ELKHART —
A 4-by-8 foot cake to feed a group of Boy Scouts is a big cake. It is just one of many that Rhonda Potucek has created during the many years she has been baking.
Potucek has opened Rhonda’s Cake Cottage in Concord Mall.
“I have been doing it since I was 13 for friends and family,” Potucek said. “Then it kind of grew and my passion for it grew. I also outgrew my kitchen at home.”
A few months ago she was on the way home from her part-time job in the kitchen of East Side Elementary School and as she passed the mall she decided to stop and inquire about a storefront. Now she is operating the cake shop six days a week.
“It has been awesome,” she said of the new venture. “I have a lot of fun.”
The wall of the shop is lined with forms for character cakes, but she offers much more. Sheet cakes, 3D cakes, cupcakes, cream puffs, cake pops, cake balls and cream horns are all offered in the store.
Tea, cider and hot chocolate are the drinks that are offered.
“I like to experiment,” she said. “I like to think up different flavors for cupcakes.”
She also creates cakes for all special occasions, including weddings and birthdays. She said with graduations coming up she is taking orders for those events.
The shop is open Tuesdays through Saturdays 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The shop is closed on Mondays.
The shop’s phone is 574-612-7995. Rhonda’s Cake Cottage is also on Facebook.
Local News
Related Photos
-
Rhonda Potucek takes a batch of cupcakes out of the oven at Rhonda's Cake Cottage shop in the Concord Mall. ROGER SCHNEIDER
Cake Cottage opens at Concord Mall
- Local News
-
-
Jeep enters Depot building
A Jeep Grand Cherokee struck the main entrance of The Depot building, located at 1013 Division St., Goshen.
-
Reminisce days a big hit in Shipshewana
Diane Green and her aunt Lydia Moore drove from lower Illinois to Shipshewana Saturday morning to pick up quilting fabric.
-
Concert series to benefit ministry
It is summer and time for outdoor music. It is also the beginning of First Fridays — a concert series hosted by the local community ministry, Reason 4 Hope.
-
Planners like changes to CVS parking lot
Access to the CVS at 410 S. Main St. in Goshen could soon be easier for those with disabilities following a ruling by the Goshen Plan Commission Tuesday afternoon.
During their meeting Tuesday, Goshen Plan Commission members gave their blessing to a request by CVS Pharmacy and State Permits Inc. for a major change to the CVS Planned Unit Development that seeks to reconfigure the north portion of the parking lot to increase the overall Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility of the site. The final site plan for the PUD was also approved by the commission Tuesday, and the request will now be forwarded on to the Goshen City Council with a favorable recommendation. -
Council won’t fund school sidewalks
GOSHEN — Goshen City Council members voted along party lines Tuesday to defeat a proposal by Goshen Community Schools for a 50-50 cost split between the city and the school corporation to pay for a $125,000 sidewalk expansion project.
-
'Experience Michiana' segments to be taped in Goshen
The crew with WNIT program “Experience Michiana” is set to tape segments in Goshen this week. The segments will be broadcast June 27 and 28.
-
State officials warn people to be alert at fairs, festivals
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security and state police are reminding state residents to be alert for safety concerns when attending county fairs and other local festivals.
-
SLIDESHOW: Pets of the Week
Featured pets available for adoption at the Humane Society of Elkhart County.
-
Goshen officials donate former Hawks Building to LaCasa
An agreement between Goshen city government and LaCasa Inc. allowing for the donation of the former Hawks Building to the local non-profit was approved Monday.
-
LIBRARY NEWS: Reading programs underway
Summer reading programs for young people are underway at the Goshen library.
- More Local News Headlines
-
James Gandolfini Dies at Age 51
Fmr. TWA Flight 800 Investigators Want New Probe
Raw: Heat, Spurs Back on Court Ahead of Game 7
Dolce and Gabbana Convicted of Tax Evasion
Paris, Prince Depositions Used in Jackson Trial
Coiffed Cattle Get Their Close-up
In Berlin, Obama Channels Cold War Activism
Police at Patriots Tight End's Home for 2nd Day
Fed Suggests Bond Purchases Could Slow
AP: DOJ Broke Own Rules Seizing Phone Records
Raw: Baby White Rhino Debuts at Australian Zoo
Time Lapse: Rebuilding Bridge Post-collapse
Ohio Woman Accuses 3 of Holding Her Captive
Hunt for Ex-Teamster Boss Hoffa's Remains Ends
