Selwyn Times: October 04, 2016
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30<br />
Taste<br />
Tuesday <strong>October</strong> 4 <strong>2016</strong><br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Sweeten up your day with cake<br />
Penelope’s Cakery<br />
Deli has opened<br />
in New Regent St.<br />
Gabrielle Stuart<br />
reports<br />
A LEGO figure, a shark<br />
breaching the water, a five<br />
tier wedding cake, or even a<br />
mathematical equation: When<br />
it comes to cake orders, Penny<br />
Ritchie has to be ready for<br />
anything.<br />
But her biggest challenge this<br />
year has not been fondant or<br />
buttercream.<br />
She opened the doors of her<br />
New Regent St shop, Penelope’s<br />
Cakery Deli, last month.<br />
As well as selling food and<br />
her own custom-made cakes<br />
there, it was designed as a place<br />
where home decorators could<br />
get support, advice and supplies,<br />
which were difficult to find in<br />
Canterbury, she said.<br />
Although she had always<br />
enjoyed creating cakes for<br />
her children or friends, she<br />
only began decorating cakes<br />
commercially about four years<br />
ago.<br />
She owned a confectionery<br />
SOMETHING SWEET: Penny Ritchie cuts into a tasty treat at<br />
her new shop and cake supplies store.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
store in Rangiora, and she<br />
said it had been a challenge to<br />
attract customers there after the<br />
earthquakes.<br />
Branching into cake making<br />
was a way to turn the store into a<br />
destination, she said.<br />
But finding the supplies and<br />
tools she needed had often been<br />
challenging.<br />
“It was just through not<br />
wanting to say no to anything, I<br />
forced myself to learn,” she said.<br />
She hoped the Christchurch<br />
shop would make it easier for<br />
beginner cake decorators to give<br />
it a go.<br />
“We have moulds and cutters<br />
for most things and, with so<br />
much information and tutorials<br />
on the internet, now it is very<br />
easy for people to get into it, even<br />
if they have never done it before,”<br />
she said.<br />
Although creating some cakes<br />
could be a challenge, she said<br />
delivering them was often<br />
the most terrifying part of the<br />
job.<br />
“Some are quite elaborate<br />
wedding cakes that have to be<br />
absolutely perfect and the biggest<br />
challenge is working out how to<br />
transport them,” she said.<br />
“I always take an emergency<br />
repair kit, but I haven’t ever –<br />
touch wood – needed to use it.”<br />
TREAT: Penny Ritchie has<br />
created a selection of exotic<br />
cakes for customers.<br />
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