Pastisseria Sweet 180

With the cupcake trend continuing apace in Barcelona, there must be more than one reader who has gazed at the beautiful creations of rich sponge and pastel-colored icing and thought, "I could do that." But while the cold(ish) winter days of Barcelona lend themselves to cake comfort eating, the city hasn't yet jumped onto the cake-making bandwagon that is rolling through many of our countries of origin. The recent decision, then, of gourmet bakery blog Sweet 180 to branch out into selling accessories online and in select local shops is timely indeed. From the porcelain cake stands to pretty paper cake plates for when you're serving delicious cake slices and don't necessarily want to use your best china to themed kits for parties, this is an excellent place to start your Barcelona collection of baking essentials.

Sweet 180, Carrer de Jeroni Marsal, 43, Vilassar de Mar. sweet180grados.com