Make TBO Your Home Page| Subscribe To The Paper| Advertise With Us| Contact Us| Login| Edit Profile| Register
The Brandon News
Email
Print
Bakery ensures a sweet sendoff
ADVERTISEMENT
Published: April 22, 2009
VALRICO - It took an army of cookie bakers to turn out the biggest of batches at Sweetie's Delights in Valrico.
Karen and Bill Walker, proprietors of the small family-owned bakery on Bloomingdale Avenue, enlisted a dozen friends and family members to help crank out 5,000 cookies destined for the U.S. National Armory Guard in Fayetteville, N.C.
Karen Walker said Pentagon officials familiar with the bakery's goods ordered the treats - more than 416 dozen chocolate chip truffle and chocolate coconut cookies - to deck the dessert table at a deployment ceremony for thousands of troops in Fayetteville next week.
Twelve people worked two eight-hour shifts to complete the considerable order.
"I called on every friend and family member I could find," Karen Walker said. "We were so honored to be able to do this for such an important event."
Reporter Laura Frazier can be reached at (813) 657-4523.
Email
Print
ADVERTISEMENT
Advertisement
TBO.com - Tampa Bay Online ©2009 Media General Communications Holdings, LLC. A Media General company. Member Agreement | Privacy Statement | Work With Us
