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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/baker_takes_the_cheese_and_adds_cake/18621/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: Although she recently ordered 22 pounds of chocolate, Mikie DiMuro was not suffering from a chocoholic episode. Rather, as the owner and sole employee of a local wedding cake business, she was stocking her larder for the upcoming nuptial season. Once a staid, fondant-laced confection, modern wedding cakes often serve as a beacon of the wedded couple’s personality and the flavor possibilities are endless. Although the wedding industry took a hit from the recession, many couples still choose to splurge on cake. Fast Company magazine estimates that American cake businesses brought in nearly $1 billion dollars in 2008.