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revenue trends Advertisement Lake City, Utah. "Our new service aims to meet the growing demands of businesses looking for ways to simplify their catering and office party needs with the world class product lines our brands have to offer," says Ted Morton, chief execu- Award Winning Pastry Chef Takes Wedding Cakes To A Rocky Mountain High Dennis Meyer started in the pastry business as a clean-up kid at age 15. Who would have guessed that 40 years later, this same hard-working kid would become an award winning pastry chef with the best place in Denver to get a wedding cake? Meyer, an Indiana native, is the proud owner of Das Meyer Fine Pastry Chalet in Arvada, Colorado-voted best wedding cakes in a Denver poll several years in a row. Though Das Meyer offers a variety of pastries and cakes for all occasions, they specialize in wedding cakes, and make over 1,000 wedding cakes per year. "The whole family is involved in the wedding business," said Meyer. "My wife Elaine and two daughters, Hillary and Rachel work with the customers; son Zachary works as a cake decorator; and two grand-daughters have joined the business as well." Meyer stated that his success starts with great personalized service, high quality and attention to the details. It has helped the business gain the great reputation it has today. tive officer of Sizzling Platter, about the future of catering. The power of branding In many cases, specialty retail bakeries are proving successful by creating a brand that leaves a lasting impression. And with supermarkets, and other food sellers, increasingly opening the door to local brands, specialty bakeries have an opening to cash in. For example, local bakery brands featured at Metropolitan Market's newest supermarket in Sammamish, Washington, which opened in March, include breads from Grand Central Bakery and Cupcake Royale's gourmet cupcakes. Seattle favorite Cupcake Royale also builds its brand through community events and supporting great causes. Every April the bakery relaunches its popular Compost Cupcake for a limited time to celebrate Earth Day. The Each Saturday, future brides can come to an open house to sample a multitude of wedding cakes, and can watch every aspect of a cake's creation. "With all this variety, taste is everything," said Meyer. "I use B&V® flavor from International® Bakers Services (IBS) in most of our cakes. The BLOV® flavor is excellent in our home-made butter cream." He also uses the Cinnabutter in their cinnamon rolls and a whole spectrum of flavors in their gourmet cookies. cupcake is a chocolate cake filled with white chocolate, dark chocolate chunks, shredded coconut, oats, and crumbled vanilla cake. It is topped with chocolate frosting and rolled in a crumb topping made of oats, dark chocolate, coffee grounds, and crushed potato chips. Meyer likes to use IBS flavors because they always offer a natural tasting flavor with no artificial edge. "In this business, a good name is earned-not purchased," said Meyer. "You have to earn repeat business in the service and quality you provide." This special occasion provides the six-store retailer in Seattle If you want flavors that keep your customers coming back time after time, turn to International® Bakers Services. We have the flavors your customers deserve. together," says Nicki Kerbs, Cupcake Royale chief operations Contact us toll-free at , by fax at , or visit our website at: XXXJOUFSOBUJPOBMCBLFSTDPN. International Bakers Services, 1902 North Sheridan Ave., South Bend, Indiana 46628. brought to the table in February and in March on behalf of the 14 < JUL 2017 | bakemag.com with a unique opportunity to celebrate fun cupcake flavors and raise awareness for a worthy local cause. "We are in this officer. "We couldn't raise this money without the help of our customers. We are so proud of the support that everyone Immigrant Rights Project and NARAL Pro-Choice."
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