The Cake Bake Shop

Heard some really terrific news — The Cake Bake Shop in Indianapolis — a place I only got to visit for the first time this summer — will be opening a third location at Disney World’s BoardWalk in 2023.

But really, I just want to show you so many pictures of the inside of their Carrollton Avenue Indianapolis location because it is positively *dreamy*

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

From the outside, it’s just a cute cottage

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

and it is a WONDERland inside

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

brownies, above

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

From their site, the cake above, Gwendolyn’s Famous Earl’s Court Chocolate Cake: Named after the Earl’s Court Convention Center in London where Gwendolyn received awards for ‘Best Chocolate Cake’ at the London Cake & Bake Show in 2012…

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

Lemon blueberrry cake is: Lemon zest cake with fresh blueberries. Filled with lemon curd and lemon buttercream. Topped with lemon buttercream and fresh blueberries.

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

above, the chocolate chip cookies include French & Belgian chocolates and topped with fleur de sel. The middle are ‘magic bars’ with a graham cracker crust and a sweetened condensed milk middle with butterscotch chips and Belgian chocolate, with walnuts and toasted coconut. On the right, a raspberry jam bar with an all-butter European shortbread crust, topped with their private-label raspberry jam and light brown sugar crumble

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

cookie dough cake

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

pixie fetti cake has three layers of vanilla almond confetti cake with almond buttercream and topped with sprinkles

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

gluten-free mint chocolate chip

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

above and below, the apple crumb pie

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

above, lemon bars

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

above, red velvet cake

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

At that time, we weren’t eating inside restaurants, so we took a slice (most cake slices are $15-16) to our hotel

The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers, Indianapolis IN

a little jostled around, but the chocolate cake was just terrific in every way

Cake Bake Shop, Indianapolis IN

The owner, Gwendolyn Rogers, has a limited-edition cookbook coming out this spring with 25 of her recipes