SPRING/SUMMER
2016
NEWSLETTER
Community Cakes is on pace to outdo ourselves yet again this year! Did you
know that every year since Community
Cakes was started, we have baked even more birthday cakes than the
year before? And 2016 is no exception! We are so thankful for each and
every one of our volunteer Bakers for making Community Cakes such a
wonderful and successful organization!
Thankfully with the increased demand for birthday cakes, we have been
able to recruit new Bakers to join our team! Page 5 shows the names of
the 12 new Bakers that we have brought on board in the last few
months.
But the baking is only part of what we do! Check out page 2 to see
highlights from our Annual Baker Appreciation Picnic that was held in
June! And page 4 provides information about Idaho Gives Day that was
in May. Community Cakes participated for the first time this year and it
was a major success!
Another big event that we did this summer was a yard sale that was
hosted by our fabulous partner Overland Court Senior Living! The yard
sale drew a huge crowd and raised a massive amount of money
benefitting Community Cakes! See page 3 for the generous donation we
received! Thank you Overland Court!
But we continue to move forward and the best
is yet to come! 2016 still holds tons of special
events and surprises for our Bakers and
Partners! We can’t wait to see what our
future holds and hope you join us for the ride!
~Your Community Cakes Team!
Baker Appreciation Picnic 2016
Every year, Community Cakes likes to do something to say thank you to
our amazing volunteer Bakers for all that they do throughout the year. In
years past it has been a brunch but this year the board of directors wanted
to liven things up a little with a festive picnic! Tons of
volunteer Bakers showed up for the party!
There was a cake bounce house for the kids (and
some adults too) as well as enough food to feed an
army! The quarterly Pantry Party was held at the picnic
as well. We even had prizes! Nearly every Baker that
came to the picnic left with a prize or at least baking
supplies and goodies!
Here are the lucky winners…
Courtney Tam won 2 passes to Roaring Springs
Virginia Davenport won 2 tickets to a Boise Hawks baseball game
Donna Gallion won a gift card to Fred Meyer
Jennifer Clawson won 2 tickets to the Flicks movie theater
Cyndi Taylor won a $25 gift card to Asiago’s Italian restaurant in Boise
Kayde Baird won a gift card to Fred Meyer
Tamara Johnson won a $25 gift card to the Cheesecake Factory at the
Boise Towne Square Mall
Gayle Keating won a $100 gift card to Chandler’s Steakhouse in Boise
Gayle Weiss won a gift card to Fred Meyer
Alyssa Munch won 2 alpine lift tickets to Bogus Basin ski resort
As you can see the prizes were AMAZING and we are so thankful to our
community donors for gifting such generous prizes to Community Cakes!
Didn’t receive an invite? Please make sure your mailing address is up to
date in your Community Cakes online account. If you missed the fun this
year, we hope you can make it to next year’s party!
CC BAKER OF THE SEASON:
SEASON: SAMANTHA PETERSON
We are pleased to honor Samantha
Peterson as our Baker of the Season!
Samantha is one of our newer volunteer
Bakers but is definitely staying busy and
baking up a storm! It’s surprising that
Samantha has any time to bake!
She just got engaged on the
Fourth of July, 2016 and they
plan to get married in 2017.
Samantha is currently a full
time student and also works as
a Learning Assistant, helping
students understand Anatomy
and Physiology. This summer
she worked in a research lab
studying hepatic stellate cells
and liver fibrosis. All of this
school has led her to her
passion and she now has
medical school in her future as well!
working out. Samantha doesn't have pets
of her own but loves her "nephew"
Cooper and "sister" Elsa, both Golden
Retrievers (pictured).
Samantha loves Community
Cakes. She said her favorite
thing about the organization is
‘I get to do two things that I
love to do, baking and
volunteering, at the same time!
It's always a feel-good day
when I drop off that cake!’ She
shared with us three of her
favorite Community Cakes
moments: 1) when I'm awake at
2am and the house is dead
quiet, the kitchen is a disaster
area, and I am IN THE ZONE;
2) when whoever I hand the cake to
gets excited; 3) explaining
Community Cakes to anyone and
everyone and helping to recruit!
When she’s not buried in schoolwork, her hobbies are baking and
baking and baking some more!
She’s the go-to person for baking
So we say thank you to Samantha
projects in her family. She recently
for all of her hard work as a
made cupcakes for her brother's
volunteer Baker! We also wish
wedding to complement the cake he
Samantha well for her upcoming
ordered. She also enjoys doing
adventures with school and
crafts, digging in the garden, reading, and marriage!
BAKER TIP…
To preserve the moisture
of your cake, eat the
whole thing in
one sitting!
Thank you to Overland Court for hosting
a yard sale to benefit CC! We are
eternally grateful for the $545 we
received from
this event!
Wowza!
“Gratitude is felt toward him who gives.” - Aristotle
2016 marks the first year that Community Cakes participated in
the annual Idaho Gives Day presented by the Idaho Nonprofit
Center. Idaho Gives Day is a statewide event promoting local
nonprofit organizations and encourages the community to donate
to these organizations on this day of fundraising.
Community Cakes is
already preparing for next
year’s event and
brainstorming ways to make
it even bigger and better!
Thank you to everyone that
participated in this year’s
Idaho Gives Day!
Community Cakes is deeply
saddened by the loss of our
volunteer Baker Ruthie Rodin.
Ruthie has been baking for
Community Cakes since the
very beginning. She always
made time for the Community
Cakes get-togethers as well as
baking multiple cakes each
month.
Community Cakes would like to honor Ruthie’s memory
and giving spirit with the Ruthie Rodin Award. This award
will be given annually to a deserving volunteer Baker. More
information will be coming soon about the 2016 Ruthie
Rodin Award recipient.
Signed up for a
cake that you can
no longer bake?
Don’t fret! Call
(208) 450-3672
or email
community
cakesidaho
@gmail.com
Welcome To Our
LaNel Keller
Kelsey Bonewell
Becca Reynolds
Minet Weatherly
Allison Lawrence
Angela Anderson
TO DO:
20% off baking
supplies when
you buy 20.00
or more at
Nampa Hobby
Center!
recruit Bakers in
Nampa and
Caldwell!
Baker
Shopping List
~ sugar
~ cream
cheese
~ vanilla
Call to
confirm
your
cakes!
We need
more bakers!
Be sure to
refer your
friends!
Newest Bakers!
Barbara Sargent
Sarah Flick
Kathy Whipple
Bonnie Harris
Chelsea Hiatt
Donalee Quinn
CC will soon be seeking grant funding to update our
website (www.communitycakes.com).
Have ideas for the website?
Email them to us at
[email protected]!
Lemon Lime Layer Cake
Lemon Cake Ingredients:
•
•
1 cup (2 s$cks) unsalted bu%er, room
temperature, plus more for pans
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and
leveled), plus more for pans
•
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
•
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
•
1 teaspoon salt
•
1 tablespoon lemon zest
•
1 1/2 cups sugar
•
2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks
•
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
•
1 cup low-fat bu%ermilk
Baking Instruc)ons:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two
8-by-2-inch cake pans. In a bowl, whisk
together flour, baking powder, baking soda,
salt, and lemon zest.
2. In a large bowl mixing bowl, cream together
bu%er and 1 1/2 cups sugar un$l light and
fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to low and add in
eggs and yolks. Mix in lemon juice. Alternate
adding in flour mixture and bu%ermilk
beginning and ending with flour. Mix un$l
well combined.
3. Pour ½ of the ba%er into one pan and add
the remaining to the second pan. Place in
oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or un$l
cake starts to pull away from the sides of the
pan.
4. Remove cakes from the oven and cool
Lime Bu(ercream Ingredients:
•
7-8 cups confec$oners' sugar
•
2 limes, juiced
•
6 tablespoons lime zest
•
1 cup bu%er, so3ened to
room temperature
•
8-10 tablespoons milk
Congratulations to CC’s Treasurer
Morgan Keating for the birth of her
second daughter, Paige Kathryn
Keating, on 8/12/16. Paige weighed
8lbs at birth and was 21 inches long.
Paige’s big sister Kennedy (2 years
old) is so excited! Daddy Shawn
Keating is over the moon about his
family of girls!
completely.
5. While the cakes are cooling, make lime
bu%ercream. In a large bowl, cream together
the confec$oners' sugar and bu%er un$l
smooth. Gradually mix in the milk, lime zest
and juice with an electric mixer un$l smooth
and s$ff, about 5 minutes. Color with food
coloring if desired.
6. Frost and decorate the cake. Delicious!
COMMUNITY CAKES BAKER GALLERY
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Call (208) 450-3672
or
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PO Box 44874, Boise ID 83711
[email protected]
(208) 450-3672