Let me start by saying, we get it. There's Christmas still to pay off, alongside a cost of living crisis. There's the annual health kick. But, we also want to keep our local, independent businesses. The current climate is making it harder for such businesses to exist; we need creators to take huge personal financial risks to create things we value for our community, in a world where the returns are diminishing. We're incredibly lucky, compared to many of our peers who we've s

The Christmas shop is live! This feels like the earliest we've ever managed to get it out - and is down to Eleanor's months of recipe development, which means we're good to go with a range of SourDoughnuts and sourdough loaves which are jam-packed full of festive spirit. We're offering pre-orders for now, and are hoping to save some capacity for walk-up purchases on Christmas eve morning. It's one of my favourite days of the year to work. Seeing everyone's joyful faces, and

It's been a really exciting fortnight for us, doing our first two market events. We've learnt a lot. For starters , how much you love our...

Today marked an exciting milestone for us as we set up our stall at the Colchester Farmers Market for the very first time. We had so much...

Our team has grown over the past few months, and we're now ready to expand our capacity. Given our bakery space is rammed, we're having...

It has been a start to 2025 that I really couldn't have predicted. Black Cat Sourdough and SourDoughnuts are suddenly all over the place,...

This year, click and collect will be the only way to get Black Cat Sourdough on Christmas Eve. Every year it's a bit of a logistical...

"For last year's word belong to last year's language, and next year's words await another voice." T. S. Eliot This quote, from one of my...

We are fast approaching Black Cat Bake's 2nd Birthday! In that time things have changed quite substantially. Things started out as a...

*this is not a baby announcement! Black Cat Bakes started as a small lockdown project to keep me busy, and is now churning out a few...

I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas, and are feeling refreshed as we head into 2022. 2021 was a really exciting time for the...