ALPINE PASTRIES, INC.

Alpine Pastries was my sister's first choice for her wedding cake in 2004. Even if it hadn't been, the tasting would have won us over. We enjoyed exquisite wedding and grooms cakes the day of the wedding; then, for the first anniversary, Alpine Pastries offers a small freshly-made cake to the couple as an alternative to freezing a slice of the wedding cake for a year. Photos of their cakes from customers adorn the store and many residents can point out cakes they've ordered or enjoyed at local celebrations.

In addition to their regular selection of cakes, pies, and pastries (my husband swears their Berliners taste just like the ones he enjoyed in Germany as a serviceman), they are the source in Evergreen for challah, hamantaschen, and honey cakes.