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!

02/07/2017

Hi Friends!

After a long hiatus to start a family, I just wanted to share that I'm working hard getting ready to launch a new blog and business focused on the topic most dear to me - helping aspiring cake designers launch their own custom cake businesses! I'll be doing lots of writing, teaching and consulting and hope to be the kind of mentor to people that I wished I had had when I started out.

I love being part of the cake world and want you to join me!

Keep an eye on Facebook for my official launch announcement soon, but if you want to make sure that you stay in the loop, send me a direct message with your full name and e-mail address and I'll add you to my e-mail list. Don't worry though! I won't share your details with anyone!

And by all means, please tell me a little bit about yourself. Ask me all your burning questions. I want to hear from you! The more I know about your concerns and thoughts, the better I can help.

08/06/2011

After a loooooong hiatus, I'm getting ready to teach more classes! Most of them will be in California, but I'll have a few in NY in October when I'm there for cakes. I'll be posting my schedule by the end of the weekend!