Baker makes cakes to reflect Hispanic diversity - Daytona Beach, Florida

Posted on: December 10th, 2007
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“A typical Puerto Rican cake is doused in brandy and filled with sweetened pineapple. A Mexican cake will sit in a mixture of four types of milk for hours to get its moist texture.

Yolanda Maldonado, a Mexican baker and owner of International Cakes at Live Oak Center Plaza in DeBary, has mastered the art of making specialty cakes to suit the palates of Latinos — a skill that reflects the diversity within the Hispanic culture in Volusia County.

“From the time they say ‘cake, bizcocho or pastel,’ I want to know where they are from,” Maldonado said at her bakery. “Each region has a different way of preparing the cakes.”"*

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