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Cake shops in Cork

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  • 08-02-2019 9:45am
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    Meursault
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    HI All,

    Can anyone recommend a decent cake shop in Cork, where they make fresh cakes please?

    Thanks.


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    blueberrypie
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    Brackens-Old Mallow Road also based in Paul Street
    There is a place in Blackpool shopping centre, it changed names recently


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    Meursault
    Registered Users Posts: 459 ✭✭Meursault


    Thanks blueberrypie.

    Given your user name, I am going to assume you know your cakes too! :)


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    chickey
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    Meursault wrote: »
    HI All,

    Can anyone recommend a decent cake shop in Cork, where they make fresh cakes please?

    Thanks.

    Healy's bakery Blackpool


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    igCorcaigh
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    Heaven's cake, in the English Market, are they still there?


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    horgan_p
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    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Heaven's cake, in the English Market, are they still there?

    They don't really do cakes as such though - they seem to do those quasi cheesecake type things.
    No substance to them.


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    run_Forrest_run
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    Billy Mackesys in Douglas - unreal stuff.
    I never thought much of Bracken's, fairly bland.


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    whatever76
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    Cinnamon cottege ?

    Have not been here but have heard good things - https://www.tripadvisor.ie/Restaurant_Review-g186600-d12825973-Reviews-Cameron_s_Bakery-Cork_County_Cork.html

    tara tea room on McCurtain street do good cakes as well


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    who_me
    Registered Users Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭who_me


    Cupcake Cottage, Anglesea St. would be another.


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    Meursault
    Registered Users Posts: 459 ✭✭Meursault


    Going with Billy Mackesys.

    Thanks again All.


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    the beer revolu
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    horgan_p wrote: »
    They don't really do cakes as such though - they seem to do those quasi cheesecake type things.
    No substance to them.

    They are mostly filled tarts and lovely.
    Can't think what you mean by having no substance to them. Pretty rich, I find.


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    Rhys Essien
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    There is a bakery/cake shop up by the Kino on Washington Street. Looks like they open at 7am so probably as fresh as you get. I must check it out some day.

    Anyone been in there?


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    Chris_5339762
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    A little bit out of Cork, but Fitzpatricks in Glounthaune are the gold standard for cakes.


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    The Hound Gone Wild
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭The Hound Gone Wild


    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    There is a bakery/cake shop up by the Kino on Washington Street. Looks like they open at 7am so probably as fresh as you get. I must check it out some day.

    Anyone been in there?


    Cameron? Everyone who works there seems to be French the pastries and cakes are amazing. They also do some of the best sandwiches in the city.


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    timmyjimmy
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    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    There is a bakery/cake shop up by the Kino on Washington Street. Looks like they open at 7am so probably as fresh as you get. I must check it out some day.

    Anyone been in there?

    Cameron's might just have the pastries in the city! Sandwiches are pretty awesome too :)


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    Blitzkrieger
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    Chris_5339762 wrote: »
    A little bit out of Cork, but Fitzpatricks in Glounthaune are the gold standard for cakes.

    Depending where OP is, it could be quicker to go to Fitzpatricks.


    **** - now I want to go to Fitzpatricks......


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    pwurple
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    Chris_5339762 wrote: »
    A little bit out of Cork, but Fitzpatricks in Glounthaune are the gold standard for cakes.

    Well, there are a few different types of cakes, if you get me.

    Fitzpatricks do traditional mass-produced cakes, in large quantities, with industrial type ingredients. I like it, and they are good at what they do. If I want a good custard slice, or a slab of chocolate biscuit cake that can be cut into 100 identical pieces, I'd go there. The standard is that of a very good petrol station, not a patisserie.


    If you wanted something very specific, with maybe an ununusal flavour, like a wedding cake, or special occasion cake, try Cakes By Ruth (http://www.cakesbyruth.ie/) Bitesize in midleton, cinnamon cottage or camerons.


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