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Spreading smiles to sick and siblings, 1 cake at a time

Icing Smiles delivers cakes to children with critical or degenerative illnesses and their siblings in all 50 states. Violet, pictured, is the first child for whom Icing Smiles baked. (Courtesy Icing Smiles)

Icing Smiles uses more than 5,000 volunteer bakers in all 50 states to help bring a smile to children with critical or degenerative diseases and illnesses. (Courtesy Icing Smiles)

This past year Icing Smiles served roughly 2,000 children and averaged 40 to 50 cakes a week. (Courtesy Icing Smiles)

A lot of bakers and sugar experts who have competed on Food Network challenges volunteer with the national nonprofit Icing Smiles. (Courtesy Icing Smiles)

Emma Baker and her siblings celebrate a birthday with a cake from Icing Smiles. (Courtesy Elizabeth Baker)

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WASHINGTON – Two years ago this May, 4-year-old Emma Baker of Germantown, Md., was diagnosed with Leukemia.

While receiving weekly treatments at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the head oncology nurse told the Bakers, who have five children, about a program that had the potential to bring a smile to Emma’s face and the faces of her four siblings.

The recommended service wasn’t an elaborate trip to Disney World or front row tickets to a big-name concert. It was much more simple: two birthday cakes for Emma’s brothers.

“What a blessing it was for my husband and I