Umpleby's Bakery & Café

A customer asked me today if I was going to make Hamantaschen for the Jewish Holiday Purim.   I’m glad she asked because I think that is a great cookie!   It gives me a chance to make poppy seed and prune fillings which, in my opinion, are two of the most under-rated fillings out there.    So we will have them in the cookie case starting tomorrow and up until the 24th of February.

The countdown begins.  One month until St. Patrick’s Day!  Why is this so important to chronicle?  I’ll tell you why.  There are a lot, and I mean a lot of fun things to cook and bake (and drink) for St. Patrick’s Day! In a way it’s more fun than Easter or Christmas.  There is traditional lunch food, traditional desserts, traditional baked goods and it doesn’t revolve around chocolate which is quite a relief in a way.  I’ll explain more in further posts.  The important thing now is to get excited about the approaching holiday!  And Éirinn go Brách !  My mother’s maiden name is Dugan I’ll have you know!

We have heart shaped cookies and eclairs and truffles and all sorts of other delicious, colorful desserts for your special Valentine.

And then the color changes to green in a few weeks to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!