Pastry Chef Catherine Ruehle likes a good challenge. A 5 foot tall STAR WARS themed wedding cake? No problem. A sugar paste stiletto so realistic a fashionista might be tempted to wear it? She can do that too. A psychedelic 60's cake with a live goldfish swimming between the tiers? Bring it on. Catherine's greatest joy comes from bringing her clients' dreams to life- in cake!
Catherine credits her first restaurant boss and mentor, Chef Michel Nischan, with giving her the "big break" that turned a self-taught baker into a bona fide Pastry Chef. At Nischan's restaurant, Miche Mache, in Connecticut, her artistic eye and flair for innovative flavor combinations won a rave review from The New York Times.
After Miche Mache, Catherine worked all sides of the food industry, including catering, restaurant management, cookbook publishing, and recipe development and testing. The 15 years experience combined with a life-long love of baking and a degree in Art History finally culminated in her dream job as Pastry Chef and Cake Designer for her two Fort Worth-based businesses, Cakes by Catherine and Sublime Bakery. In 2005, at the urging of friends, she launched the eclectic boutique cake studio, creating artistic and mouthwatering special occasion cakes for high-end clients in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. With her online bakery she combined the goodness of made-from-scratch brownies, scones, truffles and cupcakes with the convenience of online ordering. In an effort to bring sweet dreams to those who are often forced to abstain, she has created a line of vegan and gluten-free items.
Catherine opened her new retail shop in March 2008, merging the cake studio and bakery under one roof and one name- Sublime Bakery. In it's first year the Bakery has been awarded the "Best Birthday Cake", "Best Bakery", and "Best Cupcakes" honors by Fort Worth, Texas magazine. The eclectic shop features equisite custom cakes, eat-in and take-out desserts, breakfast pastries, catering trays, a drive-thru window, an art gallery, and Private Cake Decorating Lessons.
When she's not working she can be found spending time with her husband Van and their two sons, Cade and Case.
Sublime Bakery
Country Day Plaza
5512 Bellaire Dr South (at Bryant Irvin)
Fort Worth, TX 76109
817-570-9630
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