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My Grandma sold her house that sat right next to mine and moved away from me when I was about 7 years old and I was very sad… until I learned that the new woman next door was a baker. A baker of cakes, cookies, caramels, toffees, and every other kind of dessert you can imagine. So while I was crying about missing my Grandma I could stuff my face with homemade Almond Rocas.
Every Christmas since then (even though we don’t live next to them anymore) she has brought over a huge tin of 6 or 7 different varieties of cookies. Even better, for every birthday she brings over a huge German chocolate sheet cake. Every time it’s German chocolate cake, and every time we stuff our faces for days. Once when I was moving back to college I had her make me one for the drive, and I kept it in the freezer and ate it for weeks. The cake itself became freezer burnt and nasty, but I couldn’t resist picking the frosting off of a little (okay huge) piece each night.
This image is from flickr, but this is how big the cake was, and we only have 4 people in my family!
I was so sad to learn last week that she is having knee surgery in mid-September and will be unable to create her German chocolate masterpiece for our closest friends and family. This means I have to go back to the drawing board in terms of finding someone to fulfill my cake vision.
I am looking for this:
Photo by the always fabulous Punam Bean
But all I can seem to find are bakers who want to create this (and charge me $6+/slice for it):
I think that the collection of cakes looks much more delicious than the stiff looking (albeit pretty) fondant version. If you disagree, I challenge you to a bakeoff. I will make some buttercream delights, and you have to come up with something covered in fondant.
I want to do a cake buffet of six or seven different options and let guests decide which flavor they want. I wonder if the Avocados can get away with cutting a slice out of every kind? Finding bakers who make fondant, tiered masterpieces is easy but I don’t want to pay for that. I am looking for the neighborhood bakery that everyone talks about, but neighborhood bakeries don’t tend to have websites.
After all, this is all I want to see on our wedding day:


Photo by Kate McElwee
I think the idea of cake spreads is becoming more popular. I love collecting inspiration for this little project so feel free to point me towards more photos!
Is there a Seattle bakery that’s to die for?
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