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It’s Father’s Day weekend in the shop To cele

It’s Father’s Day weekend in the shop

To celebrate the pun-tastic beings in your life, I’m offering up a sampling of a few of my favourite things…

Two different 6” cakes this weekend

A Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate. Chocolate cake, peanut butter mousse fill, French buttercream, ganache top

Zebra Cake! This is based on the flavours of my favourite dessert, a chocolate ice box “cake”. This has 4 layers of a dense dark chocolate cake, 3 layers of sweetened whip cream, Italian buttercream & a ganache pour on top

I’m also attempting to “toughen up” our meringues this weekend, by adding fire & spice!

We have a Campfire S’more meringue (contains gluten), or a Maple, Pecan, Toffee & Pepper meringue

Shout out to our ice cream shop across the street this weekend! they also made up some extra incredible (& big) Ice Cream Sandwiches & Mud Pies

Sun is finally out- have a great weekend all
Cheers
OTB

It’s a new month again. 30 days of events to cel

It’s a new month again. 30 days of events to celebrate & inspire- graduations, Pride, Indigenous Peoples, Fathers, summer- the list goes on

Our bun this month is one we’ve run for a few Junes. It’s inspired by all the salty dads out there (like me!)- the Salted Caramel & Pretzel bun

It’s our classic sliced almond bun topped with cream cheese, salted caramel & crunchy pretzel bits

We’d love to see you in the shop this month (in any of our shops really, across the street Old Town Ice Cream is open for the season too) if you’ve got something to celebrate, we’d love to be a part of the festivities!

Lots of love to you all,
your OTB family

🏳️‍🌈🥧🥨☀️♥️

Always a crowd pleaser! Especially with the wee o

Always a crowd pleaser!
Especially with the wee ones 😉

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Still rolling in our ice cream theme… This week

Still rolling in our ice cream theme…

This weekend we’re trying to coax the sun out with a Raspberry Ripple Cake

6” cake, 3 layers of yellow cake (trying to nail down a cake that has some notes of a waffle cone), filled with white chocolate mousse & a sour raspberry swirl. Topped in raspberry buttercream & sprinkles

C’mon sun! We’re ready for you

Cheers all,
OTB

Chocolate Pecan Cinnamon Bun. One of 9 different f

Chocolate Pecan Cinnamon Bun.
One of 9 different flavours baked daily 🤎
#cinnamonbuns #ladysmithbc #oldtownbakeryladysmith #chocolatepecan

It’s May long weekend This weekend’s cakes ar

It’s May long weekend

This weekend’s cakes are inspired by something we have been talking a lot about lately, ice cream- & more specifically Gelato!

For, if you hadn’t heard, one of our projects over the past year has been learning the art of making gelato. My lovely & amazing wife attended Gelato University (yes! that is a thing) and we took over the running of @coldfrontgelato in Nanaimo in April (thank you Sunny!)

How does that tie back to cake? Well, we are going to be opening @oldtownicecreamladysmith back up this weekend! It’s located across the street from the bakery, attached to @wildpoppymarketladysmith . We’ll be scooping 12 flavours of Island Farms ice cream- but also have added a gelato case to hold 8 flavours of our own gelati & sorbettos!!! So, we thought we’d pay tribute to 2 of the flavours we’ve been playing with: Sea Salt Caramel, and Cookies & Cream

6” cakes are in shop while supplies last

If you haven’t had a chance to check our Nanaimo location you should, it’s a beautiful little shop, there are some friendly new faces to meet (& a few familiar), and they have 16 flavours to scoop daily & pints to take home as well

If you’re staying on the island this weekend (and why wouldn’t you?!?), please stop on by & say hello! We’d love to see you. If you can’t make it yet, we’ll be scooping in Ladysmith up until Labor Day, & in Nanaimo all year long…

Buon journo! Have a great weekend

Cheers to the weekend I know it’s May. This wea

Cheers to the weekend

I know it’s May. This weather just has me… confused

I think I’m ready for something a little (I don’t know) warmer? I’m not saying I really want that gross heat dome thing back- just maybe a few more hours of sunlight would be nice

This thinking of summer reminded me of a little preservation project I did last year- I tried to save some summer peaches for a cloudy day. Then I did what I always do, and I forgot about them. Does anyone else do this? Every time I try to put abundant food aside I either eat it right away (I’ve never been able to keep dried mango), or forget about it until it’s beyond my curiosity to enjoy (is that spaghetti sauce or some kind of jam? Hard pass!)

Well, I remembered today, and this was the resulting cake. A 6” peach & coconut cake. It’s kind of ambrosial, and very summery. In shop this weekend while supplies last

I know brighter days are just around the corner- let this be our welcome to it. Have a great weekend all

Cheers,
OTB
🍑 🥥 🌞

It snuck up quickly on us this year, but it’s ti

It snuck up quickly on us this year, but it’s time to celebrate all things “Mother”!

On top of all our regulars treats & sweets, we’ve made a handful of special goodies available in shop only this weekend

While supplies last we have:

3 variety of 6” cakes. 🍓 Strawberry Shortcake, “Roses for Mama” (🍫 Chocolate & Raspberry), or 🍋 Lemon Cheesecake

Mom sugar cookies & Chocolate covered Cherry Nanaimo Bars (🍒 in honour of my mom’s favourite candy)

Large Strawberry Shortcake Trifles

Lots of love to all the moms out there, we probably don’t say it enough, but we love you! & raise a glass of thanks for all you do

Have a great weekend everyone
From all the kids at OTB

Theeeeeeey’re baAck This bun has become such a

Theeeeeeey’re baAck

This bun has become such a popular favourite that I completely forgot to (Re)introduce it at the beginning of the month

May is here. Hopefully warmer weather is on its way 🤞, but the cooler weather hasn’t slowed the rhubarb up at all- that stuff shows up like clockwork in my yard!

The Strawberry Rhubarb bun will be here all month. Our sweet dough is rolled up with a rhubarb & strawberry filling, topped with cream cheese icing & a buttery streusel topping

Those who hound us all year for it- now is your time!!!

We can’t wait to see you downtown

Lots of Love all,
your OTB friends 🍓 ❤️

Easter Cakes! For sale in store only while suppli

Easter Cakes!

For sale in store only while supplies last, 6” Easter cakes. $22

1 - Lemon Coconut Cake
3 layers coconut cake, filled with lemon curd & cream. Iced with Italian buttercream & toasted coconut

2 - Chocolate Candy Cake
3 layers chocolate cake, filled with coloured whip cream, skor bits & crushed smarties. Iced with Italian buttercream, sprinkles & candy eggs

Happy Easter everyone
OTB

Just because “Easter Pop Up” Series I’m not

Just because “Easter Pop Up” Series

I’m not here to entertain a debate about whether or not anyone actually enjoys a Creme Egg. It’s beside the point. They’re ridiculously sweet, and outrageously nostalgic. I have to eat one every year!

Do I enjoy it? Not really, but that’s hardly the point

So, for today & Saturday only (and only available in the shop) we have made a limited number of the “Smashed Cream Egg Bun”.

Our famous dough, rolled up with brown sugar, cinnamon & milk chocolate chunks, topped with cream cheese, a “yolk” caramel and dark chocolate shavings

Happy Hunting Easter fans!
Hope everyone has a great weekend
OTB 🐣 🍫

Another month? Sure, why not! Since we can’t s

Another month? Sure, why not!

Since we can’t seem to slow time down, we may as well enjoy the ride

And how best to enjoy this colourful month? why with Sprinkles! of course

We’re riffing on our Milk & Cookies bun this month with a new addition to a classic combination

This time we topped an almond bun with cream cheese icing, a raspberry caramel drizzle, sugar cookie crumble & sprinkles!!

It’s sweet, colourful, & just like us- a little nutty

We wish everyone is well & that your spring is off to a wonderful start

Hope to see you downtown
Cheers
OTB

Just because series Spring is just around the co

Just because series

Spring is just around the corner! but before we pummel you with colourful Easter goodies, we have the small matter of St Patrick to deal with first

We’ve been using Irish whiskey in our cinnamon bun this month, and thought we’d try a few other treats as well

So this weekend we have Irish cream cakes & Nanaimo bars

6” cakes are $22. Cake, whiskey whip cream, caramel & buttercream. We decided to bake (or cook) the whiskey in, so no punch in the mouth of booze for you- but rather a slight hint of it

Nanaimo bars take the same approach. Sugar, chocolate, whiskey & lots of butter

Enjoy the weekend all
OTB

*grammar trivia time!! Whisky or Whiskey… which is correct? Honestly, I’m not certain. Apparently with an “e” is American or Irish brands. Without is Canadian or Scottish. As I’m a Canadian baker using an Irish Whiskey I guess I can claim either. Whatever- potato/potato I say!

Time to bust out your recorders! Hot Cross Buns

Time to bust out your recorders!

Hot Cross Buns are back on the shelf. They’ll be hanging with us until Easter

One-a-penny-two-a-penny
OTB

Just because series… I’ve been playing with c

Just because series…

I’ve been playing with caramels again. Now, I’m not a thrill seeker by nature, but there is some kind of weird rush that comes from making it. Molten hot sugar exploding at the addition of boiling liquids. It’s all very dangerous, in a controlled kitchen kind of way.

That got me to figuring a weekend “Caramel Cake” would be a fun thing to try. I just couldn’t quite decide how. So I made a bunch of varieties & decided just to try them all together

The 6” cakes have 3 layers of a caramel cake, brown sugar whip cream, skor bits, a simple syrup (that by itself tastes like the butterscotch life savers of Christmases long ago), salted caramel, toasted almonds & caramel buttercream… it’s a lot. But it all works together

Then we made a caramel Nanaimo bar. It is as rich as it sounds!

Have a sweet weekend everyone
Cheers
OTB

Just because series… We had a really nice famil

Just because series…

We had a really nice family weekend. We actually got together with a group of friends that we hadn’t (collectively) seen since a quick Vegas trip back in 2018… remember casual get togethers? It felt good to be back in good company again

Which has me thinking this week of what friends means to us- which, in my brain, segued into great food friends- It’s time for one of my all time favourite food pairings. Chocolate & Peanut Butter

They truly are best friends! Total ride-or-dies

Up this weekend is the 6” Chocolate Peanut Butter cake. 3 layers of chocolate cake, 2 layers of peanut butter mousse, peanut buttercream, a milk chocolate & peanut ganache on top. 🤤

And my personal favourite version of the Nanaimo bar, the (you guessed it) Peanut Butter Nanaimo bar. This one is less on the sweet side (well, for a Nanaimo bar anyway), so even if you’re not a fan of the original, I suggest you give it a try

Both for this weekend only

So, why not connect with a friend or 2 & celebrate being together. Just because…

Stay safe Ladysmith
OTB

Because it’s a long weekend! It’s family day

Because it’s a long weekend!

It’s family day weekend here in BC. And this week’s blue skies have put us in a “camping” frame of mind

We have 2 treats on offer, inspired by time spent with friends & loved ones around a crackling fire

6” S’more cakes.
3 layers of graham cake, filled with fudge icing, vanilla whip cream & chocolate shavings. Sided with chocolate buttercream & graham crumbs. Topped with toasted meringue!

“Hot Chocolate” Nanaimo bars
The base is dark chocolate, coconut & pecans, filled with milk chocolate cream, topped with milk chocolate ganache & mini marshmallows

Have a great weekend, get out there and enjoy!

Cheers
OTB

Some more weekend sweets for you to enjoy Availab

Some more weekend sweets for you to enjoy

Available in shop Friday & Saturday while supplies last, we will have

6” chocolate & raspberry cakes, $22.
3 layers of chocolate cake, filled with raspberries, finished with Italian buttercream rosettes & a little sugar cookie

Large cookie hearts, $12.
Either chocolate chip or double chocolate, topped with a sweet message & some icing. Boxed up & ready for giving to someone(s) special

Have a lovely weekend all,
From the cupids at OTB

Happy New Year! The calendar has flipped & winter

Happy New Year!

The calendar has flipped & winter is definitely upon us, as is a new bun

We went for a cozy concoction this month. Introducing a new bun into our little family- the Apple Crumble Bun

Our sweet dough, rolled up with apples & cinnamon, topped with an oat crumble & a drizzle of salted caramel.

Think of it as a scarf, but for your tummy.

Things are as back-to-normal as possible in the shop. In that we’re back to 5 days a week of take-out only service. We continue you roll with the never ending disruptions in our supply chain- but hey! we live on an island. I guess it’s to be expected. We will continue to adjust, be creative with what we can get, and keep our ovens on as long as we have friends & family to feed

Stay safe out there,
Happiest of New Years
your OTB family

Happy New Year The coffee is on and the cinnamon b

Happy New Year
The coffee is on and the cinnamon buns are warm!
We are open today and have resumed our regular hours Tuesday - Saturday 8am-4pm♥️

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