Fern & FlourBakehouse Plan a cake
Morning buns and two cups of coffee on a bakery counter, seen through a fogged window

Asheville, North Carolina

The bakehouse window is steamy by morning.

Naturally leavened sourdough, laminated pastry, morning buns and coffee — and, made to order, custom celebration cakes and wedding dessert tables.

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Glass fogs over — come and look

Dark sourdough loaves cooling on a rack in a bakery
Sourdough, scored and heading for the oven.

Slow morning

Come see what a slow morning smells like.

Sourdough, laminated pastry, morning buns and coffee. The everyday half of the bakehouse, and the reason the glass is fogged by the time you walk past.

Sourdough
Naturally leavened, baked dark and long.
Laminated pastry
Cold butter folded through cold dough, layer after thin layer.
Morning buns
Out of the oven early, best with coffee.
Coffee
Poured alongside, for as long as you'd like to sit.

The pastry board

Folded thin, chilled, folded again.

Lamination is mostly patience: cold butter, cold dough, a marble bench and a bench scraper. What comes out of it snaps when you bite it and leaves a small drift of flakes on the plate.

Croissants and morning buns, still warm — and coffee alongside.

Golden laminated pastries on a tray on a marble bench
A single-tier celebration cake with blush buttercream and fresh flowers on a cake stand

Custom cakes

For the days that get marked.

We make custom celebration cakes to order — for birthdays, anniversaries and the smaller Tuesdays that deserve one. Tell us the date, how many people you're feeding and the color you're after, and we'll take it from there.

  1. 01

    Tell us the day

    The date, the number of guests and the mood you're after.

  2. 02

    We talk it through

    Size, shape, color and what should sit on top — over coffee or by message.

  3. 03

    We confirm the details

    We'll settle the finish, the timing and how you'd like to collect it.

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A long wedding dessert table of small cakes and pastries set outdoors at dusk

Wedding dessert tables

A long table of small cakes, set out as the light goes.

For weddings we build a spread rather than a single cake: a few larger cakes for cutting, smaller ones to pick from, and pastry to fill the space in between. Tell us the season, the venue and the number of guests, and we'll help you plan a table that belongs to the day.

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Inquiries

Leave a note on the window ledge.

Custom celebration cakes and wedding dessert tables are made to order. Tell us a little about the day and we'll write back with what's possible.

Come by in the morning and ask for us at the counter, or send the form — whichever suits you.