Meringue Cake Studio Opens In Perry Hall

PERRY HALL, MD — Meringue Cake Studio recently opened in Perry Hall Crossing. The bakery was previously located above Conrad's Seafood Restaurant.

It serves breakfast and lunch as well as desserts, coffee, tea and of course, cake.

The business features a custom cake service for those seeking a special cake for any occasion.

There are three owners: husband-and-wife team Jose and Theresa Zaragoza and Elizabeth Neale.

Theresa Zaragoza has an associate's degree in pastry and baking from Baltimore International College, while her husband Jose Zaragoza took classes at The French Pastry School in Chicago.

Neale is "the artist," who is an expert in cake decorating, Theresa Zaragoza told Perry Hall Patch.

When they opened above Conrad's several years ago, "the dream was to have a retail shop someday," she said. Now they have their own bakery in the shopping center off Belair Road.

Tables, chairs and warm decor to make people feel at home. It's working — "We already have 'regulars,'" Neale said.

While the bakery serves a lemon meringue tart, Theresa Zaragoza told Patch the reason for the name was because "meringue is the basis" for several desserts, like macaroons and pies. Meringue is made of egg whites and sugar.

Meringue Cake Studio is located at 8742 Belair Rd, Nottingham, in the Perry Hall Crossing shopping center. The shop's grand opening event is 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8.

Regular hours are 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily, except 7 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday.

Photos by Elizabeth Janney.