Read on to learn more about the Goetzelers—Marlene was just named one of the region’s Women Who Mean Business by the Sacramento Business Journal—and Freeport Bakery.
Tell us about Freeport Bakery and some of the delicious items you make.
We are a full-line bakery but we are known mostly for our cakes. Some of the favorites are the Fruit Basket and the Champagne cakes. People come from all over just for those cakes.
What items will you be showcasing for guests at the party on April 23?
Our buttermilk cake with raspberry buttercream and tart lemon, along with some other great cakes.
What can you tell us about the decorating demonstration Carol Clevenger, your head decorator, will be doing at the party?
Carol Clevenger is an amazing cake artist. She will be decorating what we call a topsy-turvy cake in honor of the Mad Hatter. She will show how when using fondant you can make some really fun designs.
And because it’s Mad Hatter Meets The Great Gatsby, we have to ask—what’s your favorite? Alice in Wonderland, The Great Gatsby, or both? Why?
Marlene: Probably The Great Gatsby. I read it again recently and realized what a great storyteller Fitzgerald was.
If you could be any character from Alice in Wonderland or The Great Gatsby, who would you be? Why?
Marlene: I wasn’t sure so I took an online test to see which character I would be. I was told Alice. I’ll have to think about that one.