Hough Bakeries Birthday Cake Memories

by dtramos

As a child my mother made sure everyone in our family of four had a store-bought birthday cake on our birthdays.  Although my mother can only recall having one birthday cake as a child for her Sweet Sixteen Birthday Party, she made sure her daughters had a birthday cake each year.

Living in Warrensville Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, the best birthday cake anyone could receive was a Hough Bakeries birthday cake.  The cake and icing were exceptional, and until they closed, this was the type of birthday cakes we received in our homes.  When you walked into Hough Bakeries, the aroma promised a tantalizing cake, donut, cupcake or more.

One year after, Hough Bakeries closed, my father discovered Archie’s Lakeshore Bakery, a bakery that had the coveted Hough baked goods recipes, so my parents traveled across town to purchase one for my birthday.

Even when we traveled to West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, in August, my mother still made sure I had a Hough Bakeries birthday cake to celebrate my special day.  One of my favorite birthday cakes was a cake topped with teenagers dancing and sitting and listening to music on a record player.

Today, my sister and I make certain our daughters have birthday cakes on their birthdays.  They may not be Hough Bakeries cakes, but the thought is the same.

July 24th, 2009 by Yolanda D. Young | Posted in Cakes | (0)