Bakery

The room is so quiet you can hear a frosting flower droop. At Lorraines School of Cake Decorating, five women are bent over four cakes, each surrounded by shiny decorating tips, tubes of dye, shimmery colored powders, and everything else you can imagine might transform a simple cake. …

The Charleston Pie Man, Toby Simmons, was ordered by a judge to pay almost $17,000 in unpaid wages to former employees. …

It’s been the brunt of many jokes: The late Johnny Carson claimed there was only one and it was re-gifted each year. Some Boeing engineers invented a piece of artillery for launching one 1,420 feet high. And Manitou Springs west of Colorado Springs is known for its annual tossing competition to see who can throw it the farthest. …

If you love traditional bread sticks, cake or cookies, you may find the recent popularity of the gluten-free diet bewildering. …

The Upper Midwest Bakery Association has two deadlines rapidly approaching. Applications for the Upper Midwest Bakery Association (UMBA) HALL OF FAME and Scholarship Program are both due January 1. …