Britain's smallest bakery has opened - narrower than a baguette.
Sweet Bella sells a rage of cupcakes, tray bakes and cookies - all from a shop barely bigger than a cupboard.
Located in Corstorphine in Edinburgh the bakery is just 55cm at its narrowest at the back – about 10cm less than an average baguette.
It was opened in August this year by owner Sarah Bald, 25 - and is getting impressive shares on TikTok.
Sarah, an avid home-baker, had always admired the space - which was once a tiny post office. It finally came on the market earlier this year.
She jumped at the chance to set up her dream bakery and began the preparations immediately.
Enlisting her mother and a local joiner, the three set about to transform the tiny space into a functional and friendly bakery.
The trio were able to add shelving and a desk to allow Sarah to make the most of the small space.
After opening, a popular Scottish food blogger made a TikTok video highlighting the shop – and it amassed over 62,000 views.
Sarah said: “I’d been admiring the space for a year or so – my mum and I would always talk about buying it if it were ever available.
''When it came about, I couldn’t believe it. It was absolutely perfect for what I wanted to do.
“I’d been doing all my baking from home and selling them at markets throughout the year, but this space was absolutely perfect.
“It was difficult to get the space set up – we met with a joiner and tried to optimise the space as much as possible.
''We painted the shelves and put up acrylic sheets, and the joiner put in a desk that lifts up and down, so I can actually leave the shop!”
“The community has been so lovely. People have been visiting the shop and telling me how lovely it is.
''Everyone’s been so supportive, it’s been amazing.”
Sweet Bella sells a rage of cupcakes, tray bakes and cookies - all from a shop barely bigger than a cupboard.
Located in Corstorphine in Edinburgh the bakery is just 55cm at its narrowest at the back – about 10cm less than an average baguette.
It was opened in August this year by owner Sarah Bald, 25 - and is getting impressive shares on TikTok.
Sarah, an avid home-baker, had always admired the space - which was once a tiny post office. It finally came on the market earlier this year.
She jumped at the chance to set up her dream bakery and began the preparations immediately.
Enlisting her mother and a local joiner, the three set about to transform the tiny space into a functional and friendly bakery.
The trio were able to add shelving and a desk to allow Sarah to make the most of the small space.
After opening, a popular Scottish food blogger made a TikTok video highlighting the shop – and it amassed over 62,000 views.
Sarah said: “I’d been admiring the space for a year or so – my mum and I would always talk about buying it if it were ever available.
''When it came about, I couldn’t believe it. It was absolutely perfect for what I wanted to do.
“I’d been doing all my baking from home and selling them at markets throughout the year, but this space was absolutely perfect.
“It was difficult to get the space set up – we met with a joiner and tried to optimise the space as much as possible.
''We painted the shelves and put up acrylic sheets, and the joiner put in a desk that lifts up and down, so I can actually leave the shop!”
“The community has been so lovely. People have been visiting the shop and telling me how lovely it is.
''Everyone’s been so supportive, it’s been amazing.”
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00:00 Hi, I'm Sarah, the owner of Sweet Bella's. We're located on St John's Road in Cwstorfin,
00:07 Edinburgh and we potentially might be the smallest bakery in the whole of the UK. We
00:17 have been here since the beginning of August and things have been going brilliant so far.
00:22 I couldn't have had my bakery in a better location. So the place is very, very small.
00:27 I get asked on a daily, "Are you claustrophobic?" and I say, "At the moment, no, but ask me
00:31 that maybe in a few months." But, you know, I feel like we've optimised the space as much
00:35 as possible. I've even got a little seat. But, yeah, it's very, very small but we've
00:41 got everything. We've got all our packaging and stuff behind us and everything all here.
00:48 We've optimised it as best as we can. Normally in the mornings this desk actually lifts up
00:54 but when I've got stuff during the day, when I've got biscuits and stuff on the desk, I
00:58 actually have to crawl under. It's the only way I can get out of this shop. But apart
01:01 from that, the desk does lift up. What made me want to open my own shop was I did markets.
01:08 I did a few Christmas markets, summer markets and I absolutely loved it. I loved the buzz
01:13 of it all. I've had my eye actually on this place for a wee while and when it opened up,
01:17 I just couldn't believe it. It just felt meant to be. Everyone's so lovely. We've got our
01:21 friends all in the different shops. I just knew I wanted my business here. When this
01:25 popped up, it couldn't be more perfect. I've had so many people say they love the colour
01:29 of the shop as well. One person said it looks like a wee ray of sunshine on the high street.
01:34 Everyone's been really lovely, really supportive. I even have people just passing me saying
01:38 good luck and I really hope that your business goes well. So it's been the best reaction.
01:43 I couldn't ask for anything better.
01:45 Thank you. Thank you.
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