A WOMAN from Barrow has travelled to Poland to learn bespoke cake design skills to use for her new cake design business.

Monika Orman has started O_Cakes after she was unable to find the cake she really wanted for her son’s christening.

The 24-year-old was inspired by Polish cake designer Urszi (Urszula Janusz) and aims to bring a European style to the cakes she designs for her clients.

She said: “The training was with Madina Yavorskaya and Rustom Yavorskaya at Tortik Annushka, a cake school from Moscow which is known worldwide. They have trained in many places including London and Dubai.

“I was incredibly lucky to attend one of their course in Poland the first time they visited there.

“The cake we made is called Molecules. This design requires a great amount of time and patience to create. In Moscow they sell these for over £60 per kilo, a cake of this size would be around £200, so it’s a really exquisite cake.

“I hope I will get a chance to make one of these again, I think it would be a brilliant choice for a wedding cake for someone who’s looking for a modern style cake and wants to really 'wow' the guests.

“Another cake training I attended was with a Polish cake maker, Urszi. She’s began her cake journey with making candy bars and is the first and most recognised person in Poland to do them.

“I attended two courses with Urszi while I was there.

“The candy bars are a great, impressive option for weddings but also smaller parties like birthdays, anniversary parties, christenings and baby showers.

“I can make personalised decoration for the sweets there and do them in many different styles.”

Mrs Orman started her training at Furness College where she studied art and design, which gave her the platform for this business. She also said that she is happy to help customers to create the design that they have envisioned.