Richmond Bride Magazine - Winter/Spring 2021 Issue

The Heart of the Matter: Three Intimate Weddings That Transcended Pandemic Restrictions

December 2020


December 2020

Richmond Bride Magazine - Winter/Spring 2021 Issue

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The A List: The Best of the Best in the Wedding Industry

3rd Place - Wedding Cakes Category
3rd Place - Groom’s Cake Category



Ellyn Hopper, the owner of Fat Rabbit Cakes, has been using Hatch Kitchen for several months to make the cakes and cookies that she sells... Hopper described her business right now, during the pandemic, as ‘oddly enough, very good.’

’Maybe it is the whole comfort food thing, but my business has gotten pretty busy,’ she said. ‘It has shifted gears a little bit. The wedding cakes have gotten smaller and fewer, but the other standard cake orders and other sales I do throughout the week are going quite well.’

April 15, 2020

Fat Rabbit is the offspring of Stella baker Ellyn Hopper’s love of all things pastry. She supplies Hotel Greene with sweet/sour raspberry hand pies or, as she calls them, ‘hoptarts,’ as well as meaty, curried savory options.

December 17, 2019

Coffee and cake. Local roaster Blanchard’s Coffee creates a Holiday Blend, a bull’s-eye of chocolate and spice. Fat Rabbit Cakes, a bespoke cakery, makes Bunny Crack Cake, carrot cake with cardamon and ginger. The two are made for each other — and your mother-in-law. Christmas covered.