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Dallas bakery Cake Bar to leave Trinity Groves for new digs after 10 years

Cake Bar's strawberry cake is on the move.

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An acclaimed Dallas bakery is leaving Trinity Groves after 10 years: Cake Bar, which was among the first round of restaurants at the West Dallas incubator complex, will move to a new location in the Medical District, in a center that's slightly off the beaten path at 2629 N. Stemmons Fwy. # 101.

Owner Tracy German says she's relocating to get a larger space.

She opened Cake Bar in Trinity Groves in 2014, after selling cakes out of her house for nearly 14 years. Since then, they’ve also opened a vending stand in the food hall at DFW Airport’s F terminal.

At 1,650 square feet, the new location will be about double the size of the current space and allow German to provide more seating for customers. The new space will allow for about 22 indoor seats and six on the outdoor patio.

It’s a response to customer demand, as she often gets requests for more seats and has to turn away large parties.

“We knew we wanted a little bit more space and a little different configuration to get more people in,” she says.

She also plans to install a trendy, Instagram-able photo wall to make the space more of a destination spot for people to hang out. Otherwise, the new space will look similar to the current Trinity Groves location, with the same, signature bright blue color scheme.

Changes to the business will be purely cosmetic — German says she currently doesn’t have any plans to alter the cake shop’s menu or production.

Cake Bar specializes in cakes in a rainbow variety of flavors, including her signature strawberry cake, plus flavors such as red velvet, Key lime, pina colada, Italian cream, and caramel. Cakes are available by the slice, or in five-inch, eight-inch or half-sheet sizes. The shop also sells cupcakes, cookies, and pound cakes.

German has won much acclaim for her cakes including two CultureMap Tastemaker Award nominations for Best Pastry Chef in 2021 and again in 2023.

The shop's departure represents a big loss for Trinity Groves, where Cake Bar has been one of the biggest success stories since the center debuted in 2013.

German says she will close the Trinity Groves storefront on March 17, and hopes to be open at the new location on March 21.

“I’m excited because it’s a new venture,” she says. “We’ve been here 10 years, and it has truly been a blessing. Dallas has really supported us.”

Ice Cream News

Global gourmet ice cream chain debuts in U.S. with 2 Dallas-area shops

Dumont Ice Cream

An ice cream concept from India has made its U.S. debut, right here in Texas: Called Dumont Creamery & Cafe, it's a ice cream chain founded in Hyderabad that now has two locations in the Dallas area.

Their first location was Frisco, which opened at 1951 FM 423 at the end of 2023; a second location opened in late October in Coppell at 1535 S. Belt Line Rd. #160.

Dumont was founded in 1999 by brothers Vivek and Bhashkaar, and currently has 23 locations in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Vijayawada listed on their website.

Bringing the concept to Texas are local franchisees and friends Sai Sashank and Tarang Tirumala, who moved to the U.S. in 2005 to attend college.

Both have successful consulting careers, but craved a taste of home.

Ice cream is the centerpiece at Dumont with more than two dozen flavors, ranging from gourmet to classics to flavors boasting global influences: from Italian-inspired sorbet to a New Zealand-inspired honey ice cream called "hokey pokey."

There is vanilla, chocolate, and mint chocolate chip — but also unique options such as cake and jam, an ice cream with a vanilla base, bites of cake, and spiced jam; and kheer, a coconut ice cream studded with dried fruits and nuts — a nod to the kheer rice pudding that's one of India's favorite desserts.

A single scoop is $4. They have cups and a cute version of waffle cones: shorter and fatter than usual, to provide a greater ratio of ice cream-to-cone.

In addition to ice cream, they have a beverage program with coffee and espresso drinks such as lattes, plus boba tea. There are also special drinks like falooda — an exotic Indian milkshake with rose syrup and vermicelli — as well as limited-edition drinks like iced kheer, a cool beverage version of that same popular rice pudding dessert.

Both locations are spacious, bright, and clean, with pale green banquettes at Frisco, and pale blue chairs and tables at Coppell. Both feature an astronaut theme with statues and framed photos and cartoons on the wall. The Coppell location also has a mural dedicated to great moments in Coppell history.