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Mary’s Bake Shoppe owner Mary Kalmbach places freshly baked kuchen,
a german pastry, on the cooling rack in her Jud bakery.
Jud, N.D. - When Mary Kalmbach was growing up in southcentral North Dakota, she enjoyed eating her grandmother’s kuchen.
Now Kalmbach is carrying on the family tradition at Mary’s Bake Shoppe here.
Jud, about 25 miles south of Jamestown, has about 75 residents.
She makes and sells kuchen to customers across the state, including in the F-M area’s two Wal-Mart stores.
Kuchen – the German word for cake – is a pie with custard and fillings that range from apple and blueberry to rhubarb and chocolate chip.
Kalmbach operates her state-certified bakery, which has two ovens, in a converted house that belongs to her family.
She bakes from scratch on Mondays and Wednesdays and delivers the 9-inch kuchen on Tuesdays and Thursdays.