00a0About a year ago we had the pleasure of making a cake for Anna\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n

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I love the way our tradition has evolved while holding to its roots. Mi Kim, our head pastry chef, baked and decorated all the wedding cakes for several years. A couple of years ago she trained Mariah, seamlessly passing the tradition to another talented pastry chef. Now Mariah is designing a Macrina wedding cake for her own nuptials this coming October. She’s leaning towards the almond torta cake with the same white chocolate cream cheese buttercream I made for my sister\u2019s cake. \u00a0Of course, she won\u2019t be making her cake. Superstition says the bride who bakes her own cake is asking for trouble.<\/p>\n

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We are currently in the midst of wedding planning season. Quite a few engagements happen over the holidays, with weddings planned for the summer. Mariah has been busy meeting with couples to design their cakes.<\/p>\n

Looking through pictures of the cakes we\u2019ve done over the last 20 plus years makes me so proud of our tradition of fresh baked, delicious and beautifully decorated wedding cakes. And I am very pleased that and so many couples wanted to include us in their special day.<\/p>\n

Leslie<\/em><\/p>\n

For more information on our wedding cakes please visit our website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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