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Dina Starr, a passionate Englishwoman, has just opened Atomic Cake in Toulouse, where the cup cake becomes a real dessert with French flavors.
Who said that Great Britain and France couldn’t share in gluttony? Dina Starr, an energetic 56-year-old British woman, demonstrates the opposite brilliantly. On September 7, Dina inaugurated her Atomic Cake patisserie at 13, Place de la Trinité, combining the inventiveness of the British cupcake and French artisanal excellence.
A courageous journey for Dina who, despite her unconditional love for cakes since childhood, took other paths: “I have been living in Toulouse for twenty-five years, she explains. Pastry is a dream as a child, discovered with my grandmother, with whom I made cupcakes, these small single-serving Anglo-Saxon cakes, often very colorful in the shape of a muffin. But I also loved, like any self-respecting Brit, the. rock So when I arrived in France, I was a singer and I experienced exhilarating moments in the rock group Atomic Tabasco before trying a “real” job.
This is how Dina joined the aeronautics sector in Toulouse and became a customer manager at Airbus, making a 180° change. This parenthesis did not last long, since at the age of 54, she chose to change direction and make her dream come true: making cakes. “At 56 years old, I started by first taking a CAP in pastry. With my diploma in hand, I decided to open the Atomic Cake pastry shop with a friend, Céline, recalling both the name of my rock group and the nickname given in my youth, Atomic Girl”. A “bonbonniere” place that naturally invites you to indulge in indulgence.
This cupcake tickles the customer’s taste curiosity
The idea of the two women is to revisit the cupcake by keeping its British originality and eccentricity, but by making it even more delicious inside, French version: “For this, we imagined making it a dessert with layers of soaked sponge cake, crispy with foam depending on the flavor”. Available in eight flavors, this unusual cupcake tickles customers’ taste curiosity: “The product is new, it attracts and raises positive questions. It’s a good sign,” says Dina, who plans to take orders for cupcakes for events . “I made my dream come true, and that’s what matters most to me.”
