tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post7121833935006184237..comments2023-10-31T04:46:20.109-07:00Comments on Relishing Motherhood: 100th Post!!Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11516535861628199093noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-74481518067629964172020-11-17T16:14:58.193-08:002020-11-17T16:14:58.193-08:00Hi Michal,
I was searching for info on the bakery ...Hi Michal,<br />I was searching for info on the bakery years ago, and was so happy to find this recipe! I have fond memories of working at Mason’s with you and so many other people... I remember what it smelled like more than anything. :) And I am so grateful to have the recipe for Dutch Girls - my boys love them. Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us.Christine Jeschkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-6236891655628531942020-07-06T02:39:35.145-07:002020-07-06T02:39:35.145-07:00Any chance on sharing frosting recipe? My whole wa...Any chance on sharing frosting recipe? My whole was born and raised in East Los Angeles and community bakery was our go to bakery for all our birthdays and special events. We miss the delicious cakes dearly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-44838941331404191912019-02-13T20:07:42.735-08:002019-02-13T20:07:42.735-08:00Do you have any idea where I could find the recipe...Do you have any idea where I could find the recipe to the delicious soft and puffy date-filled cookies from Mason’s?? They also came in Apple and tasted like the dough was made of ground up oats. I have been searching for this for YEARS. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-42465197833705709932014-08-11T22:42:20.051-07:002014-08-11T22:42:20.051-07:00Now I finally know what happened to the best baker...Now I finally know what happened to the best bakery ever. I too have many fond memories with their beautiful and delicious cake creations. I was just telling <br />my friends about the beautiful Ninja Turtle cake that Mr. Masons created. The cakes were out of town his world!!!! I have tried many bakeries but nothing compares to the taste and the beauty they would create. <br />I wished the family would have taken over the business. Please encourage the Masons to write a cook book!! It would be a Best Seller. They could make a fortune! Thank you for the blog. Virginia Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-52336622293151159622014-06-15T17:18:31.788-07:002014-06-15T17:18:31.788-07:00Ahh, the wonderful memories you brought back from ...Ahh, the wonderful memories you brought back from yesteryear. My mom would always buy our birthday cakes every year without having to give it a second thought, not one bakery in E.L.A. would compare to the Community Bakery (named back in the sixties before they moved to Whittier) we then followed and continued to frequent with Mason's no matter how far we <br />lived we still managed to travel the distance. Thanks for the great memories, I wish they <br />would've continued the tradition with family members. I soooo miss Mason's no other bakery <br />would ever compare.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013710916659536331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-3015456801965669752013-02-21T14:29:51.542-08:002013-02-21T14:29:51.542-08:00Dear Michal,
I too worked at Masons's in my...Dear Michal,<br /><br /> I too worked at Masons's in my high school years.. But never truly grasped the magnitude of Masons's... It was my first job and never working in a bakery I thought this was just the norm... I was sooo wrong.. From the environment to the cakes to the staff to the window where you could watch Mr. Mason and Kathy decorate cakes... There is nothing like it and sad to say never will be... Their buttercream was the best... And have never come close to finding a recipe that can match it....<br /> I wish I could have known then what I know now... About how unique Mason's was... Mr. Mason was an amazing cake decorator, Mrs. Mason was a stickler for her right facing bill's in the register ;) I learned great deal from the Mason's, the bakery, and their faithful patrons and appreciate the time I was there.. <br /> I was a Mason's employee when they sold and to say the least the new owner knew nothing of running a class act machine like that bakery... it was ran in to the ground with a month or two without the Mason's love and care.. They let the morning ladies go first, then Kathy the decorator left, then the guy in the back who mixed all those wonderful creations up.. They couldn't understand it was people's home not just some "investment".. The love was gone and soon too was "Mason's"... <br /> I wish I could get a hold of Kathy she was soo sweet... Thank you for sharing and bringing back soo many great memories...<br />Crystal :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-80684510469206081912012-03-05T16:55:27.503-08:002012-03-05T16:55:27.503-08:00Michal -
I'm just now reading your blog on Ma...Michal -<br /><br />I'm just now reading your blog on Mason's Bakery. So sorry for the delay with my reply!<br /><br />In late January 1988, shortly after my husband and I chose Mason's to create our wedding cake, he accompanied me and my parents to the bakery so we could all select the frosting, the batter, and the fillings for our cake. Not only do I remember how scrumptious the cake was -- French vanilla buttercream frosting and french vanilla batter, with raspberry and lemon fillings between layers -- I recall how kind, helpful, and astonishingly patient the Mason's chef was. (Sadly, I don't remember her name.) The cake itself was not only a hit our wedding day, it was marvelous a year later: We froze the top layer and enjoyed it on our first wedding anniversary.<br /><br />Let's hear it for a terrific Whittier institution that is truly missed to this day. <br /><br />P.S. My husband and I will celebrate our silver wedding anniversary next February. If Mason's were still in business, we'd be sure to order one of their terrific cakes for our next special day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-69749202904718650902010-06-14T09:25:24.900-07:002010-06-14T09:25:24.900-07:00genericsildenafilcitrate7@gmail.comgenericsildenafilcitrate7@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-85195800799014303312010-06-05T22:59:15.104-07:002010-06-05T22:59:15.104-07:00Nostalgia got me searching for Mason's Communi...Nostalgia got me searching for Mason's Community Bakery and I came across your blog. To me, the greatest tragedy is having no more access to their wonderful pineapple filled cakes. Sweet without being cloying, flavorful with bits of pineapple, they were the cake filling of choice for my family. We mourn the passing of this phenomenal bakery with every event that we host that needs cake. I have tried countless recipes found online for pineapple filling, but none are the same as Mason's. Any hopes of sharing that recipe? I can only pray that someday, someone will generously share that delicious filling with us. Thanks for sharing your memories with us!mamamatunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-13015560156755342832010-05-07T07:22:10.148-07:002010-05-07T07:22:10.148-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.cooknwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122998354593410384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-14825318060336377572010-05-07T07:21:13.703-07:002010-05-07T07:21:13.703-07:00Dearest Michal - I just love you so much, your blo...Dearest Michal - I just love you so much, your blog and these pictures bring Mason's Bakery right to the forfront of my thougthts and warm my heart! Oh, what memories I have!!! From what I see, you are doing a fabulous job of motherhood - your children are just as beautiful as you are still!<br /><br />I have wondered all these years about how you are doing, I have mentioned you to Mark on several occasions (who is now my husband!) Your kindness, sweet nature, shiny red cheeks, ear to ear smile and warm hug were always something to look forward to!<br /><br />I would love to touch base sometime - take care,<br />much love and warm hugs, Susie Pederen (Bittner) aka "mama Sue"<br />cooknwoman@gmail.comcooknwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122998354593410384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-59548729684807770172009-10-15T16:11:37.653-07:002009-10-15T16:11:37.653-07:00Hi my name is morgan.My mom used to take me to Mas...Hi my name is morgan.My mom used to take me to Masons bakery every day after i got out of school.I used to get there apple muffins and a few of there thumbprint cookies. I have tried to recreate them but to only fail. If you have those recipies or maybe have an idea of how to make them i would greatly appreciata it.thank yousmorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17172975331752987911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-83853503257333508162009-08-15T16:59:32.094-07:002009-08-15T16:59:32.094-07:00Wow ive been searching and searching for stuff on ...Wow ive been searching and searching for stuff on mason's bakery, and ive finally found something that, i think, can maybe help me! you! lol.<br />My future for me is to be a baker, but just in cakes, cupcakes, stuff like that! Nothing major! but the only recipe for cakes that ive ever loved, was of course, Mason's!!! Ive never had another cake or cupcake that tasted so good!! I was so extremely sad the day i found out they werent there anymore, and that day happened to be when i came down for a visit in whittier, and wanting one of there delicious cupcakes, and they werent there anymore!! :o( i was heartbroken! <br />Well to get to my point!! i would SO love to get a hold of the Mason's and get there recipe for there frosting and cake of course!! if i need to buy there recipe, i will!! theres is the only one i would want people to be tasting when they eat my cakes someday!! is there anyway you can ask them or see how i can go about doing something like that?? Please?? lol :o) email me here, eevalr1224@yahoo.com, and we can talk more there! or else i can go on forever about masons on here!! <br />oh and btw, i love your blog!! and i swear i remember you and your friend when my mom use to take me to mason's! lol thank you for your time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-77276056721750390652009-07-05T11:02:57.301-07:002009-07-05T11:02:57.301-07:00Is there anyway you can post the chocolate chiffon...Is there anyway you can post the chocolate chiffon cake recipe??:)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269211103525783656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-59525899962640945532009-06-19T20:56:11.335-07:002009-06-19T20:56:11.335-07:00Masons - oh and the Whittier I grew up in - I reme...Masons - oh and the Whittier I grew up in - I remember going to St. Mary's then coming here to stare at the stuff being made behind the window...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-53968874828273375092009-03-23T12:35:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:35:00.000-07:00If Mason's was the bakery that sold those date "pi...If Mason's was the bakery that sold those date "pillow cookies" (and apple ones too) then I truly miss this place. As a kid, my grandparents would always buy me these, knowing they were my absolute favorite. I have spent the rest of my adult years trying to find/replicate them, and havent been successful. Do you happen to have the recipe for those????<BR/>Thanks,<BR/>-JuliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-71911037932141030132008-12-07T12:07:00.000-08:002008-12-07T12:07:00.000-08:00Thank you so much for your post, it has given me a...Thank you so much for your post, it has given me an opportunity to say thank you for such lovely memories. Each year, my mom would buy all of our birthday cakes from Mason's, and they had to be their wonderful chocolate cake with the chocolate frosting and roses on top. Then when I had a family of my own, Mason's was the only bakery to bake " the perfect chocolate cake for my children's birthdays. Mason's bakery and I go back forty years. Since their closing, I have searched and searched for that perfect chocolate cake of years gone by. Perhaps they might consider a cookbook of recipes. Perhaps someone might know their chocolate cake recipe. I would so appreciate it. Once again, thank you for the memories.<BR/><BR/>Cindy and familyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-76469095507489846702008-09-22T20:14:00.000-07:002008-09-22T20:14:00.000-07:00Michal, I was looking for info on the “Original” C...Michal,<BR/> I was looking for info on the “Original” Community Bakery in East L.A. and I came across your blog. I used to love that bakery in the 50’s 60’ and 70’s. I moved away and I always wondered what happened to it. Now I know! I wish I had tried “Mason’s” in Whittier. I thoroughly enjoyed your posting. Thanks!<BR/><BR/> DennisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-92022386875745563042008-02-05T15:08:00.000-08:002008-02-05T15:08:00.000-08:00Hi Michal, it is great to read your post. I found...Hi Michal, it is great to read your post. I found it from reading Melissa and Rebecca's blogs. It is great to see how everyone's families are doing.<BR/>Karin GrimmKarinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02962665944906510043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-2048754072665683782008-02-04T22:17:00.000-08:002008-02-04T22:17:00.000-08:00Congrats on the 100th! Keep 'em coming. MyrissaCongrats on the 100th! Keep 'em coming. <BR/><BR/>MyrissaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-54550072764007558642008-02-04T17:50:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:50:00.000-08:00I also read (through Scrap Chair Potato's blog) bu...I also read (through Scrap Chair Potato's blog) but haven't commented. I love your writing and thought about nominating you for a writing award when I got one--but it seemed too weird since I don't know you.<BR/>Anyway...if you feel better reading people who read you, send Scrappy an e-mail and I will invite you to read my blog. I trust you, even if you are related to The Deanery. ;) (hee-hee, he'll love that.)<BR/>Congrats on 100 posts--thanks for letting me "blog stalk."<BR/>--Scrap Chair's other sisterTheQueen@TerrorsInTiarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804947259272814421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-32120609757187337702008-02-03T16:42:00.000-08:002008-02-03T16:42:00.000-08:00Michal, I love your blog. I am a sporadic reader,...Michal, I love your blog. I am a sporadic reader, but I'm always so excited to catch up when I read. This was a fun one--I remember hearing all about Mason's when we were first roommates freshman year. And I love the picture of your family!<BR/><BR/>ChristineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-67230987660794298112008-02-02T14:26:00.000-08:002008-02-02T14:26:00.000-08:00I'm going to have to try these!!I'm going to have to try these!!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433310463362431977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-72689119441733731402008-02-01T19:29:00.000-08:002008-02-01T19:29:00.000-08:00I think I gained 3 pounds just reading that! What ...I think I gained 3 pounds just reading that! What great memories. It's nice to wax nostalgic once in a while!A mother hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766853933459270549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881422116153646124.post-48781991824640587962008-02-01T14:30:00.000-08:002008-02-01T14:30:00.000-08:00I blog stalk you on occasion from scrappy's blog. ...I blog stalk you on occasion from scrappy's blog. Congratulations on your 100th post!!Mrs. Mortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805379830242847582noreply@blogger.com