Bakeries and patisseries bursting with goodness
Whether you can’t bake bread to save your life or simply believe cookies taste sweeter when there is no mess to clean up, there’s no shame in buying your loaves and baked goods from a pro. These bakeries and patisseries have the best treats in town.
COBS Bread
11169 Ellerslie Road Southwest, Edmonton AB T6W 0E9This bakery makes a whack-load of different breads, all free of added sugar, preservatives and colours. The menu varies each day, and includes chia flax, German rye, whole-wheat sourdough, pumpernickel and challah breads, as well as cheese and chive and apple butterscotch scones. In addition to all these awesome, wholesome breads, the bakers also whip up some sweet treats, such as traditional, cranberry orange and chocolate chip hot cross buns.
Wild Earth Bakery & Cafe
8902 99 St NW, Edmonton AB T6E 3V4This cute bakery is an Edmonton institution. They cater to both celiac and non-celiac clients, with their great-smelling loaves, yummy tarts (a crème brulee tart? It’s like they read my mind!) and their especially good gluten-free monster cookies. The breads range from sort of sweet (pumpkin cranberry apple loaf, chocolate pecan zucchini loaf) to savoury (jalapeno cheddar loaf, garlic sticks). Cakes come by the slice or whole. And the scones, muffins and cinnamon buns are worthy of bringing to a baby shower.
Duchess Bake Shop
10720 124 St NW, Edmonton AB T5M 0H1Known in Edmonton simply as “Duchess,” this shop is known to the rest of the world as Canada’s best patisserie, as per the National Post. There’s often a lineup out the door as people wait to get their fix of macarons, brioche pepin, pain au chocolat, eclairs and key lime tarts. And their croquembouche – I want this tower of hand-filled cream puffs covered in sugar and held together with spun sugar to be at my funeral one day. So that people will talk about it forever.
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