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Those seeking edible art to celebrate their next special occasion head to Petra’s Cake Bar on Century Drive in Mount Martha to find the perfect centrepiece. This Mornington Peninsula cake designer delivers unique and different creations which are firstly sketched on paper, then transformed into a show-stopping cake to tempt everyone’s taste buds using only premium ingredients.
Why should you drop into Petra’s Cake Bar? Here are three good reasons:
What’s your most popular cake:
Victorian raspberry floral cake and Seductive floral chocolate cake. Every cake is baked from scratch and each filling is prepared for a gourmet experience for the taste buds.
Some cakes have ‘surprises’ in them to create texture and fun in the bite. For example, a custom cake could have strawberry bits cooked in liquor as a base, then the filling or frosting in the middle could have more strawberry or raspberry bits, cookie crumbs, or toasted spiced nuts.
As for our regular cakes available on the website, the taste will be consistent but the final finished product may vary in colour, flowers and theme as it’s all hand-piped. We often also ask customers what are their favourite colours and try to incorporate them into the cakes.
What's your point of difference:
For bespoke or designer cakes, I sketch the cake and paint in the colours including cake flavour portions. Like a couture ordered dress, the customers get to see a visual of roughly what their cakes will look like.
What is a fun fact that not many people know about you?
I am an artist, a foodie and qualified perfumer, which is reflected in my cakes. When people open the boxes it's the aroma that leads them into the Petra's Cake Bar experience.
"Flavour and fragrance go hand in glove together. I was coached by Rosalind Miller of London who, in my final 'exam', commented that I used unusual and very interesting ingredients in my cakes,” she explains.
"She asked me what my background was. I said a professional perfumer. ‘No wonder!’ she exclaimed. My final 'exam' cake was an orange flower sponge, with a rosemary-infused raspberry coulis and white vanilla buttercream.”
As a hobby, I am a dressage rider, which explains why when you look at my Instagram - the cakes with horses are very detailed!
