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Hillcrest Bakery
10010 Main Street Bothell, WA 98011 Maps PHONE: 425-486-5292 FAX: 425-402-8879 Email: Wedding Cake Consultant Email: Specialty Cake Consultant Email: Sales Department |
A TOUCH OF HOLLAND IN BOTHELL
In 1986 Peter Kaskes died unexpectedly, and the responsibilities of running the family business suddenly fell on Leida and the three children who were working in the bakery. They began to concentrate on the wedding cake business and European pastries, presenting a full array of baked goods in their retail display cases for customers to choose from. When you visit the Hillcrest Bakery you will see historic pictures on the walls of a young Peter Kaskes at the bakery in Holland, along with 100+ year old wood cookie molds that were brought over from Holland. Some of the wood molds are still being used during the holiday season for shaping speculaas and taai taai cookies. Hillcrest Bakery invites you to stop on by and sample a part of this family tradition!
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Since 1840 generations of the Kaskes family have owned and operated Kaskes Bakery in Wormer, Holland. To this day it is still in business. The Dutch baking tradition and recipes were passed on by family members who lived above the bakery shop. As a young boy in the 1930's, Peter Kaskes was given a rolling pin and a special table his size to learn the family business. After World War II Peter attended a baking school to become a certified baker. He then began working for his older brother in the Kaskes Bakery.
In 1954 Peter married Leida and they both decided to immigrate to Canada so the couple could find housing (due to a housing shortage in post-war Holland) and perhaps an opportunity to operate their own business. During their ten years in Vancouver, B.C. Pete and Leida started their family of six children and struggled to
make a living working for various bakeries. In 1965 a golden opportunity presented itself to the Kaskes family. A Dutch baker in Bothell, Washington made Peter an offer to take over the Hillcrest Bakery, selling him the business
property and equipment along with a residence in Bothell. So Pete and Leida packed up all their belongings and six children and made the move to Bothell. The American Dream was about to become a reality for them!
The Hillcrest Bakery developed a strong wholesale bread business for the next few years that prospered the family and involved all six children in the baking business. During this time Hillcrest Bakery also began to specialize in Wedding cakes and Dutch pastries, using hand-written recipes from Holland. Sons Peter Jr. and Robert, along with daughter Barbara, were working full-time and developing their baking and cake decorating skills.