11 2nd Ave. N., Unit 103, Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN 56379
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Weddings Second section
Same Local Coverage Since 1 8 5 4 .
Vol. 164, No. 43
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The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm dance team holds their Section 4AAA third-place trophy high Feb. 2 at Forest Lake High School in Forest Lake. The team will be competing at the Minnesota State High School League 2019 State Girls Dance Team Tournament Feb. 16 at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
City of Rice seeks letters of interest RICE — Rice residents have one week to submit letters of interest in regards to the vacant Rice City Council position. Letters will be accepted at city hall until 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14. According to Rice City Clerk Julie Fandel, only one letter had been received as of Feb. 5. When Brian Skroch was appointed to mayor last month,
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Amanda Zwack adds frosting ribbons to a cake Feb. 6 in Sauk Rapids. Zwack is the wedding cake decorator at Coborn’s Sauk Rapids.
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Foss, Zwack decorate cakes at Coborn’s BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS – Planning a wedding amounts to countless hours of tedious details. Everything from the venue to the dress to the cake, which is meant to be perfect and specific to the day. Martha Foss and Amanda Zwack work to make the cake as special as possible. Foss and Zwack are cake decorators at the Foley and Sauk Rapids Coborn’s locations, respectively. Martha Foss Foss is the wedding cake specialist for the Coborn’s in Foley, where she has spent the past eight years decorating. “I love to decorate wedding cakes, especially creating them to match the bride’s vision or theme,” Foss said. “All of my
decorating skills were developed on the job, besides decorating cakes for my kids’ birthdays.” Foss’ favorite aspects to a wedding cake are gum paste flowers, due to the variety of sizes and shapes depending on what flowers are wanted. “It is so much fun to match the colors and types of flowers to what the bride is planning for the bouquets,” Foss said. “I can usually match the colors really well if the bride brings in a fabric swatch of the colors they are using. It is so fun to see their excitement when it matches what they wanted.” While Foss said she has filled orders for doughnuts and pies, she notes wedding cakes still have a place. “A lot of people still believe in the tradition of the wedding
cake, especially because the parents and grandparents of many couples had cake at their weddings,” Foss said. “Many couples will opt for a shorter cake, so they still have it for the ceremonial cakecutting, even if they are serving another type of dessert to their guests. I am glad cakes still have a place because I enjoy learning about the new trends and fads couples are following.” In her eight years with Co-
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born’s, Foss said her most challenging cakes are when the brides do not know what they want. “That is so hard,” Foss said. “You are trying to suggest things
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