Heaven's Cakes is a bakery in English Market Quarter, Cork.
Run since 1996 by classically trained pastry chefs Joe and Barbara Hegarty, this English Market stall brings French patisserie technique to Cork daily.
Must order: A seasonal mousse cake slice - the Irish-butter pastry base with French-trained layering is unlike anything in a high-street chain
Address: The English Market, Princes Street, Cork, T12 PH6Y
Established in 1997 by Sheila Fitzpatrick, this English Market stalwart claims the largest range of handmade bread in Ireland. Organic sourdoughs, Syrian.
Order: Organic wholemeal sourdough - baked daily, with seeds pressed into the crust for texture
Founded in 1992 by Frenchwoman Isabelle Sheridan, the stall has twice won Best Market Stall in County Cork. Daily savoury pastries, quiches and fresh breads.
Order: A freshly baked quiche with seasonal filling - a reminder that France shaped Cork's food culture more than most cities acknowledge
Established in 1997 by Sheila Fitzpatrick, this English Market stalwart claims the largest range of handmade bread in Ireland. Organic sourdoughs, Syrian.
Order: Organic wholemeal sourdough - baked daily, with seeds pressed into the crust for texture
Founded in 1992 by Frenchwoman Isabelle Sheridan, the stall has twice won Best Market Stall in County Cork. Daily savoury pastries, quiches and fresh breads.
Order: A freshly baked quiche with seasonal filling - a reminder that France shaped Cork's food culture more than most cities acknowledge
Founded by Declan Ryan after training with the best bakers in France. A wholesale operation supplying most of Cork's top restaurants with sourdough.
Order: The Cork Beer Bread - sourdough leavened with local stout malt, only sold at markets. Stock limited and usually gone by 11am
A compact artisan bread counter inside Merchants Quay that punches above its size. The range spans traditional sourdoughs through rye, einkorn, gluten-free.
Order: Turkish pide - a speciality rarely found in Irish bakeries and made with properly fermented dough
A Cork institution with multiple city locations. The Patrick Street branch is the most central, baking fresh bread and pastries daily for over three decades.
Order: A breakfast sandwich roll - the doorstep-cut white bread stuffed with bacon and egg is pure Cork morning culture
Boutique chocolate cafe in the Edwardian Winthrop Arcade, with truffles, cakes and macarons handmade by chef Brendan Cashman of the former Augustine's.
Order: A flight of macarons with a cup of single-origin hot chocolate, Cashman's signature pairing in the arcade's brass-and-marble setting
