SMALL BUSINESS Lifestyle meets Raj Sharma owner of Love Shakes and Cakes who swapped the chemistry lab for the kitchen N Cakes What is your background? I studied Applied Chemistry, after working approx 10 years in the Chemical waste industry, I was looking for a new challenge, an opportunity came up on the Albert Dock to run a French Creperie. It took me a while to consider the change, but as I love learning and taking on new challenges I took on the opportunity and made a success out of it. After this Love Shakes N Cakes, was the kind of business that I wanted to do and run. This has truly made me feel that a change in career was not a wrong move.
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Milkshakes, desserts and deli food. From chocolate shakes, to waffles, sundaes to brownies, wraps to hot dogs. We have it all. There is something for everyone in our family business we have so much to offer that we just keep adding on to our menu from time to time. We love our customers and always serve with a smile.
Tell us about your business? Love Shakes N Cakes is a family run company with my mum, wife and three children who love helping out like my little elf’s alongside my staff who I always treat like my family.
Is there a science to baking? Yes there is, like anything the important to success is in the making. So making sure the method is right in terms of measurement, pouring, Mixing and timing is very important. This is what we love doing at Love Shakes N Cakes hence why the product is so tasty that customers keep on coming back to us.
We offer three different areas at Love Shakes
What is so special about your cakes? We pick
and choose different kinds of cakes in our shop, Cakes that are very rare to get in most other places such as our rainbow cake and red velvet cake, these are two our customers can not get enough off them. What is your favourite dessert? I would have to choose the Biscoff Waffle. There is something about the combination of crushed biscoff and white chocolate sauce covered all over a waffle. It’s my favourite on my cheat day. Is there a story behind your name? We could have called it just Shakes N Cakes, but because there is so much Love for the place. Love the family and staff members, Love for our customers coming back again and again,
