'I'll continue to do cakes maybe one day a week until my replacement gal gets up to speed so she can keep up with it,' Wright said. With retirement on the horizon, Wright has been working fewer hours over the last few months and has been training the new cake decorator – who is the owner's granddaughter. We've had a lot of people say they go to other Dairy Queens that have the premade cakes shipped to them, and they said they're not even close.' 'We make them in-house,' Wright says of the Madras Dairy Queen cakes. Although some customers preorder their specialty cakes, Wright always tries to keep a good selection in the freezer for those who drop in for a cold dessert for a crowd. I would probably do 25 a week on a regular week, and then for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day, I've sold up to 70 or so in a day,' Wright said.ĭuring the cooler months, she makes 15 to 20 cakes a week. 'In the summertime, we sell a lot more because of the weather. Over the years, Wright could be found making all shapes and sizes of ice-cream cakes, often adding a personalized birthday or holiday greeting in colorful icing. They eventually introduced the Signature All Occasion round and sheet cakes, Blizzard cakes and photo cakes. Guaranteed to be the hit of the party, my favorite Copycat Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake includes fudge filling, chocolate crunchies, and all. Those first Classic Cakes were mostly Blizzard cakes, and they sold whole cakes as well as pieces by the slice.

When they quit, Wright took over as head cake maker and decorator.Ī D V E R T I S I N G | Continue reading below She then moved up front to take orders and make the treats.ĭairy Queen introduced cakes in the early '90s, and Wright offered to make them when the two cake decorators were on vacation. Wright got the job and for the first two years worked in the kitchen, making the burgers and fries. Her next-door neighbor was working at Dairy Queen and told her they were hiring. She'd been selling Avon products for a couple of years but had tired of all of the paperwork for taxes. Wright was 33 when she went to work at the local burger and ice cream place.

'She's a beautiful cake maker,' said Dairy Queen Manager Karla Brasel, who has worked with Wright for 19 years. Wright is retiring from Dairy Queen after a 32-year career. When Linda Wright began working for the Madras Dairy Queen in 1988, the restaurant didn't even sell cakes.īut, a few years later, Wright found her niche when Dairy Queen introduced the Classic Cake – an ice-cream cake with layers of vanilla and chocolate ice cream and that oh-so delicious fudgy crunchy goodness in the center.Īnd, she's been making cakes at DQ ever since, spreading happiness across the community. Linda Wright is retiring after three decades of ice-cream cake making at the Madras restaurant

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