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Bakeries make sweet strides in sticky economy

July 24, 2009, NEW YORK – Some customers pay with cash. Others with credit cards. But when it comes to cake, a budget seems to go out the window.

July 24, 2009, NEW YORK – Some
customers pay with cash. Others with credit cards. But when it comes to
cake, a budget seems to go out the window.

At Cake Man Raven in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, there's a steady stream of customers
seven days a week. Most come in for slices of the specialty – red
velvet. Many customers even buy several at a time at $6 a pop. | READ MORE