The Facebook page Humans of St. Louis looks for unique St. Louis people and tells their story. Francie Valenta, owner of Maplewood business, Encore Baking Company (2730 Sutton Boulevard) was featured on Wednesday.
Here’s what she said:
“I had a bride and groom come in and she had black lipstick on and he had earrings in his lobes. You know, kind of Goth. Precious. Really sweet couple. They said they went to a lot of bakers in St. Louis, and none of them would do the cake they wanted for them. They wanted skull heads and skull bones all around the sides. I was like, ‘I’ll do it!’ It’s probably my most asked-about cake. Then, there was one wedding cake where the family lost a child. So, they got a cake with real pastel, pale flowers. And they wanted just one tiny blue butterfly toward the end of the cascade of flowers to represent that little girl. That was sweet. And everyone kind of knew.”
