A celebrity baker has said she is gutted after her cake shop was ransacked following a break-in over the weekend.

Speaking on Instagram to 108,000 followers, baking star Molly Robbins posted about the incident that occurred on the night of Saturday, October 14.

'Molly Makes Cakes' is known for ultra-realistic cakes and has appeared on Channel 4's TV baking series Extreme Cake Makers, which was also a hit on Netflix.

The talented shop owner opened up Molly's Cake Shop in Bank Street, Rawtenstall, last year, and has been popular with locals ever since.

In her first post. she said: "Last night my lovely little shop was broken into, ransacked and robbed. Gutted.

"Wherever you are guys, pop out this week and spend a fiver on your local high street. I think the universe needs to rebalance itself."

Molly Makes Cakes is rated 4.8 stars out of five on Google, where customers praise the baker for her creations for birthdays, weddings and other special events.

Molly stated that she has been "overwhelmed" by supportive messages since she announced the news of the break-in.

On a second story, she wrote: "Overwhelmed by the supportive messages - we have CCTV footage so hopefully someone recognised him.

"Lots of people asking how they can support - PLEASE shop locally, or if you'd like to help support my hardworking team."

The baker shared a clip of the alleged suspect who can be seen running across the road, opposite the shop and seem to be carrying a bag and wearing all black.

Alongside the video clip, Molly wrote: "Here he is! Hope he stands on Lego every day for a year."

She shared a final story showing a piece of broken glass from the shop.

With an arrow pointing to the jar of dog biscuits, she wrote: "He's even knocked over the jar of free dog biscuits.

"Don't worry dogs of Rawtenstall we will get it all back up and running for you soon!"

Lancashire Police have been approached for comment.