10/26/2025
A Life Update from Mike and Adele...
Hi Everyone,
We hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the fall! We wanted to touch base here for a couple of reasons:
1) To reiterate that Custom Cakes by Adele is permanently CLOSED - as of June 28, 2025, we are no longer in business. (We still receive daily calls and emails for cake orders so we wanted to post it again for those who missed the announcement.)
2) To share a quick update on our family since we had announced that health issues were the reason we closed.
Adele and I had been struggling with health issues due to extreme stress, and after I had a serious health scare, we decided to make some life changes that included closing the bakery. What we did not share at the time was that Adele's mom, Carol, had just been given a terminal cancer diagnosis. This was the straw (more like the branch) that broke the camel's back. Fortunately, we learned a few weeks later that the doctors who told us, "We are 99.9% sure it is pancreatic cancer", were in fact, wrong. After more testing, we were told it was a type of lymphoma and that it was treatable. We are happy to announce that after 6 months of chemo, side effects, infections, multiple ER trips, and hospital stays, her scans show that she is now cancer free. We are so very grateful!
Since Adele and I were not quite ready for retirement, we started another business - one that involves less stress and more flexibility. We started an eBay store called "Rangers Relics". Our furry, golden boy Ranger is the store keeper. If you regularly shop on eBay; or, if you're just interested in seeing what we have, you can find our store here: https://www.ebay.com/str/rangerzrelics. Give us a follow!
Thank you to all who have stayed in touch and checked in on us. We wish you all good health and a happy holiday season, which is coming up fast!
God Bless!
Mike, Adele, & Ranger