TACOMA, Wash. — Everything at Celebrity Cake Studio is made with love, and for the family behind the Tacoma bakery, that tradition goes back decades.
Sisters Mary Ann Quitugua and Odette D’Aniello have been decorating cakes since they were 10 and 12 years old. Their family’s baking story started in the Philippines, then Guam, and now Washington.
“Our family migrated to Guam and started to help our aunt and uncle with the bakery there,” Quitugua said. “Started our own family bakery in 1991. And then my sister, Odette, and I moved to Washington in 1999.”
After opening up a shop in Lacey, the sisters and their cousin went on to open Celebrity Cake Studio in Tacoma. The shop specializes in custom wedding and special occasion cakes, but customers can also find cupcakes, cookies, and other treats.
“We are a custom cake shop, and also we’ve been the longest-running custom cake bakery in the Pacific Northwest,” Quitugua said.
The family also operates Dragonfly Cakes, a sister company that distributes products to grocery stores, including what Quitugua calls “little bites of delight” known as petit fours.
But a devastating fire forced the family to put one part of its business and community on pause.
“In 2024, that building was set on fire by arsonists,” D’Aniello said. “Our building, unfortunately, was one that was completely demolished.”
The rebuilding process took nearly two years.
“That was just so devastating to us because that was our place for community,” D’Aniello said.
Now, the family has opened that community space once again and has resumed its cake decorating classes and lessons. This weekend, participants can learn to create their own Highland cow cake.
“It is way more beautiful now than it was before, and it is super functional for our teaching classes,” marketing director Milana D’Aniello said. “So we’re just super grateful to have this space open again.”
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