Banana pudding cake or chocolate layer cake, which would you pick? The above photo was taken at Maxie B's cake shop on Battleground Avenue. Featured are a few of the over two dozen cake-by-the-slice offerings at the store. We cropped out the customers, thinking that at the end of a busy work day people might want a little anonymity in their celebratory cake purchasing. One man was going to surprise his wife with a slice of cake and we didn't want to spoil the surprise! Maxie B's is truly a Greensboro success story, which owner, Robin Davis outlines nicely on the company website.
Maxie B's dates back to 1985 when, in the first iteration, it was a frozen yogurt shop. Robin tells of the serendipitous nature of her shop's transformation to focusing on cakes. She was in search of the perfect chocolate cake. Combing through old recipes, she found one that hit the spot. Fast forward, nearly 30 years, and she has built an award winning business by baking old-timey cakes that please the 21st-century palate- local farm eggs, pure vanilla, and fresh ingredients. From cupcakes to cake-by-the-slice to whole cakes to cakes for special occasions (especially weddings), Robin built a business that fits nicely with the current trend for owners to specialize and to provide services and products for their local community. For a future post, we'll try to interview Robin. We want to know if she has a 30-year anniversary planned and what cake she will select for the occasion! For now, today is ABC Wednesday. For our A-Z Local series, C is for Cake!
Who says you can't have your cake and eat it, too? :)
Posted by: Lowell | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 06:45 AM
Yummy haven!!
Posted by: Magic_eye | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 09:00 AM
...and very good ones!
Posted by: VP | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 11:30 AM
You expect me to carry on working? I now have an appetite I didn't know I had! Thanks for visiting my blog - please drop by again.
Posted by: Mike @ A Bit About Britain | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 11:35 AM
Much too yummy!
My favourite would alternate between a black forest cake and a carrot cake.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 12:09 PM
Wow, it all looks great. I guess I'd have to go every week and try a different offering.
Posted by: Oakland Daily Photo | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 08:04 PM
Banana Pudding cake sounds really GOOD!
Posted by: EG CameraGirl | Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 10:19 AM
I've never hear of banana pudding cake so of course that is the one I would choose. Love cake shops.
Joy - ABC Team
Posted by: Joy | Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 06:00 PM
Hmmm. CAKE! (Did you hear my inner Homer?)
ROG, ABCW
Posted by: Roger Green | Friday, January 30, 2015 at 06:47 AM