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Jessica Rowlands, Jessica’s Cakes & Bakes Welcome to The Sherborne Market! What brings you here? Sherborne Market has such a great buzz – even in the current climate. I love the community feel and being part of such a fast-paced, busy market with so many other amazing small businesses. Where have you travelled from? I am based in Yeovil, Somerset – soon to be opening a shop on Princes Street in the town centre. Tell us about what you’re selling? We create bespoke, buttercream cakes for every occasion as well as smaller treats such as graze boxes, my best selling deep-dish, loaded cookies, rich gooey chocolate brownies, cupcakes and so much more! Where and when did it all begin? I’ve always had a passion for cooking and baking from a young age. Jessica’s Cakes & Bakes began 5 years ago, on Easter weekend, when I baked lots of treats for friends 22 | Sherborne Times | July 2021
and family and delivered to the doorstep. Fast forward 5 years, I own a converted horse-box called The Little Treat Box, and now my shop The Little Treat Shop ... safe to say, it’s been a crazy few years! What do you enjoy most about selling at markets? I absolutely love seeing lots of familiar and new faces popping out to support me and all the other amazing small business that attend the Sherborne Market. I’m so so grateful for the following I have and the amazing feedback I get from being out in The Little Treat Box. If you get the chance, which fellow stallholders here at Sherborne would you like to visit? There are soooo many, but if I had to choose a few it would be Baby Steps, Hint of Home, Bee Floral and of course, the food stalls. Where can people find you on market day? My pitch is on Digby Road, opposite Tamburinos. Look for the flowers and balloons – you can’t miss me!
