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Bring On The Cake! One Chef masterfully creates cakes and pastries almost too beautiful to eat WORDS BY KAREN MEURER PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICOLE MODDE FLOWERS BY FABLOOMOSITY
Walking into The Art of Cake Café
the corporate cooking world — she
& Bakery you can’t help but notice
wanted to create beautiful, unique,
the amazingly beautiful cakes
and delicious goods that everyone
and pastries in the display case.
gets excited about and come back
These custom made delectables
for more. She decided it was time
are the genius artistry of Chef
to open her own shop.
Gloria Bednarz. Bednarz bakes for weddings, events, It seems almost criminal to sit
and individuals alike. The Café
down and relax in the café’s stylish
is family run, including her Chef
and vintage decor to bite into such
husband in the kitchen and son at
perfectly made pastry — but then
the front counter. There are brunch
the flavour explosion in your mouth
and lunch menus to go with an
makes you glad you did.
assortment of delicious coffee and teas served in delicate china cups.
Earlier in her career, Bednarz worked
Normally on Sundays they have a
as a Pastry Chef Manager in high
Traditional English High Tea which
end hotel kitchens. An artist at heart,
includes a three-tiered tea tray filled
Bednarz longed for more than just
with finger sandwiches, sweets, and
producing the popular cookie cutter
pastries, but for now, during COVID
cakes and pastries seen in many
times customers can enjoy High Tea
dessert trays. She wasn’t happy in
Take Away.
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