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For the Love of Cake / Cupcakes
For The Love Of Cake opened in January by Adam Finlay and Genevieve Griffin. This Liberty Village newbie is a veritable shrine to the cupcake. Baking up to a dozen...
Dough Bakeshop / Bread
"Dough? Mmmm...that sounds good." Leave it to Emma to immediately understand the visceral reaction invoked in me by the mere name of this new bakeshop on the Danforth. Linked to so...
OMG Baked Goodness / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
OMG Baked Goodness on Dundas West radiates an electric and eclectic energy that justifies its outcry of a name 100%. And the hot pink sign and huge antlers(!) in the...
Hansen's Danish Pastry Shop / Pastries
Hansen's Danish Pastry Shop and its stately black and white sign is hard to miss on this stretch of Pape Avenue, north of the Danforth. Owned by the same family...
Pancho's Bakery / Bread
Pancho's Bakery is a godsend. By way of explanation, here are four main reasons why I love this place: 1. It's simple. I know exactly what I'll find on the inside because...
Wild Earth Bakery and Cafe
Wild Earth Bakery is shiny and brand new. And there's something refreshing about stepping into this Beaches bakery. For one thing, the tables and chairs match, quite the anomaly...
Nadege Patisserie
My road to Nadege Patisserie was longer and harder than I ever could have expected. 4 weeks, to be exact, as our visit fell on their one-month anniversary, and about...4...
She Takes The Cake / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
"I've been baking so long that I just started emailing two years ago," says Adrienne Weinberg, owner of She Takes the Cake bakery café. "It's such a far cry from...
Circles and Squares / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
Circles and Squares Bakery has made countless appearances in my life (and the lives of my "colleagues") since it showed up in the Best Cookies in Toronto poll back in...
Wedding Cake Shoppe / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
On our way to the Wedding Cake Shoppe, Melissa muses, "imagine one of us was going to pick out our wedding cake right now?" The thought is more jarring to...
The Pie Shack / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
"Listen, I'm a pie man," says Tim McConvey, owner of the new Pie Shack in the Beaches. "Me with no pie is like an Esso with no gas." He looks...
Better and Better Bakery / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
Better and Better bakery is just the thing I've been looking for - that is, a good place to work, close to my house with cheap coffee, free internet and...
Altitude Baking / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
I'd heard of Altitude bakery, but didn't know it was in Leslieville until we were walking past it. It was a rainy day. There were only few people on the...
Sweet Flour Bake Shop / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
Sweet Flour Bake Shop always smells like cookies because there are always cookies baking inside the Bloor West Village bakery, or at least whenever there are customers inside, and that's...
Golden Wheat / Bread
To me, the name Golden Wheat is evocative of home made, salt of the earth, old world goodness. On a really sunny spring day, my roommate Alyssa and I...
Red Rose Patisserie / Pastries
I asked my friend Sona to take us to her favourite Persian bakery in Toronto, so she meets us (picks us up... in a car!) at Finch station and drives...
Athens Pastries / Pastries
I ate Athens Pastries' spanakopita for five years without knowing where it was coming from. I used to work in a café that baked them from frozen every morning. We...
World Class Bakers / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
World Class Bakers was in my life for a while before I knew it. Because my shortbread- loving friend was going crazy for the gigantic shortbread cookies at Tan Coffee...
Jack's Bakery & Pastry
There is a lot going on in Jack's Bakery and Pastry: a bunch of guys are watching Portuguese news and eating cake with a guy in an apron, the radio...
Artisano Bakery Cafe / Bread
Artisano Bakery Cafe on Islington offers more than just freshly baked breads. I stopped in with a friend this week after hearing him rave about their lunch offerings, and...
Bagel World / Bagels
I found Bagel World #2 a few months ago (it's been there for six). At the time they were still getting their bagels shipped from Bagel World #1, but told...
Wanda's Pie in the Sky / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
Stepping foot in Wanda's Pie in The Sky is sort of like meeting a famous person. The name of the place has certainly made its rounds about the city. I...
Zane's Patisserie & Boulangerie
We go bursting into Zane's in a flurry of cold air, loud with hats and scarves and camera gear that gets dumped on two of only a few metal stools...
Frangipane / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
The stretch of Dupont that Frangipane Patisserie occupies is a motley collection of businesses, restaurants and chiropractic clinics. The crooked sign looks fresh and bright on the grey street so...
Solero Mediterranean Bakery / Pastries
Solero Mediterranean bakery has stuck a poster on their door advertising their burek, a Serbian version of the Mediterranean phyllo pastry treat. It has confronted and tempted me many a...
The Cupcakery / Cupcakes
My days of messing around with Betty Crocker mixes are through! Wandering down St. Clair Avenue W. one day, I happened upon The Cupcakery, which first opened its doors...
Pasteleria Barreda / Pastries
The first few times I walked past Pasteleria Barreda, the windows were steamy and I couldn't see what was going on inside. But then, I wasn't thinking about bakeries, probably...
Bread and Roses / Pastries
Bread and Roses is the best name for a bakery, enticing as the smell of freshly baked things. Both lured me in off the sidewalk about a year ago. I...
Bom Apetite / Bread
I used to live a block away from Bom Apetite (or Bon Appettite as it appears in some listings). In the grocery store void of Bloor and Lansdowne, it was...
Pain Perdu / Bread
Pain Perdu is small and quiet, adorned with flowers and French music and neat, unimpressive furniture. Regulars sit happily alone in a corner, or quietly chat in French with Yannick,...
LPK's Culinary Groove / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
A recession may not be the best time to open a high end bakery, but if anyone can pull it off it's probably Lesia Kohut and her team at LPK's...
Yummy Stuff / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
For the past five years Yummy Stuff, specializing in custom cakes and decorated cookies, has been a popular online store and commercial bakery. Through word of mouth, business built...
Phipps Bakery Cafe / Pastries
Some mornings, a person just needs a muffin. And Phipps Bakery happens to make the best cornmeal muffins I've ever found - plus, Phipps is a satisfying holdout against the...
Europa Fine Pastries & Bakery / Pastries
Europa Fine Pastries & Bakery just might be the king of custard tarts. These incredibly delicious, flaky Portuguese delicacies sell by the thousands here each week. But obsessing on them...
Miss Cora's Kitchen / Cupcakes
Miss Cora's Kitchen is a bright, cozy bakery and take-out spot tucked under an orange awning in Kensington Market. Miss Cora DeVries herself presides over the warm wood counter...
Brazil Bakery and Pastry / Bread
Far along Dundas Street West, past the quaintness of Little Portugal and beyond the gentrification creeping out from West Queen West, there appears to be a dearth of good eating....
Kensington Natural Bakery and Cafe / Cakes, Pies And Cookies
One of my favourite spots in the city to pick up wheat and gluten-free goods is the Kensington Natural Bakery and Cafe. Found on Bloor St. West across the street...
The Cupcake Shoppe / Cupcakes
Cupcakes are IT. Rather than wedding cakes, there are people opting for wedding cupcakes. This year, instead of the myriad of candles to show how old I turned,...
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- Nadege Patisserie Best pastries in the city! Comparing this place to Clafouti is like comparing true love to a mean old man. Great owners, great food, great location!
- Hot Oven Bakery Hi guys, You have to try their asiago/cracked papper bread. It's the best bread on Bloor. Also, jalapeno bread is to die for.
- For the Love of Cake FOUR DIMENSIONAL CUPCAKE???? Are there not enough silly cupcake gimmicks around. Also, there are at least a dozen cupcake makers in the city, at least, making a cupcake with a filling and...
- The Cupcake Shoppe: No Tricks, All Treats nope, not worth it... the cake and the store EXTREMELY CUTE and so with the 'trend' however the actual cake is overated. The cake is not moist and very dry...
- Life is Sweet I made my way over to ‘life is Sweet’ after reading the reviews on this site and being SUPER CRAZED about cupcakes. But I would have to compare it to...
- Harbord Bakery This bakery can't just be rated for the baked goods alone (which are great). It is a family bakery, a community bakery and anyone who knows the owner, will...
- Long Live the Queen of Tarts Dufflet/Queen of Tarts uses more BS ingredients than most places, why do you think their products have such a long shelf life??? ADDITIVES!
- Long Live the Queen of Tarts Dufflet/Queen of Tarts uses more BS ingredients than most places, why do you think their products have such a long shelf life??? ADDITIVES!
- For the Love of Cake I especially like the Japanese Ginger! All the cupcakes are great though...
- Thobors Boulangerie Patisserie Cafe Spring and summer Sunday mornings here...mmmm.:)
- Life is Sweet Hands down the best cupcakes in the city, and all of the staff have been nothing but awesome every time I visit
- Brick Street Bakery Easily the best sandwiches in Toronto.
- Bagel World This place has been closed for months now. This review is just for posterity's sake.
- For the Love of Cake Their vanilla cupcake is "spongy" because it's angel food cake, duh! The filling is real strawberry puree so uh, yeah it's wet, the icing is icing, so it's sweet and...
- Hot Oven Bakery love empires cookies and carrot cake. They have great samosas and beef rolls. Girls are very friendly and patient specially when dealing with seniors.
- For the Love of Cake Bone dry farting dust cupcake... funniest thing I have ever read on this site so far.. I agree its always best to master the basics before you go in...
- Hot Oven Bakery As for the decorations, I agree with Elga, these guys are doing a great job making their window inviting. I specially liked the way they decorated it for the St....
- Hot Oven Bakery Hi everyone! Besides the meat pies this bakery on Bloor sells excellent fruit pies. Don't miss the chance to try the blueberry and strawberry rhurbarb pie. They also have little cherry...
- She Takes The Cake She is evil
- She Takes The Cake I agree with pastrylvr /
- For the Love of Cake always someone with the 'veggie bacon'. The POINT of it is that it's BACON. On a CUPCAKE. 'Veggie bacon'. sheesh.
- For the Love of Cake always someone with the 'veggie bacon'. The POINT of the cupcake is it has BACON on it. Veggie bacon. Sheesh.
- Hot Oven Bakery Hi there you pie lover! First of all welcome to the area and I hope you like it. As far as I'm concerned, this bakery is the perfect place to satisfy your...
- For the Love of Cake I wonder if they'd ever consider putting veggie bacon on a cupcake.
- For the Love of Cake I am a regular there now. Not only are the cupcakes unearthly, the staff is amazing and friendly. I'm a fan for life.
- For the Love of Cake I was sooo excited when I heard about this place! I love cupcakes and it's nice to have a place so close to work. I was very disappointed after going...
- For the Love of Cake i went by there yesterday with about 5 co-workers and we were unimpressed. very little in terms of selection, and the cupcakes didn't live up to the hype of the...
- For the Love of Cake My favourite fake man-name and man-reply to this post thus far.
- For the Love of Cake My favourite fake man-name and man-reply to this post thus far.
- For the Love of Cake and minus the whiskey but keeping the guinness :p
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