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Unusual Texas cake baker turns hobby into big business
Ida Mae Stark, 63, bakes extravagant wedding cakes from Jacksboro, delivering by van, plane, or mail, serving from El Paso to New Orleans. Her confections have graced governors’ mansions and weddings of notable Texans, with prices from 95 dollars to 2000 dollars for mid sized tiers and up to 7100 dollars for a 14 foot tall Dallas wedding cake with low voltage lights.
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James R. King
Associated Press
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