Cupcakes by Daisy coming soon to Thatcham

A new independent coffee shop is opening soon in Thatcham.

Cupcakes by Daisy will be opening in the High Street, offering customers a selection of coffees, pastries, homemade cakes and sandwiches.

The business is taking over the unit occupied by Vaccaro’s Coffee Shop, which closed its doors yesterday (Friday). Before that, the unit was occupied by Mug & Brew.

Founder of Cupcakes by Daisy Kerry Rolls, from Thatcham, has run her own cake business for years.

But she said the decision to open a shop with her husband Jerry came about just this month.

“It's all been a bit of a whirlwind really,” she told newburytoday. “I've had the cake business for probably five years or more, which is really successful.

“It has a lot of local customers and even some from further afield.”

Mrs Rolls left her job in the NHS, where she worked for 12 years, to focus on making cakes about five years ago.

She added: “I started the cakes just before Covid. I was doing that whilst I worked for the NHS. And we just carried on from there.

“We'll just see how it goes for the first few weeks and hopefully we'll be run off our feet.”

The shop will also provide gluten free, dairy free and vegan options – and continue to be dog-friendly.

Works on upgrading the signage and refurbishing the interior are currently under way.

The shop expects to open in early April.