Halloween Weekend

This weekend is Halloween and people always buy their favorite candy to give out.
The favorite thing for me to get, by far, was a homemade popcorn ball. I think there are a couple of reasons for that. One is that my mother used to make over one hundred of them to give away on Halloween, and that and Christmas would be only times we would get the treats. The second reason is because they were homemade and you could taste the time and care that went into them. I think that is why I like having a little bakery, I can take some time and make things that people ask for, to make them feel as though their treat was special, just like a popcorn ball was to me. I hope when you come into the bakery you can taste the care we put into our treats, no tricks just honest to goodness ingredients and caring.

Regular Bakery choices for this weekend:

Shortenbread dipped in chocolate
Raspberry Turnovers
Cinnamon Rolls
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Cranberry Scones
Mixed Berry Muffins

Gingersnaps
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Focacia Bread
Ten Grain Bread

Gluten Free Choices for this weekend:

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Macaroons
Fruit Coffee Cake
Seven Layer Bars

Pretend Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies

Focaccia Bread
Sourdough Bread

Boston Expo

This weekend will be pure pleasure to be at the bakery. Sara, Melanie and I are attending the Northeast Health Food Expo in Boston and everytime I go, I learn so much from the workshops and see so many different ways to prepare foods. This is also our last hurrah before Melanie goes to Texas for the winter and Sara and I prepare for our move into a permanent, bigger place. So I am posting the menu this week, but hope you will allow me a few differences if I find something incredible that I must try upon returning.

REGULAR

Braided Challah Bread
Honey Graham Bread
Whole Wheat and Flax Seed Bread
Sourdough Baquettes

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Fruit Scones
Blueberry Muffins
Cranberry Nut Bars
Cinnamon Rolls
Fruit Pinwheels

Gingersnaps
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

GLUTEN FREE

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

Molasses Crinkle Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brioche Bread
Olive Oil Bread

Columbus Day Weekend

It seems surreal that Columbus Day weekend is already upon us! We are catering a party of one hundred this weekend, have a wedding cake to make and two birthday cakes. But even better than all of that (which is great) I get to babysit my grandson on Friday night:) Melanie and Bryan are getting ready for their move to Austin, Texas for the winter and I will miss them like crazy!!! Luckily, my daughter Angela wants to work more at the bakery and she is an absolute joy! The new floor is in for the kitchen of the new bakery downtown and I am excited to put up shelving and begin the painting, just waiting on the state to say go ahead. Once we move the equipment into the kitchen we will be able to start painting the retail and coffee shop space as well. It looks like we are planning our move for after Christmas, if all goes as planned. Keep your fingers crossed and thank you for all the good wishes!

I hope to see you this weekend and that you enjoy this last burst of Early Autumn weather we are suppose to have.

REGULAR MENU FOR SATURDAY
Coconut Macaroons
Gingersnaps
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Cupcakes (flavor TBD)
Cranberry Nut Bars
Baked Doughnuts
Cinnamon Rolls
Fruit Scones
Apple Streusel Muffins
Pumpkin Cheesecake

Baquettes
High Protein Bread
Ten Grain Bread

GLUTEN FREE MENU
Apple Bread
Doughnuts
Toffee Bars
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Cinnamon Rolls
Coconut Macaroons

Vegan Pretend Peanut Butter Cookies (No Peanut Butter ever used)
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Assorted Breads
Hamburger/Sandwich Rolls

Marathon Weekend on Newfound Lake

It is Friday night and Melanie and I are at the bakery getting prepared for tomorrow, when it dawned on me "Oh, no I didn't do the blog this week!" So here it is, late but done :)
We catered a great wedding last week for 125 people and that makes eight weddings this season as well as a dozen wedding cakes. This makes us happy to see our business grow and we do not take for granted that our customers make this happen, so thank you!

If you are running by this weekend (for the marathon) or just driving around waiting for your favorite runner, stop in and visit us.

The menu this week includes some new items and some of our favorites:

GLUTEN FREE

Chocolate Chunk Brownie Bars
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Blueberry Millet Muffins
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Coconut Macaroons
Banan Blueberry Bread
Baked Doughnuts

Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pretend Peanut Butter Cookies (we never use peanut butter but you won't be able to tell)
Coconut Date Hedgehogs

Sandwich/Hamburger Rolls
Multigrain Bread
Sourdough Bread

* Remember that a lot of our gluten free baked goods are also dairy, soy and egg free as well **

REGULAR

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Blueberry Muffins
Coconut Macaroons
Cranberry Nut Bars
Cinnamon Rolls
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Fruit Scones

Gingersnap cookies
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Baguettes
Spelt Bread
Three Seed Bread

September 25th

The bakery is closed September 18th, but we will reopen on Saturday, September 25th.
September 18th is our traditional family weekend and a chance for my family to remember what I look like:)

After the 18th we will reopen and be open on Saturdays. During the week we are still catering and creating cakes as well as accepting bakery orders for Saturday pick up.

The bakery selections for the 25th are:

Quinoa Bread, High Protein Bread, Honey Wheat Bread, Baquettes

Carrot Cake Whoopee Pies
Spelt Cinnamon Rolls
Fruit Scones
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Cranberry Nut Bars
Blueberry Coffee Cake

Gingersnap Cookies
Kitchen Sink Cookies

GLUTEN FREE

Multigrain Bread
Hamburger Rolls
Bricohe Bread
Sourdough Bread

Carrot Cake Whoopee Pies
Banana Blueberry Bread
Macaroons
Chocolate Orange Brownies
Coffee Cake

Chocolate Chip Vegan Cookies
Hedgehogs
Pretend Peanut Butter Cookies (no peanut butter)

****Baked Doughnuts***

After Labor Day

Tomorrow is Labor Day and I am ready for a day of rest, although I think I will spend most of it working on the new bakery building. Melanie and I really appreciate your business this past summer season! Thank you!! We will be open on Saturdays throughout the year, with the exception of Saturday, September 18th and Saturday December 25th. One is for family weekend and the other is for Christmas.
We will still accept your orders throughout the week to be picked up on Saturday or by other arrangement. Our full service catering is available year round. I will try to get back in the swing and post the upcoming week's menu for you, remembering that it could change if there are a lot of special requests.

For your update on the new building, it is coming along nicely. We have repaired all of the dormers, replaced roofing, tore down chimneys, insulated the attic, painted the third and second floor and reurethaned the second and third story flooring. As well we updated the lighting on those floors, ripped out a bathroom, installed a washer/dryer hook ups, ripped out a kitchen and reinstalled a new one in the third floor apartment. Sara and I have begun work on the ground level now. I ripped up the carpet (and broke a pipe and set off the alarm in the process)and Sara has been very busy ripping up parts of the old commercial kitchen. If you look in the windows you will see a lot of the kitchen equipment sitting in the dining room waiting to be either taken to the scrap yard or reconditioned and cleaned to be used when we move in. I will keep updated as we progress.

I hope everyone has a fantastic Labor Day Weekend!

REGULAR MENU for Saturday, September 11th

White Spelt Cinnamon Bread
Baguettes
High Protein Bread
Ten Grain Bread

Carrot Cake Whoopee Pies
Spelt Cinnamon Rolls
Chocolate Ganache Cake
Cranberry Scones
Fruit Muffins
Apple Tarts

Gingersnap Cookies
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

GLUTEN FREE MENU

Brioche
Sourdough Bread
Hamburger/Sandwich Rolls

Carrot Cake Whoopee Pies
Banana Blueberry Bread
Chocolate Cupcakes
Macaroons
Apple Tarts

Chocolate Chip Vegan Cookies
Hedgehogs

August happenings

This upcoming weekend (August 7th) is Melanie and Bryan's wedding! For those of you who know Mel you know that it is not going to be your typical celebration. She has spent endless days and hours making creative spaces and events for the children and adults, so noone has an excuse to be bored. For food we will have an eight foot ice cream topping table, a smoothie bar, a regular bar, and American Diner and a French Bistro and lets not forget the dessert table. All set up on different tiers and very classy. I will try to post pictures after the weekend.
We are doing the food and it is also at my house (125 people) so needless to say we are tired now but we will be very tired after the gala event!! The bakery will be closed Saturday, the day of the wedding and reopen Thursday the 12th. The reason for the long break is that my oldest daughter is suppose to have her first baby (my second grandchild) that week and my husband and I are taking a few days to go visit her. Thank you for understanding that family comes first and these two events are once upon a time events. We look forward to seeing you again, on the 12th.

Between all the work preparing for the wedding we have also been working on our new building that we will move into Spring of '11. The roof and dormers have been fixed and or replaced, an old chimney taken down, storm windows ordered for the beautiful (not heat friendly) windows on the third floor, Sara and I will be tackling insulating the attic (thankfully the walls were insulated), the second and third floors have been repainted and the floors that needed it were sanded and reurethaned.
The plan is to combine Blue Skies Natural Foods and The Cornucopia Bakery into one space, adding more local foods and product as well as a sit down area for a coffee cafe and smoothie bar, fresh fruit cups, homemade granola, yogurt, steel cut oats in ten different flavors (such as Grandma's favorite) and a Sunday breakfast buffet.
The basement pub overlooking the river will be transformed into a deli featuring (gluten free)Boar's Head Meats, homemade soups, sandwiches, salads and a daily hot entree special.

Phew! I am tired just writing all of this! Take care and I hope we will see you soon!