Designer cakes to theme cakes: Hyderabad doctor-owned `Country Oven' takes baking to next level

A New Year celebration without cutting a cake is boring. Not just an ordinary cake, it has to be a designer one. It has to be a photo cake, a theme cake, or a designer cake. Nowadays, cake designs are trending. Be it birthday cakes, marriage cakes, anniversary cakes, or any other celebration. Everyone wants a designer cake with socially relevant messages, says Hari Prasad Mullapudi, Director of Country Oven. Country Oven is one of the oldest bakeries located at Greenlands, Ameerpet. With 30 years in business, it is all geared up for trendy, designer, and theme cakes. Country Oven, unlike many bakeries, is a different one. It has been founded by a doctor. It started as a passion. Today the city has well over 500 bakeries. But this one stands out for its quality. Though bakery food is considered junk food, the ingredients we use are healthy and safe, unlike many "We are a doctor family. I myself am a doctor. We don't compromise on quality, she said. We have three branches in the USA and three in the city and one in Warangal. We would like to add a couple of more branches in the city. We are also exploring Vegan Bakery Products. We have well over 200 employees working for us. Nearly 30 lakh customers patronize our outlets each year. Public trusts in us. We sell well over several thousand cakes each month. On occasions like Christmas and New Year, we sell many more. We were the first Bakery in India to introduce e-commerce way back in 1998. It has served NT Rama Rao, and PV Narsimha Rao, by supplying the biggest-ever cakes of 60kgs and 70 kgs in those days, says Niharika.