OMG, An apartment fire in the Cake Girls building completely destroys The World Famous Cake Girls Bakery in Chicago. Wedding season is coming and there are hundreds of orders to be filled. Lets pray that they will be back up and running very soon.[/center]

Does anyone have any ideas, on what we can do to help these wonderful women? We need to band together as decorators and help in any way we can here on CC and anywhere else we can spread the word!!! Any ideas anyone or contacts or a fundraiser?

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/03/cakegirls-bakery-in-flames.html

What terrible news......I hope they can retrieve their records - and they are very resourceful, they will be back and running as quick as they can I am sure. Sending prayers their way.....

Wow, this is absolutely horrible and sad news. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

So sad for the Maher sisters, their employees and customers and everyone else who lived and/or worked in the building!

Wow! So sad! I think Mary and Brenda have been an inspiration to all of us. And to see all of that hard work literally go up in flames! This is heart breaking!

But knowing how strong they are, I know they will rebuild and pull through it.

This is terrible! My prayers are with them that they will be up and running soon.

My heart just sank in my stomach. What terrible news. I was just watching them this weekend on Amazing Wedding Cakes. What a lose.

I don't think a fundraiser is the answer--while a noble gesture, I'm sure they were amply insured. Their biggest problem is whether or not they had off-site backups of their records, especially for upcoming orders.

Very sad day indeed, but they WILL recover... it will take time, but you won't keep artists like this down!

WOW 500 outstanding cake orders so far!!! OMG I'd be a total wreck if I were them! So sad!!!

OMG!!! How terrible...good thing they were not hurt...I agree with pinkziab I'm sure they were heavily insured and certain that they will recover better than ever!! Sad this had to happen to them but confident this won't stop them! I do pray for their speedy return and hope they did back up their records off site...something I have never thought about.

Wow! How sad. They are indeed an inspiration to us all and I'm sure they will do what they can to be back in business as quickly as they can. The upside to it all is that no one was hurt which is a blessing.

omg! i cant believe this!!! how sad. i cant even begin to imagine what they are feeling right now.
everyone from the building are in my prayers!

Thats horrible!!! I can't beleive this happened my heart goes out to everyone at Cakegirls. But, they will come back bigger and better...just watch!!!

That is sad news...I can only imagine the thoughts that ran through their minds as they watched their work go up in flames...I know I'd be in tears.

So sad, that's got to be so hard. Just figuring out their booked orders, hopefully they have their computer backed up offsite. Ill be thinking of them and praying for their quick return. Such a huge loss for them.

We need to pray for a speedy, snag free settlement with their insurance company so they can start rebuilding right away.

i just read the update and ....im still in shock!! im praying for all of them!!

This is so tragic, I just read the news and I'm in tears...so sorry for them.

So sad.. Glad no one was injured.

Not that I don't feel TERRIBLE for Mary and Brenda, because I do, but that poor girl who lived upstairs is literally walking away homeless, with her cat and the clothes on her back... THAT is the most heartbreaking part of this story.

Cake Girls is just a few blocks from my house I heard the choppers this morning and wondered what had happened when I turned on the news at 6:30 this morning all they were saying is that there had been a fire on Belmont. My daughter called me from her dental office that is right around the corner from there and said that Cake Girls had burned down. I believe there is a fund account for them and the tenent that was burned out at a Star Bucks across the street from them I can get the address if anyone would like it. Or go to http://wgntv.com they may have the address of starbucks up already. So sad.

Here is a thread to show your support for them.
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-674520.html