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Jen Barney’s reputation for creating desserts that look as exquisite as they taste is now known nationwide. The Wisconsin-based pastry chef and owner of Meringue Bakery catapulted to fame and proved her fierce culinary skills by winning two Food Network Baking Championship Titles.

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About Jen Barney

Jen Barney’s reputation for creating desserts that look as exquisite as they taste is now known nationwide. The Wisconsin-based pastry chef and owner of Meringue Bakery catapulted to fame and proved her fierce culinary skills by winning two Food Network Baking Championship Titles.

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Signature Cakes

3 tier White Wedding Cake with Sugar Peonies

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Cafe Menu

Meringue Bakery & Cafe

Downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin

Visit our bakery and cafe for award winning wedding cakes, pastries, croissants, espresso, and so much more! All our menu uses high quality ingredients and is made from scratch by our talented pastry chefs.

Meringue Bakery & Cafe

Downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin

Visit our bakery and cafe for award winning wedding cakes, pastries, croissants, espresso, and so much more! All our menu uses high quality ingredients and is made from scratch by our talented pastry chefs.

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Two-time Food Network Baking Champion. My name is Jen Barney and I own Meringue Bakery.

The importance of great photography. I love going

The importance of great photography. I love going through old photographs of our desserts. My husband, Brian Barney, started to learn photography as a way to help my business. We have come a long way - and we still have a lot more to learn. However, it does feel good to be at a place where I know how to make my product look nice. I wanted to share a couple of photos with you. The first is taken by the talented @brittanyeitsertphoto. The second was taken with my phone in bad lighting just a couple hours ahead of Brittany. What a difference!

Still one of my favorites. We called this cake "T

Still one of my favorites. We called this cake "The Maroon Goddess". It features sugar flowers and hand painted fondant. #cake #cakedecorating #satinice #satinicefondant #sugarflowers #weddingcake #weddingcakes #maroon #burgandy #autumnwedding #lacrossewi #wi #wisco

Beautiful modern boho wedding cake. Decorated by

Beautiful modern boho wedding cake. Decorated by the talented Jessica Miller.
#cakedecorating #redcake #autumncake #autumnwedding #boho #bohostyle #wisconsin #wisco #weddingcakes #wisconsinwedding #lacrossewi

Good Morning! I just walked through the kitchen t

Good Morning! I just walked through the kitchen to get a snapshot of what everyone is up to. Jessica is frosting chocolate ganache cupcakes for a wedding. Max is frosting red velvet cupcakes for a wedding. Lily is just finishing the morning dishes. Quin is making chai tea from scratch. We have a really fun wedding cake being delivered today that will have edible tartan (traditional Scottish plaid) drapping around the cake! See you at the bakery!

Taste testing our new fall & holiday case items.

Taste testing our new fall & holiday case items. Our talented Pastry Chef Jill Peterson has come up with two hits: The first is a gluten friendly caramel apple entremet with a buckwheat cake. The second is an espresso hazelnut and chocolate mousse cake. Today we are testing a pumpkin cheesecake with a chai and honey Bavarian cream.

Don't leave the pumpkin butter alone :( I only wal

Don't leave the pumpkin butter alone :( I only walked away for 3 minutes! Happy Monday everyone! We are working on our new French Mac flavors today. Pumpkin pie is a new flavor!

Burgandy & gold cake & cupcake table. What a beau

Burgandy & gold cake & cupcake table. What a beautiful day for a fall wedding.

A wisconsin lake-at-sunset inspired cake trio! #wi

A wisconsin lake-at-sunset inspired cake trio!
#wisconsin #wisco #sunset #wi #lacrossewi

We get up early every day to help you celebrate li

We get up early every day to help you celebrate life's milestones with amazing desserts. Thank you for allowing us to do what we love. #bakerylife #bakery #cafe

Great news! We are OPEN! New to the menu: our fa

Great news! We are OPEN! New to the menu: our fall harvest chai. It is a peppery homemade chai with hints of pumpkin and ginger and (of course) @organicvalley milk. It is our new staff favorite and it will warm your heart, calm your mind, and give you comfort in these uncertain times!
#lacrossewi #wi #chai #organicvalley #yummy #sweaterweather

How beautiful. Thank you @jamesstokesphoto for th

How beautiful. Thank you @jamesstokesphoto for the gorgeous picture.

This week we will be making our first round of fal

This week we will be making our first round of fall and holiday inspired French Macarons. The new flavors will be: cranberry orange, pumpkin pie, apple spice, chai honey, and chocolate caramel. I am dreaming up a popcorn butterscotch flavor as well, but it still needs to be tested.

Proud to be apart of such a great cake. The cake

Modern baby cake. The fox is totally edible and w

Modern baby cake. The fox is totally edible and was made by our talented Jessica Miller. The cake flavors were double chocolate and passion fruit mango. It was gender reveal cake! #babycake #babyshower #moderncake #geometric #fox #wisconsin #lacrossewi #goldcake #turquoise #pastel #twotiercake #wisco #wi #cakedecorating #satinicefondant #cakedecorator

Classic white wedding cake @meringuebakery The ca

Classic white wedding cake @meringuebakery
The cake flavors were red velvet & chocolate cherry balsamic. Flowers from @monet.floral

#weddingcakes #weddingcake #wedding #cake #wisconsin #wisconsinbride #wi #lacrossewi #yummy #whitecake #tieredcake #elegant #foodie #bakery #wisconsinwedding #foodart #modernbride #buttercream #satinice

Any cake can look beautiful with flowers from @mon

Any cake can look beautiful with flowers from @monet.floral and a gorgeous location @cedarcreekcountryclub

Bourban Nut Tarts are just about to come out of th

Bourban Nut Tarts are just about to come out of the oven! This would perfectly with our @organicvalley vanilla bean latte! See you at the bakery!
#pistachio #butter #organicvalley #almonds #peanuts #caramel #pecans #yummy #tasty #wisconsin #wi #lacrossewi #delicious #dessert

We were very excited to be able to make this Harry

We were very excited to be able to make this Harry Potter Cake. We have just started watching the movies with our daughter Millie.
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#cake #cakedesign #harrypotter #tastemeringue #birthdaycake #wisconsin #wi #baker #bakery #cakedecorating #sweet #foodie #harrypottercake #wizard #baking #cakedecorator #birthdaycake

Harry Potter themed drip cake. The flavor is a dou

Harry Potter themed drip cake. The flavor is a double chocolate cake. #harrypotter #wizard #harry #happybirthday #birthdaycake #dripcake #chocolate #callebautchocolate #yellow #maroon #stripes #bakery #pastrychef #wisconsin #lacrossewi #wi

Bakery is being featured on @jasonshowtv today aro

Bakery is being featured on @jasonshowtv today around 10:45 on FOX.

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