4/20 + Earth Day
Keep your eye on our cookie shelves for our leaf-decorated shortbread for 4/20 and world-decorated shortbread for Earth Day!
CINCO DE MAYO
For Cinco de Mayo, we are very excited to bring back Conchas and Empanadas! Conchas are a traditional Mexican sweet roll (pan dulce) – fluffy, slightly sweet, topped with a crunchy, brightly colored sugar crust and stamped to look like a shell. This year, we will have chocolate-flavored conchas, as well as conchas in the colors of the Mexican flag. We will also have two types of Empanadas, but more on empanada flavor soon! Lastly, we will have our classic shortbread cookies decorated as Mexican flags, in addition to a few limited-time shortbread flavors made just for the holiday! Dates of availability and pricing coming soon.
MOTHER’S DAY
For Mother’s Day, we are offering Tres Leches Cake! Packaged as individual slices, the double-layer vanilla sponge cake in soaked in three kinds of milk and accessorized with strawberries inside and out. Dates of availability and pricing coming soon. Tres Leches Cake will be available for PRE-ORDER!
As well, watch our shelves for Mother’s Day pink shortbread hearts, dipped in either white or dark chocolate, each with a unique nickname for mom.
PAST HOLIDAYS BELOW!
EASTER
Of course, the Hot Cross Buns! Fluffy buns with spiced currants and orange rind with a finger-licking-good icing of cream and sugar. Available Wednesday 3/20- Monday 4/1. Come by the bakery to grab a couple, but if ordering in sets of half-dozen for the very busy Easter weekend, Friday 3/29- Sunday 3/31, PRE-ORDER ONLINE.
We are also featuring our highly sought-after Carrot Cake: light carrot cake with an icing of cream cheese, butter, walnuts, coconut, and golden raisins, accessorized with chocolate bunnies roaming in the buttercream scenery. Limited quantity available for walk-in purchases, but should you rest assured that there is a cake all yours for Easter weekend, Friday 3/29- Sunday 3/31, PRE-ORDER ONLINE.
As we have been doing weekend pies, the pie for Easter weekend shall be Strawberry Ricotta. A layer of ricotta topped with a strawberry compote nestled in a flaky crust— it’s a delicious proclamation of the spring’s return! Unfortunately not available for pre-order. Come and get a large or small one in store while it’s available Friday 3/29-Sunday 3/31.
And, cookies galore! Decorated Easter Eggs to rival Faberge’s (if he did his best work in cookies!) , Ducks all in a row, and packages of Easter-colored butter cookies. Come find these on our shelves.
PASSOVER
Wheat-free, yet abundantly chocolatey products for Passover celebration: Macaroons chocolate-dipped and not, and Chocolate Orange Almond Cake. Cake available for pre-order Saturday 4/20 through Monday 4/22 (remember, we are closed Tuesdays!). Cakes will also be available for walk-in sales until we sell out. PRE-ORDER ONLINE
Find macaroons in store starting Wednesday 4/17. They are sold individually in store, as well as in festive gold boxes of six large ones and cellophane bags of 8 mini cuties. Pre-order a festively packaged box for Saturday 4/20 through Monday 4/22. PRE-ORDER ONLINE
PI DAY
Our personal favorite! For Pi Day we will have two types of pie, either a Triple Berry Crumble pie or a Cardamom Roasted Pear Frangipane pie. We will also have individual pies (serves 1-2) for $13 or large pies for $27 (serves 6-8). Available Wednesday 3/13 and Thursday 3/14. Pre-order with the button above to secure a pie for you and your hap-pie-ness!
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Watch out for decorated Clover Leaf cookies, as well as by Irish Soda Bread! One bite of that soda bread, and you'll be Fanta-sizing about the whole loaf, with a little a Pepsi in your step, you'll feel Sprite-ly for the rest of the day. It's a guarantee. Our soda bread will be available Friday 3/15 through Monday 3/18. Pre-order with the link above for the large Soda bread loaves.
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
49ers are in the Super Bowl this year! Instead of our annual two flavors of pizza run-off, this year we are all in for our local team! One flavor of pizza: gold potatoes, black olives, mozzarella, feta, and chipotle pesto. Available at 10am.
This year we are doing something very special. We are making limited edition 49ers’ logo pizza. You can win along with the 49ers! Purchase $1 raffle tickets, online or in store for a chance to win a free pizza. Three lucky winners will be announced Saturday 2/10 for pickup starting at 10am Super Bowl Sunday 2/11! PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKET
VALENTINE’S DAY
This year, 2024, we will be open on Tuesday 2/13, so you can get your Mardi Gras cake on the day of, and your Valentine’s treats early. ( We are usually closed on Tuesdays) .
We will be open Tuesday 2/13 only 9am-3pm, serving Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras items, regular cookies and coffee.
For Valentine’s Day, available on Tuesday 2/13 and 2/14, we shall have:
Fancy gold box packaged Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries. Six giant red strawberries dipped in variety of dark chocolate, white chocolate, some accessorized with toasted almonds or coconut flakes. $15 PRE-ORDER ONLINE
Chocolate cupcakes with raspberry-white chocolate ganache, $5 PRE-ORDER ONLINE
A variety of decorated pink heart, chocolate-dipped shortbreads: reminiscent of Sweetie candies, but updated for the modern lovers.
Heart-shaped bagged butter cookies, ready for the gifting.
MARDI GRAS
And for Mardi Gras, there are festive tri-color sugar treats! Mardi Gras falls on a Tuesday, a day when we are closed.
Kings’ Cake: A brioche ring with a filling of pecans and spiced molasses, tri-color glittery sprinkles on top, baby Jesus on the side! Whoever gets the baby Jesus in their slice is King for a Day! Small Mardi Gras cakes available for walk-in, but please pre-order the large ones in advance, $26 PRE-ORDER ONLINE
CHRISTMAS 2023
Our ONLINE STORE is ready to accept your pre-orders of Christmas products for pick-up on 12/20-12/24.
All special holiday offerings and breads are available on 12/23 and 12/24. Some products may be available on our shelves ahead of time; such as Decorated Cookies and Gingerbread People, Stollen and Fruitcake. Watch out for Decorated Cookies sold as unique boxed sets of 6, Butter Cookies, Swissies- who knows what seasonal cookies you shall find on our shelves: Santa Claus, snowflake, snowfolks, Gingerbread people, Christmas tree? We don’t know yet; we’ll see what we’ll make :). Prices and selections vary.
PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE PIE- it’s such a hit for Thanksgiving, we now carry it for Christmas time too! A twist on a traditional pumpkin pie, this pie is its cooler, smoother upscale cousin. With all the taste of pumpkin, the velvet mouthfeel of cream cheese custard and rounded out with warm spices, enveloped into a flaky crust, you might not go back to regular pumpkin pie again. Ever. Available starting 12/20, $32/large, $15/small.
BOURBON PECAN PIE- toasted pecans floating ever so boozily along a velvety custard. Available starting 12/14, to get you in a celebratory mood for Christmas. $38/large, $16/small.
BUCHE DE NOEL- This is our piece de resistance! Crafted over several days, our Buche is a masterpiece: a ganache-covered rum-syrup brushed almond sponge cake, rolled around a chocolate hazelnut praline buttercream, accessorized with flower, mushroom, and berry confections. Because our Buche is truly a labor of love, we highly recommend preordering this item if you would like to secure one for your table; there will be few available for walk up sales. Available starting 12/17, $54.
FRUITCAKE- you want more booze; you got it! These mighty little fruitcakes, chock-full of dried fruits (raisins, cherries, currants, papaya, pineapple, apricot-all soaked in brandy) and almond—how do they ever hold together?— are triple-brushed with spiced rum and finished with an apricot glaze. These make for delightful gifts, and, preserved in all that alcohol, they are hardly even perishable! These are already available on our shelves, if you cannot wait until Christmas. $28.
MARZIPAN STOLLEN- a traditional German Christmas time confectionary, this dough lightly sweetened with fruits, is folded over a marzipan core and twice-dipped in powdered sugar. Enjoy as is! But for most divine results, I recommend toasting a slice! $28.
APPLE CRISP- apples baked under an almond oat sreusel, this one is a pleaser with the wheat-free and vegan crowd, as well as baked food omnivores, $27.
WINE- POACHED QUINCE and CRANBERRY GALETTE- this concoction merges the most delicious things into one pastry: flaky pie dough, white-wine poached aromatic quince, frangipane (almond cream), fresh cranberries, and apricot glaze. A sophisticated adult treat, available 12/20. Serves 1-2 servings. $10.
And that’s not all! there is a full complement of specialty Sourdough Loaves and rolls, Buttermilk rolls, in-house made buttery Pie Crusts, Candied Orange Bread Pudding, Pumpkin Cranberry Teacake.
Check out our ONLINE STORE to pre-order items for 12/20-12/24.
CHANUKAH 2023
Chocolate Rugelach- addictive chocolatey small bites: chocolate filling rolled into flaky sour cream crust. Available starting Wednesday 12/6 either as individual pieces ($2) for snacking on, or in festively packaged bags ($14 for 8) for gifting, until 12/15.
Decorated Menorah and Dreidel Cookies- appropriately themed shortbread cookies, decorated in the very fetching seasonal blues and whites. Available starting Wednesday 12/6, either individually or in gift boxes. Choose between menorah, each of the four letters of the dreidel and Star of David, $4/each. Golden gift boxes contain one of each (6 total), $24.
OCTOBER 2023: HALLOWEEN, DAY OF THE DEAD, and a MONTH FULL (mouth full?) OF COOKIES
You know our Pan de Muerto (Day of the Dead) Bread is delicious! We already hear you asking about it weeks in advance. Soft, fluffy, with a hint of anise and orange, glazed with orange syrup and sprinkled with sugar, it is shaped either like a person ( or a doll), or a round loaf.
Small rolls and a few loaves available Friday-Sunday 10/27-10/29.
PRE-ORDER now to make sure you get your loaf for the celebration for Wednesday 11/1 or the procession on Thursday 11/2; they tend to sell out quickly!
Check out our very fun cookies too! The ridiculously popular Decorated Skull Cookies, colorful or black and white, coming to the store shelves starting Wednesday 10/18. Fall-themed and Halloween cookies are starting in October, bakers’ choice: Pumpkins, Jack’o lanterns, and White-sheet Ghosts: haunt them down on our shelves.
Rice Krispie treats, drizzled with dark chocolate will appear closer to Halloween . And, since pie is now an every weekend occasion, watch out for seasonally themed Pie: it just might be Scare-amel Apple Pie! Fruit Scones might also get festively spooky leading up to Halloween, featuring scaramel and booberries.
THANKSGIVING is coming!
Let the people eat pie (in addition to bread)! Go for our perennial favorite, the delicious velvety creamy Pumpkin Pie, or our relative newcomer, the very sought-after Caramel Apple Pie. Or choose the Vegan, Wheat-free Apple Crisp instead. We are also offering conveniently pre-made Pastry Boxes with an assortment of muffins, scones and brioche; as well as Cookie Boxes, a baker’s dozen of our selections— a smart way to do breakfast on Friday morning, or dessert Thursday night! In case you want to wow your household with a homemade pie, we’ll help you along with our in-house made pie crusts. We’ll also have Brandy Chocolate Bread Pudding, Butter Cookies, Swissies and Ginger Teacake. Should you choose to thank your hosts with seasonally appropriate cookies, we got you packaged too: pumpkin and turkey Decorated Shortbread Cookies hanging out together in an alluring box.
PRE-ORDER Online now to make sure your table is not left behind without all these extremely delicious and appealing holiday baked goods!
As usual, there shall be specialty sourdough breads in addition to our daily City and Suburban sourdough bread: Rosemary, Kalamata Olive, and Walnut Sourdoughs will be available as loaves and rolls, and those super popular Honey Buttermilk rolls! Don’t forget city rolls and baguettes! Serve any of these breads up as appetizers, along with dinner, or mop up the remainder of your meal!
We are OPEN WEDNESDAY 11/22, 8am-7pm. We shall have out full selection of goods as well as additional holiday products on Wednesday.
For those last-minute planners, we are OPEN THANKSGIVING THURSDAY, 11/23, from 8am-1pm to pick up pre-orders or walk-up sales. We shall have all the same breads as Wednesdays, as well as holiday pies and special products. However, we shall have only Lightbake pizzas on Thursday, and the regular selection of breakfast items, i.e. scones, muffins will be more limited.
In other good news, we will be offering our Pumpkin Pies early on the weekends: Friday 10/11- Sunday 11/12 and Friday 11/17- Sunday 11/19. That way, you can assuage your early cravings and sample our pies so you know exactly what deliciousness you’ll be getting into come Thanksgiving. (And, heads up, due to popular demand we will be carrying our Pumpkin Pies come Christmas too.)
Thanksgiving PRE-ORDERING is now live Online. Christmas pre-ordering soon to follow.
We will be CLOSED Friday 11/24, back to regular hours Saturday 11/25.
Happy Holidays!
ROSH HASHANA 2023
For the Jewish New Year, we shall have, as usual and customary, raisin Crown Challah and Apple Honey Cake.
Crown Challah will be available Friday 9/15, Saturday 9/16 and Sunday 9/17. An amped up version of our Friday Challah, this round-braided beauty is sweet with supple golden raisins. Whether it be a centerpiece of your festive table, or an irresistibly delectable treat just once a year, PRE-ORDER ONLINE.
Watch out for Apple Honey cake on our shelves starting Wednesday 9/13. The version we make is not the dense poundcake; this one has a moist fluffy crumb and is topped with cinnamon-sugar apples. Apple Honey Cake comes in two sizes- small serves about 2-4; large about 6-8. It behooves you to PRE-ORDER ONLINE.
ROSCA de REYES
Our first treat of the year is Rosca de Reyes, a ring-shaped bread to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, or Three King's Day, the last day of Christmas season. In Mexico this tradition is observed more so, since the children receive their gifts from the three Kings, rather than from Santa Claus.
A small doll figure is hidden in the bread to represent the hiding of baby Jesus from King Herod's troops. According to tradition, whoever finds the doll in their slice of cake has to give a party on February 2, Dia de la Candelaria, serving their guests tamales and atole.
Our Rosca is a brioche dough with a filling of spiced pecans and molasses, cake top decorated with dried fruits. We serve our baby Jesus on the side, so you can have the pleasure of hiding it in the cake yourself!
SUMMER PIE!
Well, we sure know you like Pie! Every time a pie-associated holiday comes around, we cannot make enough to satisfy demand and almost surely sell out… That means, we need more pie days: On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in August and September, there shall be Pie. One different flavor combination each weekend, depending on fruits in season and the whimsy of the pie maker. A limited number of large ones available, and quite a number of little cuties.
For inspiration, look below. Your pie could look very similar to the one on 4th of July. So far the flavors have been: Nectarine Blackberry, Plum Raspberry with Oat- Cardamom Crumble, Plum Ginger Blackberry with Candied Ginger Crumble, Brown Sugar Peach, Nectarine Citrus.
Update: the pies are so popular, we are considering extending them weekends year-round. Watch this page for updates!
JULY 4
Strawberry- Blueberry Pie, with a crumble atop. Serve up these pies with whipped cream for a flag-color treat, or enjoy as is.
PRE-ORDER ONLINE; these will fly off the shelves. Your choice of a large pie ($26, 6-8 servings) or a small pie ($11, 1-2 servings). Available Saturday 7/2 through Monday 7/4, until we sell out.
PURIM
Hamentaschen! For Purim we shall have triangular shortbread cookies, either with poppy seeds or with housemate apricot jam. Available starting Friday 3/11 until 3/17 or sell out. Not available for pre-order online; get them in store!
SF PRIDE WEEKEND
For SF Pride our store turns very colorful! Watch out for our very popular Rainbow cupcakes. Red Velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting in the colors of the rainbow flag. A fun treat to take with to the streets this Pride weekend.
Watch out for the many decorated rainbow or trans flag cookies and Pink Lavender triangles.
Available Friday 6/25- Monday 6/28 or until sold-out. $4.50 each.
CINCO DE MAYO and MOTHER’s DAY
We are excited for the first time to offer conchas for Cinco de Mayo. Concha is a traditional Mexican sweet rolls (pan dulce) is a fluffy, slightly sweet, and topped with a crunchy, brightly colored sugar crust, hand decorated with patterns to look like a concha, or shell! Available 5/5, individually or in a festively packaged box of 6. For the boxes, Pre-order now!
For Mother’s Day, we are offering our popular Chocolate Ganache tarts: bittersweet chocolate with a layer of hazelnut crunch praline over a sweet and flaky tart dough, fancified with a marzipan handmade rose. Just right for treating your mom to a small precious something on her day! Pre-order now!
And Chocolate- Covered Strawberries, a beautifully packaged box of strawberries, fit to celebrate your favorite mom! Six giant red strawberries dipped in variety of dark chocolate, white chocolate, some accessorized with toasted almonds or coconut flakes. Pre-order now!
Watch our shelves for Empanadas, available Friday 4/30-5/5, special decorated shortbread cookies, and packages of butter cookies for Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day!
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Holidays now past, but then again, future!
FURTHER AFOOT:
So many spring holidays coming up! Coming up so very soon are Purim with poppy seed and apricot jam hamentashen (3/6-3/9), Pi Day with its fanciful pies (3/13 &3/14) and St. Patrick’s Day with Chocolate Guinness teacake, clover shortbread cookies and Irish soda bread (3/11-3/16).
And in April, there is Easter with hot cross buns, fresh strawberry cake and a plethora of decorated shortbread duck and egg cookies (4/8-4/12); Passover- chocolate covered matzo crunch and almond-orange cake (4/18-4/15); Earth Day with decorated world shortbread cookies and 4/20. So much to look forward to! Check this page for updates on April products.
Scroll through these images to salivate over our March-April products! For the larger product, Online Pre-ordering may be available; cookies you will only find on the shelves.
While we are in a holiday lull until September ( Labor Day, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur), and yet the summer is so rich in the abundance of fresh fruit, we are trying something new for a couple of months….
JULY 4: Brioche burger buns for your BBQ, American flag cookies and strawberry-blueberry fruit pies.
How to place your advance order:
As usual, you can come to the store, 1268 Valencia,to fill out a pre-order form during our working hours,
or call us 415-826-9218, during our working hours,
Place your advance orders through our ONLINE STORE
