Beaverton Bakery will close this weekend after 93 years making cakes and more for weddings, bar mitzvahs, graduations and more throughout the Portland metro area.

"We are sad to say that after 93 years, the Schubert family has decided to close the Beaverton Bakery," the bakery wrote on Facebook. "It has been a difficult decision and the Bakery has loved being a part of this community."

For a 90th anniversary story in 2015, owner Carrie Ann Schubert recalled growing up in the bakery, stamping bluebirds on cake boxes and later frosting maple bars as a young girl. Some of those maple bars were destined for Beaverton area high schools.

Her father, Charles Schubert, recalled that when Robert F. Kennedy visited Beaverton in 1968, he was handed a maple bar at Sunset High School and, apparently, really liked it.

Charles Schubert bought the bakery in 1965, growing it from about 10 employees to 50 while expanding its footprint to three adjoining buildings along Southwest Broadway Street buildings, including a Victorian home. The bakery was founded in 1925 by Charles Yeager.

Over nearly a century in business, Beaverton Bakery made cakes for generations of Oregonians, with granddaughters sometimes following in their grandmother's footsteps.

"Over and over we hear 'my grandmother got her wedding cake here,'" owner Carrie Ann Schubert said during that 2015 interview. "Tradition is the reason why we will be here for our 100th birthday."

But the subsequent years have not been kind to the Beaverton institution. Most notably, the bakery was forced to close last year after health inspectors found a rat infestation throughout the space.

This weekend will be Beaverton Bakery's last. The bakery is working to connect brides and grooms with other local bakers to make sure all outstanding wedding cake orders are filled.

"Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your family's traditional and celebrations," the bakery wrote.

-- Michael Russell