Owners Push Perrysville Cake Shop Opening to November

Work is continuing on the shop at 994 Perry Highway in Perrysville, and an opening date for Madison Avenue Specialty Cakes has been pushed back to November, said its owner, Nancy Becker.

Becker and her husband, Paul, leased the 750-square-foot space earlier this summer to open the specialty shop, where she will take custom cake orders and offer cupcakes, cookies and bagged treats for immediate purchase.

The space is the one used by the former Domino's Pizza. An October opening date was originally planned.

Becker said they are working with Ross Township to meet building code requirements with the ovens. In the meantime, she is taking orders on her website, www.madisonavecakes.com. 

Becker began backing cakes after she was laid off in 2008 as a project designer for an architectural firm in Pittsburgh. 

In 2009, she competed in the annual "Let Them Eat Cake," fundraiser for the nonprofit Midwife Center for Birth and Women's Health and tied in the category for best amateur-decorated cake. Her entry: a two-tier fondant cake decorated in different shades of green and topped with a frog on a lily pad, holding a daisy.

In 2010, she competed again and won for the best overall amateur-decorated cake. This year, her cake won People's Choice for best-decorated cake and best overall professional-decorated cake. 

The success there and the word-of-mouth business it generated for her custom designs .

How eagerly are you awaiting the opening? How do you feel about new business in the Perrysville business district? Tell us in the comments.