Only a few bakers can say they've whipped up confectionery creations for celebrities and The Cake Gallery in Bellmore is among them.
For nearly 15 years, owner Tom Shipley and crew have been tasked with creating a winter wonderland gingerbread house for Whoopi Goldberg's annual family holiday party.
Shipley even got to meet The View co-host this time around when he delivered the house.
"She was very gracious and nice," he said. "She said to me 'your work is exquisite and no one else could pull this off."
Goldberg donates the house to a charity or nearby school after it's on display at her family holiday party.
Twenty full sheets of gingerbread and 100 pounds of sugar are spread across 6' by 3' of this house. Battery-powered lights also adorn this edible home.
The Cake Gallery, first opening its doors in December of 2008, is the
result of Shipley's nearly four decades of baking experience and
passion.
For more information, visit thecakegalleryny.com or their Facebook page.
The Cake Gallery Creates Gingerbread Houses for Whoopi Goldberg
Last year's gingerbread home. Credit: The Cake Gallery
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Dan DeLilla May 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So Lu Scala never had any children so it might be safe to say you have never been to a PTA meeting…Read More or a School Board meeting or a budget presentation so then you would have no idea how the money is spent good or bad. I'm sorry that your neighbors make more than you but like anything else you get what you pay for there are educational requirements for teaching and administration jobs, I'm sure you would be happy if all the school personnel could be replaced by minimum wage earners or better yet we could close all the schools after all you have been out of school for 40 years so you don't need them anymore, but thats not how it works. Why is always the uninformed that speak loudest and longest?
Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....its…Read More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 14, 2013 at 01:34 pm
Can you edit above and add photo? Then I will post to top news! Thanks! MG