Myriad Cake Design

While Myriad Cake Design mainly does cakes for weddings and other special occasions, Marion can also be found selling cake truffles and ice cream sandwiches at the Wednesday and Saturday Markets in Salem.
It was a sunny day, perfect for a lot of sugar — preferably a cold, sugary treat. Thus, it was no surprise that when I saw the words «ice cream sandwiches» on one of her signs, I flat out spun 90 degrees and had the beaming panda eyes. It’s like a toddler seeing something shiny. Must have.
Marion also has around six different types of cake truffles, including at least one gluten-​free option. I went with a lemon curd cake truffle ($ 2 for one, $ 20 for a dozen). A lemony cake ball covered in a white chocolate shell. An excellent job; the cake was light and moist, while the cool white chocolate shell had that slight crunch. I could see myself eating at least a dozen in one sitting. Sugar high, anyone?
I also wanted an ice cream sandwich, so I picked white chocolate macadamia nut cookies and vanilla ice cream ($ 3). Marion does these when she can, making sure there’s ample time for the sandwich to freeze. After all, we don’t want a melting mess all over the table and clothes.
I really loved the ice cream sandwich more for the generous chunks of macadamia nuts than anything else. Yup, it made me think of Hawaii, but that contrasting nutty texture also made this one a huge favorite.
This is a booth at the Salem Farmers Market (I’ve seen her on Wednesdays and Saturdays) that you should check out!

We hired Myriad Cake Design for our wedding a year ago, and the cake was amazing. Marion was so wonderful to work with, she was very professional and very nice. She even worked around my food allergies to give us the cake we wanted. Part of the package we had was a replica cake top from our wedding, so we didn’t have to worry about trying to save it for a year. We went and picked it up and it was beautiful and tasted wonderful. I would recommend them to anyone.