"Reutter worked meticulously to create the perfect cake recipe, and began selling her desserts to friends and neighbors who would swing by her Annapolis, Maryland home to pick them up from her porch. She served the unofficial first cake at her son's christening, continuing to bake as a passion project for nearly 20 years. When she received an order for 2,000 cakes from a business in Florida in October of 2000, Caroline's Cakes officially took off."
"Caroline's Cakes didn't become famous thanks to any old cake, but the 7-Layer Caramel Cake, which remains the bestseller and is technically different from a traditional Southern caramel cake. The business still uses the same recipe that Reutter perfected back in the 1980s, even though Caroline Reutter passed away in 2017. Her son, Richard Reutter, took over the business upon her passing, ensuring that his mother's legacy would live on through good baking and even better community connection."
Caroline Reutter began baking cakes as a side hustle in 1982, selling desserts from her Annapolis, Maryland porch and serving the first cake at her son's christening. Reutter perfected a distinctive 7-Layer Caramel Cake recipe that became the bakery's bestseller. A 2,000-cake order from a Florida business in October 2000 propelled the operation beyond local sales. Reutter continued making cakes until her death in 2017, after which her son Richard Reutter took over the business. The bakery operates a cafe and storefront in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and ships its world-famous cakes to customers nationwide using the original recipe.
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