Plum Blossom Kitchen

11/13/2024

Come visit us at the Raleigh Christmas Carousel! We'll be selling baked goods, granolas, and teas for you to give out as gifts or to enjoy yourself!

08/03/2024

Hi Folx!

Just posted my cake and cookie decorating classes for the Fall AND I started a new Meetup group! If you are in the Raleigh-Durham area and are looking for fun things to do, check out www.RuthDrennanCakes.com/classes to learn more!

Chef Ruth Drennan teaches cake decorating classes, sugar flower classes, and cake business seminars.

04/19/2024

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to give a shoutout to one of my favorite vendors - Rabbit Ridge Berry Farm in Coats, NC! https://rabbitridgeberryfarm.com/ Not only do they sell the most amazing berries, they also sell fruit trees and cacti/succulents. If you are anywhere in the general area, go check them out! I live an hour away, and believe me, it's worth the drive!

Here is what they offer (and when):
Elderflower – May
Loganberry – June
Blackberry, Blueberry – June/July
Elderberry – July/August
Muscadine – Aug/Sept/Oct
Raspberry – July-Nov

03/03/2024

Sharing some of my recent and favorite cakes. I love when my couples want to add a little color!

10/14/2023

Participated in my first Fall Festival at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC last weekend. It was a ton of work, but such a blast! A special thanks to my brother Danny Drennan for being my helper! We managed to survive the festival with our friendship intact!

12/29/2018

Happy to announce that I'll be teaching several flower-making and cake business classes this Spring in the Raleigh-Durham area of NC where I am now living! Keep an eye out for my events and hope to see some of you there.

06/10/2017

Do you want to learn how to make gum-paste LILACS?

Are you thinking about attending the ICES convention in Spokane, Washington in August? It's an amazing opportunity for cake decorators to be among their tribe and take classes with experts in the field at very low cost.

I'm happy to say I was chosen to teach a hands-on class Thursday, August 3 from 10-11 am PT in which students will learn how to make beautiful, realistic lilacs - my absolute favorite flower!

Lilacs are so easy and are such a useful flower to learn how to make! They can be used as either a focal or filler flower in your sugar arrangements and add a lovely pop of color and texture.

If you're interested, visit the ICES website and sign up!

Hope to see you there, and more importantly, hope to have you in my class!

https://icesconvention.org/

06/07/2017

Working hard creating me new website. All I want to say is making cake is much more enjoyable!