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Christmas in Colorado

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Pat

From another jelly cake fan: My father, Robert L. Jacobs, was born and raised in Alexandria, and I remember him taking us to Shumans for doughnuts when we went to church at St. Mary’s. The Shuman’s Jellycake, however, took center stage when it came to Christmas. The funny thing is, I don’t really remember who […]

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Christmas Jelly Cakes

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Pat

My grandfather Milton T. Penn Sr. began the tradition of bringing home a jelly cake at Christmas time to share. He was a regular almost every morning at the bakery while he worked at Southern Railway and kept going until his health would not allow the trip from our home on Park Road next to […]

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Fond Memories

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Pat

From a Shuman’s fan: As a child, I am now 66, my mother would take me to Shuman’s Bakery for lunch, my favorite being a tuna salad sandwich with potato chips.  Mr. Shuman was always there in the bakery and would come to our table with a huge cookie for me and a huge smile […]

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carrying on tradition

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Pat

My family is from Alexandria, we were all born there, most grew up there. I remembered as a child, we would go home every Christmas and my aunts and uncles would ALWAYS have a jelly cake.  After most of them moved to other locations, and have since passed away, the Shuman’s Jelly Cake seemed to […]

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Tradition

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Pat

My husband’s Grandmother, Edna Kennedy, always brought Jelly Cake with her to Richmond, VA for all our family’s gatherings. It became a family tradition, and we all looked forward to the dessert. She passed away, and it has been quite a number of years since we enjoyed your Jelly Cake. Then I decided to investigate […]

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Awaiting the Jelly Cake

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Pat

When Teddy and Lonny moved to Virginia to take over the Bakery, I was very young. Teddy is my sister and Lonny is my brother in law. Teddy and Lonny started the tradition of sending our parents a Jelly Cake for the Christmas Holiday. It was the beginning of a new wonderful family holiday tradition. […]

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A Day in Alexandria

Posted on November 9, 2011 by admin

Some of my earliest memories of growing up in Alexandria, Virginia are of Shuman’s Bakery when it was located at 516 King Street. These visits usually followed a trip with my Mom and siblings to other local businesses on King Street: to Bradshaw’s to buy shoes;or to the barber shop to get a haircut. More […]

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Friends of Shuman’s Bakery,

Regrettably, a combination of factors requires that we take an indefinite break from producing and selling Shuman’s Jelly Cakes, effective immediately. If circumstances change, we will contact you to let you if/when the Shuman’s Jelly Cake will again be available. 

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