Cake shop
Encyclopedia
For the NYC venue Cake Shop, see Cake Shop NYC
A cake shop is a retail
business
specialising in cake
s. It is the English culture equivalent to a French pâtisserie
.
Cake shops may also sell equipment and supplies for home cake baking, especially for cake decorating
, but not all do this. Another common but not universal sideline
is special orders such as wedding cake
s and elaborate birthday cake
s.
Cake Shop NYC
Cake Shop is a New York City bar, venue, and cafe in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It is located at 152 Ludlow Streetbetween Stanton Street & Rivington Street. Cake Shop offers a variety of baked goods, coffee, and tea, and hosts live musical, theatrical, and literary events in their venue that...
A cake shop is a retail
Retail
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
specialising in cake
Cake
Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet and enriched baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape...
s. It is the English culture equivalent to a French pâtisserie
Pâtisserie
A pâtisserie is the type of French or Belgian bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets. In both countries it is a legally controlled title that may only be used by bakeries that employ a licensed maître pâtissier ....
.
Cake shops may also sell equipment and supplies for home cake baking, especially for cake decorating
Cake decorating
Cake decorating is one of the sugar arts that uses icing or frosting and other edible decorative elements to make otherwise plain cakes more visually interesting...
, but not all do this. Another common but not universal sideline
Sideline
Sideline may refer to:*Sidelines, lines which mark the outer boundaries of a sports field*Sideline reporter, sports term*"Sideline Ho," song by Monica...
is special orders such as wedding cake
Wedding cake
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served to the guests at a wedding reception after a wedding. In modern Western culture, it is usually a large cake, multi-layered or tiered, and heavily decorated with icing, usually over a layer of marzipan or fondant...
s and elaborate birthday cake
Birthday cake
The birthday cake has been an integral part of the birthday celebrations in Western cultures since the middle of the 19th century. Certain rituals and traditions, such as singing of birthday songs, associated with birthday cakes are common to many Western cultures. The Western tradition of adding...
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