The East Village spot is known for flower-bedecked layered cakes.
At the height of the pandemic, her flower-decorated cakes — she describes them as "morsels of a still-life painting" — quickly became a hot commodity, not just within her personal circle but on social media as well. Harry Styles tried her treats; so did Lorde. When the bakery finally opened this year, the lines were out the door, and her wares sell out daily.
It’s around 8:30 am and the kitchen is in cake mode. Franc de Ferriere checks in on the prep list. As per usual, cakes were baked in the afternoon the day before and individually wrapped in Saran wrap to help keep them extra moist and at perfect temperature for buttercream. The day of the opening, Kane tells me, From Lucie sold around 230 mini cakes and eight sheet cakes .
We take a beat and she walks us back to the front of house, where the barista begins to grind coffee and turn on the espresso machine, so she can show“I only have one book, but that’s because I only need one, it’s my bible,” she pronounces. “Maité is like a French Julia Child from the country-side, she’s my inspiration.”We come back to the kitchen: a cake haven. Franc de Ferriere lathers on the pear jam made of ripe anjou pears, ginger, and vanilla bean.
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