Two Weeks To Go

Two weeks to go:

TTB bakers busy

at the bench....

 

Neighbors tell us "the smells are wonderful".... Alas, we've been in the studio so long that we don't notice the aromas that arise when all that butter, sugar, fruit and eggs are turned into special holiday breads, pastries, cakes and cookies...items we'll be selling for two more special Whidbey Island weekends...

 

Come visit us this weekend -- in Bayview or Langley -- to see, taste, and (yes) buy those holiday items we've been talking about for weeks....butter-rich Italian Panettone (cooled upside down to retain their shape...photo at right), Marzipan Stollen, Scandinavian Julekake, Danish Kringle, decorated cookies, cookie boxes and more....

 

And for those of you who want a special holiday dessert,  Gerry will be baking --- by special order only --- two cakes which we'll be offering for pickup Dec. 23--- two days before Christmas and several days after our last holiday market of the season. (For a sneak peek, check our website: www.tree-topbaking.com. We'll follow up with more information in a separate e-mail soon.) 

 

Meanwhile, we'd like once again to ask for pre-orders. Let us know as soon as you can what you would like and where you would like to pick up you order. Although we'll be baking extra quantities of some items, we rely on pre-orders to determine how much we will bake. This week we'll be selling from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday  in two locations: at the Open Door Gallery + Coffee in the Bayview Cash Store at Bayview Corner, and as part of the Bayview Holiday Market in Langley at the Old Fire Hall on Second Street.

 

Items we'll be baking this week include:

 

Breads

Baguettes, traditional, $3.25 and seeded, $3.75

Campagne (a rustic country French loaf), $6

Five-Seed Multigrain (a hearty wheat/rye bread with flax, pumpkin, sesame, millet, sunflower seeds), $6

Herb Pan Rustique (a crusty free-form loaf with Herbs de Provence), $6

Old Fashioned Cinnamon Bread, plain or iced, $6 (specify whether if you want it plain or iced)

South Whidbey Sourdough (a tangy round loaf full of toasted cracked wheat), $6

Bavarian Farmer's Bread (a darker rye bread with a touch of molasses), $6.

White Chocolate Orange Viennois (white chocolate and orange peel flavor this rich breakfast bread), $4.50.

 

Pastries

Cinnamon Rolls 8-pack, $6.50

Raisin Cinnamon Rolls, $6.50 (pre-order only)

Pecan Sticky Buns 8-pack, $8

New York Crumb Cakes, $4.25 

Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cakes (with cinnamon and apple filling), $6.50

Almond Coffee Cakes (with our special almond paste filling), $6.50

Raspberry Coffee Cakes (brings back memories of Summer), $6.50

 

Special for the Holidays

Marzipan Stollen (a rich, buttery German holiday bread with marzipan filling...coated in powdered sugar), $14

Julekake (a candied fruit-filled Scandinavian bread, flavored with fresh-ground cardamom), $10

Celebration Fruitcake (loads of dates, pineapple, cherries, raisins and pecans with just enough moist cake batter to hold it together...brandy-soaked or plain), $14

Danish Kringle (our best-selling pastry ...an almond paste/raisin filling in a flaky Danish pastry. Covered in sliced almonds and sugar), $14

Italian Panettone (golden raisins, orange and lemon peel in a rich, tall, buttery holiday bread), $14

Fruited Gingerbread (dried cranberries in a zesty, flavorful gingerbread), $4.25

Santa's Cookie Box (24-cookies --- A one-pound-plus assortment of thumbprint, coconut crisps, chocolate biscotti, butter, spiced ginger, divinity cookies and coconut maccarons), $14

Decorated Cookies (2-pack of delicious butter cookies. Trees or snowmen, $5

Pfeffernusse (an old-fashioned anise, cinnamon and allspice cookie, coated in powdered sugar 8-ounce holiday bag, $4.50

Pumpkin Loaf (a moist pumpkin and spice cake topped with pumpkin seeds), $5.50

Cranberry-Orange Loaf (fresh cranberries, orange peel and pecans in a tart/sweet loaf cake), $5.50

Date-Nut Loaf (pecans and sweet dates enrich this memorable loaf cake) $5.50

 

We'll see you Saturday in Langley and Bayview.