This summer MSN Money shared an inspiring story about Angela Logan, a single mother of three sons who had fallen in financial trouble. She received a foreclosure notice back in January and at the end of July faced a deadline to pay more than $2500 to her mortgage lender. Angela got to work in the kitchen. Her idea was to sell 100 homemade “mortgage apple cakes” for $40 each. Orders skyrocketed.
The first week Angela took in 500 orders from around the world on her website, . maccakes.com. In order to stay in her home Angela was required to make two more $2500 payments by October 1. The article reported that a health officer had warned Logan that it was against state law to use her home’s kitchen to manufacturer food commercially. But a local Hilton hotel allowed Logan to use their kitchen to produce ten cakes at a time. I think it’s safe to say Angela had made her goal.
Her orders are now being fulfilled by BakeMeaWish.com. Not only that, but according to Bake Me a Wish, 5% of every Mortgage Apple Cake order will be donated to GreenPath Debt Solutions. The nearly 50-year-old non-profit consumer credit counseling service helps people resolve financial problems, achieve financial goals and get relief from debt. Each Mortgage Apple Cake is $44.99 and is topped with rich, butter cream and cream cheese frosting.