By: Claire Tribble
Do you ever get a sweet tooth but can’t make up your mind? If you do, we have something for you! The Athens-Limestone Beautification Board is hosting a fundraiser, “Let There Be Cake” at the LaunchBox on Marion Street during the last Fridays After Five on July 25, during the Velcro Pygmies! $5 will get you 3 samples of cakes, and an extra $1 will buy you a raffle ticket for a 2-layer cake of your choice! We’ll kick off at 4 p.m. and go until we are out of cake. You don’t even have to miss any of the concert, we’ll have to-go containers for you.
I never knew how much decorating talent there was until I started doing a little research. We have combed Limestone County to bring you some very talented cake makers and decorators! We have 15 different bakers, and they are all bringing their A-game. Seriously, wear your spandex. Our board members have spent some time planning out our own tasting schedules, and each cake we’ve added to the list makes it even harder. We will have cookie cakes, chocolate cakes, vanilla petit fours, strawberry cakes (Debbie Hardaway- if you know, you know!).
Some of my all-time favorite flavors will be there too. Carrot, Italian cream cake, butter pecan, almond with almond icing. If you really want to step out of the box, we’ve got you covered there as well! Vanilla cake with blueberry icing, lemon curd, blackberry cake with lemon icing, a vanilla cake with raspberry filling, vanilla icing and a chocolate ganache, key lime with a key lime cream cheese icing. I mean how do you narrow it down? We’ve decided that you don’t narrow it down, you just come back for more!
Some people may wonder why we are having a cake sampling as a fundraiser. Well, it’s something Athens didn’t already have. I think my favorite part of this fundraiser is that we are helping promote small businesses. I’ll admit I didn’t think about that aspect at first, but when I did, it made this idea even better. We’ll have the bakers’ business cards displayed with their cakes, so if you find one that love, you can reorder!
We are hoping that this fundraiser will help us get started on some new and exciting projects throughout the county. We have a lot of ideas brewing, and we are eager to shake things up a bit. So come and join us and satisfy that sweet tooth and find a great local baker for all of your cake needs.
By: Claire Tribble – Executive Director
Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful
June 20, 2025
