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ooking for something fun to do 
during the lockdown, Eliana 
Schreiber thought she’
d bake a cake 
for her family. Then she thought she’
d dec-
orate it. Several creations later, her family 
convinced her this could be more than a 
hobby, and Eliana’
s Cakery was born.
Eliana, 17, of Huntington Woods, a 
senior at Berkley High School, said she’
s 
self-taught as a baker, though she picked 
up lots of ideas and tips from blogs and 
YouTube.
She sold her first cake to a family 
member, and when family and friends 
started sharing photos of her creations on 
Facebook and Instagram, orders started 
rolling in. Over the summer she made four 
to seven cakes a week, which she sold for 
$30 to $60 depending on size and decora-
tion.
“Eliana has always been creative and 
artistic from a very young age,
” said her 
mother, Lynne Golodner, who owns Your 
People, LLC, a marketing and public rela-
tions firm. Eliana’
s father, Avy Schreiber, a 
singer and band leader, lives in Southfield.

When she was 10, Eliana entered the 
Huntington Woods Independence Day bak-
ing contest. “It was her first baking contest 
ever, and she made chocolate cake pops 
with white chocolate coating and red and 
blue sprinkles,
” said Golodner. Her entry 
won not only the children’
s contest but the 
overall contest as well.
“That’
s just Eliana,
” said her mom. 
“Whatever she does, it’
s 110 percent, and for 
her, it’
s effortless. When I exclaim over the 
beauty and deliciousness of her cakes, she 
usually says something like, ‘
It’
s not hard, 
Mom.
’
 It’
s not hard for her. She has an eye 
and a sense about what flavors go together, 
and the patience to create artistic designs 
that elevate the entire experience.
”
Eliana’
s favorite subject is math, and now 
that COVID-19 has limited extracurricular 
activities, she misses participating in HOSA, 
Health Occupations Students of America. 
Since school started, she quit her summer 
job at an ice cream shop, where she worked 
20 hours a week, and started babysitting 10 
hours a week.
Eliana makes all her cakes “from scratch,
” 

using recipes she finds online. Her favorite 
is her basic chocolate cake, which is, she 
says, super-moist and rich. In the decorat-
ing department, the hardest thing for her to 
learn was lettering, which she says she’
s still 
working on.
Golodner says Eliana started baking late 
at night, probably as a distraction during 
the COVID lockdown. She shared her 
creations with her mom, stepdad Dan 
Golodner, and siblings Shaya Schrieber, 14, 
Grace Golodner, 17, and Asher Schreiber, 
18. 
“We’
d wake up in the morning and come 
down to beautiful and delectable cakes,
” 
she said. “I posted pictures on social media 
and people started suggesting that she start 
a business. She has built quite a following. 
It’
s gotten to the point where she sometimes 
has to turn away orders because she’
s so 
busy.
” 

Customers should order at least a week before 

the desired delivery date. Eliana can be reached 

through her Facebook page, Eliana’
s Cakery, or by 

phone or text to (248)-977-6481.

Eliana Schreiber and her cakes.

High schooler creates 
fancy bakery business 
while stuck at home.

BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

COURTESY OF LYNNE GOLODNER

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