The pastry case at Willamette Street’s Market of Choice is filled with confectionery goodies. Cookies, macaroons, petit fours and cakes glitter from behind a pane of glass, beckoning shoppers into the bakery section.
Behind the counter stands Lisa Dowling, a longtime cake decorator and recent award winner at the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association’s Cake’d Competition.
Dowling has been at Market of Choice for 20 years. She loves creating, both at home and at work, and is always working on a new project. Her decorating specialties, including miniatures, florals, and shape cakes, landed her the title of Fan Favorite at the competition in New Orleans…