I have found my local gluten free bakery (as I dance a snoopy dance)! I read about the bakery as a newly opened cafe that came up in my Twitter feed and made it my weekend mission to try it out. I had given their competition's new shop in Kensington market a second chance last week to great disappointment (again) so went into the Almond Butterfly this morning feeling skeptical. My skepticism was unfounded!
I tried the sample of the date square as I perused the case full of goodies and had a "wow! This is incredible" moment. Based on that mouthful, I ordered an orange almond muffin and a raspberry muffin to have with my tea right there in the shop. I then added chocolate chunk cookies, a carrot cupcake with cream cheese frosting, a vanilla coconut cupcake and date bars to take home with me. I've managed to sample everything throughout the day and have to say AMAZING.
The cookies were soft and chewy inside with plenty of chocolate and a nice crisp exterior. The cupcakes are fluffy and moist cake. None of the dense, heaviness of other gluten free cupcakes and the frostings sweet and creamy. The date bars are the best tasting I've ever had. My favourite muffin was the raspberry. Sweetened with maple syrup and with added flax seed and sweet fresh raspberries, it was a perfect summer second breakfast.
I'm pretty sure I said it at the beginning but I am THRILLED to have a gluten free bakery in town that has products that taste like baked goods should.