Christmas 2011 is coming!

Float your mouse over the photo above and click to find four (4)

hidden photos of our favourite holiday goodies, available for the Christmas season only!

Welcome!
 

The Village Bakery, located in the cozy village of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, was established in August 1998.

Our shop is open Tuesday through Sunday 10:00am to  4:00pm, from April until Christmas.  During the winter months we are open weekends 10:00am to 4:00pm.

The mainstay of our bakery is our 'scratch' breads, cookies, squares and loaves. We also 'bake off' Apple Valley pies, but make our own cream pies such as Lemon Meringue and Coconut Cream right here in the bakery.

We deal in both retail and wholesale bakery products.

Our regular wholesale customers include Pete’s Frootique in Bedford & Halifax, year round, and from late spring through Christmas at the  Withrow’s Farm Markets in Belnan near Elmsdale and Mt.Uniacke, as well as Withrow's Rawdon branch during the summer months.

Breads

Our breads are made using Dover flours exclusively. We now use 100% canola oil instead of shortening in our breads as a more healthy choice.

Flaxseed Bread, made to order, is made from 100%  whole wheat flour, freshly ground Atlantic Brown Flaxseed, canola oil and local honey.

Loaves

Our loaves have become very popular. They are great with a cup of afternoon tea or anytime.

We've introduced some new varieties including Cranberry Orange Pecan, Lemon Cranberry and Apricot Fruit & Nut.

Our best sellers are Cherry Pound, made with maraschino cherries and a hint of almond, Cinnamon, good and cinnamon-y with cinnamon both inside and on top, and Lemon, which has an extra boost of lemon in the glaze poured over the top as it comes out of the oven.

Loaves - $6.95 each

• Cranberry Orange Pecan

• Apple Gingerbread

• Lemon Cranberry

• Blueberry Streusel

• Bishop's Bread

• Cinnamon

• Pumpkin

• Banana

• Cherry

• Lemon

Cookies

Cookies are made daily in small batches, using fine ingredients such as 'pure dark chocolate chips', 'fancy molasses', 'pure Ruby Red cocoa', ginger & cinnamon.

Two favourite cookies are Mud Cookies and the Ingonish Oatcake. Mud Cookies are sweet, chocolaty and full of oats and coconut.

The oatcakes are made in the traditional way with oats, lard, flour, sugar and water.  It's mixed and then rolled & cut out, and baked until golden. They are great served with jam, cheese or peanut butter, or just as they are!
 

At Christmas we even dip the oatcakes in pure melted chocolate for an extra treat. The large chocolate dipped oatcakes are also sold at the Pete's Frootique in Bedford and are very popular!

Cookies - $2.85/half dozen

Muffins

Muffins are scooped and baked every morning. Even though we don’t open until 10:00am the “eight o’clock” gang is usually here for a fresh warm muffin and coffee before they go to work!

Muffins - $1.10 each

or $5.95/half dozen

• Banana

• Pumpkin

• Raisin Bran

• Carrot Pineapple

Pies & Tarts

We make our butter tarts using a ready made tart shell, and then fill them with raisins, pecans or just plain butter tart mixture.

We also make Cape Breton Pork Pies. These actually have no pork, but are filled with dates and topped with maple frosting. They are a traditional Christmas treat in Cape Breton.
 

All our fruit pies are made at Apple Valley, Kentville (creator of the famous Sarsfield Pie), in the heart of the Annapolis Valley.  Only premium grade Valley fruit is used, supplied direct from local farmers. The pies are flash frozen for maximum freshness and are then rushed to Shubenacadie where we bake 'em up fresh for you every day.

We also make our own Lemon & Coconut Cream pies, and can even be persuaded to make butterscotch or banana on request!

Squares

Our specialty has to be our SQUARES!

We have a wonderful variety including nut-less Brownies and Date Squares.  Also very popular is our multi-layered Chocolate Village Square (see photo at left).
 

And of course, we make classic squares like Nanaimo, Caribbean and Cherry.

Squares - $5.95/dozen

Buttertart, Caribbean, Cherry, Chocolate Chews, Chocolate Brownies, Chocolate Smacks, Chocolate Chip Walnut, Village,

Chocolate Village, Date, Lemon,

Pecan Pie, Nanaimo

Cheesecake Squares - $7.50/dozen

Chocolate, Lemon, Strawberry

Cakes

The Nova Scotia Washington Pie is our signature cake. (No, it really is a cake, not a pie!)  This was once a traditional "Saturday Night Treat" in Nova Scotia country homes.

The cakes come in both chocolate and white, they are a two-layer seven inch round cake and are frosted with white or chocolate icing, with strawberry jam between the layers.

We also make a tasty Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting for $6.25
 

Washington Pie Cakes - $7.50 white or chocolate

Other Stuff!

Cinnamon Rolls - $5.95/6

Our Cinnamon Rolls are made daily and are usually out of the oven and ready for you by lunch time. These use a biscuit dough and are very popular; call ahead to make sure we save you some!

Christmas

Christmas baking is special. We expand our product list substantially for the Holiday Season.

Our Fruit Cakes are almost 50% fruit & nuts. The fruit is weighed, washed and then soaked in Rum, Brandy or Sherry for two days before the mixing and baking takes place.

This year, we're offering three sizes of fruit cakes:

- 930 grams: Light $22.50, Dark $24.00

- 370 grams: Light $9.00, Dark $9.50 also sold in a variety two-pack at $18.50 - 100 grams: sold in a variety two-pack at $5.25

Other Christmas specialties include:

• Cherry Balls

• Mincemeat Tarts

• Peanut Butter Balls

• All-Butter Shortbreads

• Cranberry Cheesecake Squares

We'll also have Gingerbread figures either decorated or plain, plus our “Christmas Tree” Rolls.

and much more, see full selection & prices below...

Orders should be made by Friday December 13th for pick up December 20th -24th.  We'll be open our regular hours the week of Christmas, but closing at 3:00pm on Christmas Eve.

The bakery will re-open January 7th 2012 and remain open weekends only during the winter season until April 3rd in time for Easter, when we'll resume our usual hours of Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 – 4:00, closed Mondays.
 

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You can find our baked goods at the bakery or at:
	Withrows Farm Market - Belnan, Rawdon & Mt. Uniacke
	Pete's Frootique - Dresden Row, Downtown Halifax & Sunnyside Mall, Bedford Highway
We also supply:
	Ettinger Funeral Homes, Shubenacadie

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