Sweet Treats

A Local Baker St Andrews
Products:
Organic sourdough bread plus some cakes and savouries
Local outlets:
Own shop – Thursday to Saturday
Ange’s Fresh Fruit & Veg, Kinglake
Bridge 2 Eden, Hurstbridge
Kinglake Pub and Pantry
Rosewood Cottage, Kinglake
The Roundabout Cafe, Warrandyte
Township/suburb:
St Andrews
Municipality:
Nillumbik
Notes (in their own words):

A Little Baker St Andrews produces traditional handmade organic sourdough breads plus a range of artisan croissants, cakes and savouries, all baked in a wood-fired oven. The process includes resting the dough for a minimum of 6 hours from mixing to baking, with this resting time giving the bread a unique flavour and texture and making it easily digestible. All the breads are both yeast and preservative free, using the Lactobacillus bacteria for fermentation. Local ingredients are used where possible, including: berries from Kinglake, honey from Hurstbridge, citrus fruits, mushrooms and olive oil.

Now a cafe as well as a bakery.

Caffe Strada
Products:
Gluten-free breads, cakes and pastries
Local outlets:
Own shop
Bitter Sweet Cafe, Ivanhoe East
Jefferies, Croydon Hills
Leo’s Fine Food & Wine, Heidelberg
Max’s Burger Bar, Montmorency
Pro-Health, Eltham
The Burger Lounge, Eltham
Were Street Foodstore, Montmorency
Township/suburb:
Ivanhoe
Municipality:
Banyule
Notes (in their own words):

Caffe Strada makes a wide range of gluten free bread, which is available from both its own shop in Ivanhoe and a variety of other outlets in nearby suburbs.

Caffe Strada is also a cafe which focuses on producing healthy, flavoursome gluten-free food. The cafe is a 100% gluten-free environment and they bake all of their products. Their homemade sausage rolls are fructose-free.

Holy Nuts
Name:
Products:
Nut butters, nut spreads and dukkah
Local outlets:
Township/suburb:
Thomastown
Municipality:
Whittlesea
Notes (in their own words):

Holy Nuts make nut butters, nut spreads and dukkah.

The nut butters and nut spreads are made from 100% Australian ingredients, with no preservatives or emulsifiers. They are made slowly in a stone grinder until they are totally smooth. The range encompasses almond, hazelnut, macadamia and pecan. Everything is gluten, corn, soy and dairy free, and there are also vegan and keto options.

At markets, they also sell vegan and low sugar brownies, sugar free cupcakes, refined sugar free & vegan bliss balls, and vegan hot chocolate & turmeric latte made from the nut butter.

Kanelle
Name:
Products:
Quiches and pastries
Local outlets:
Township/suburb:
Forest Hill
Municipality:
Whitehorse
Notes (in their own words):

Kanelle’s pastries include chicken boucane, roasted vegetables, cheese, and hobey bacon & caramelised onions. Their pastries include coconut tart, cherrie tart and cupcakes. Kanelle comprises two twin brothers, originally from Lyon in France, who have been making sweet and savoury pastries for many years, ever since graduating from cookery school together. Their parents are originally from the French Caribbean, and their food reflects their French and Caribbean roots.

Mama Bakes Naturally
Products:
Gingerbread men, chocolate chip cookies and sweet & savoury bites
Eastfield Organic Natural Food Market, Croydon South
Township/suburb:
Ringwood East
Municipality:
Maroondah
Notes (in their own words):

Mama Bakes Naturally makes allergy-friendly hand-made treats which are completely free from gluten, dairy, egg, nuts, refined sugar, GMOs or any artificial ingredients.

Organic Times
Products:
Certified Organic chocolate, cookies, dairy, powders and sweeteners
Certified Organic
Local outlets:
Apples and Sage Organic Wholefoods, Balwyn
Leo’s Fine Food & Wine, Heidelberg
Rhubarb Rhubarb Organics, Preston
Township/suburb:
Bayswater
Notes (in their own words):

Considering the many artificial additives, GMOs, and other expendable food processes that we are unwittingly subjected to, Organic Times wants to provide a range of quality, fair-trade chocolate products that not only taste delicious but are made from certified organic ingredients that are both better for us and for Mother Nature too.

Their signature line is their Organic Chocolate Licorice, which goes magically with their chocolate. Complementing this magic taste is Rapadura sugar – an ingredient in their chocolate – grown and produced by Hand-in-Hand, their fair-trade partners. The special thing about Rapadura is that it is an unrefined sugar made from minimally processed organic cane sugar. This means that the molasses and all the goodness remains in the sugar, creating a rich, caramel flavour and a higher mineral and vitamin content.

As innovators of introducing organic chocolate-coated produce to the market, they use premium, organic couverture chocolate and specialise in coating organic produce such as macadamia nuts, roasted almonds, hazelnuts, coffee-beans, sultanas, ginger and licorice. Their range comes in both dark and milk chocolate.

Their chocolate is made using certified organic cacao bought through the Hand-in-Hand fair-trade system which is then processed and manufactured according to an old-established Swiss chocolate recipe. The produce they coat is also certified organic. They use fair-trade organic coffee-beans and most of their other produce is sourced from Australian organic farmers.

In addition to their chocolate-coated line, they also bake delicious, home-style organic cookies, using their organic chocolate in a variety of flavours. And if you are looking for organic ingredients, they offer butter, sugar, flour, cocoa and carob powder.

Screaming Waffles
Products:
Dutch stroopwafels (syrup waffles)
Local outlets:
Makers Emporium and Cafe, Ringwood North
Warrandyte Lollies and Treats
Township/suburb:
Park Orchards
Municipality:
Manningham
Notes (in their own words):

Homemade syrup waffles (stroopwafels) and chocolate brownie waffle cookies. The stroopwafel’s recipe has been developed over many hours to get the right balance of texture, spices and (of course) taste in the dough and the caramel syrup. The stroopwafels come in different shapes and sizes and are baked fresh on a daily basis. A gluten-free version is also available.

Sweetart Kitchen
Products:
Fudge
Local outlets:
Heathmont Farmers’ Market
Hurstbridge Market
Montrose Community Market
Nunawading Market
Township/suburb:
Ringwood
Municipality:
Maroondah
Notes (in their own words):

Sweetart Kitchen make delicate, handcrafted fudge. They offer six unique flavours; key lime & meringue, rose & white chocolate, cinnamon chai latte, chocolate & orange, cappuccino creme and vanilla crumble. Each is available in 160g packs of eight pieces.

Sweets & Treats By Michael
Products:
Fudge and other sweet treats
Local outlets:
Kinglake Produce & Artisan Market
Township/suburb:
Preston
Municipality:
Darebin
Notes (in their own words):

Sweets & Treats By Michael make chocolate fudge, rocky road, diy cookie jars, cookies and variety of other seasonal treats. The fudge flavours include: caramel, pistachio, cookies & cream, tim tam, mint, cherry ripe and marble.

The Cake Stall
Products:
Cakes and croissants. Also, sausage rolls, pies and quiche.
Local outlets:
Township/suburb:
Eltham
Municipality:
Nillumbik
Notes (in their own words):

The Cake Stall is a home-based patisserie who concentrate on quality ingredients for quality tastes. Their sweet products include: almond croissants, baked cheesecakes, tarts, flans, brownies, muffins and whole cakes. Their savoury products include: homemade sausage rolls, pies and quiche.

Turners Bakehouse Eatery
Products:
Sourdough bread, pies, cakes and pastries
Local outlets:
Own shop – 7 days a week
Township/suburb:
Mernda
Municipality:
Whittlesea
Notes (in their own words):

Turners Bakehouse Eatery is a historic bakery offering authentic sourdough breads, pies, cakes and pastries baked in its traditional wood fired Scotch oven that was built in the late 1890’s by Charles & Stephenson Turner. After being closed in the 1940’s and left vacant for many years, the bakery has been lovingly restored. Their signature hand-made sourdough is made with a mother culture of wild natural yeast that is over 100 years old and which is fed and cared for daily. Ask for a tour of the bakery.

Unforgettable Products
Products:
Flavoured meringues, honeycomb, lemon curd, passionfruit curd, chocolate sauce, pavlovas and fruit medley
Aumanns at Warrandyte
Balgownie Estate, Yarra Glen
Beyond Gluten Free, Balwyn
Biviano and Sons, Fairfield
Boccaccio SUPA IGA, Balwyn
Brunswick SUPA IGA
Colonial Fresh, Doncaster
Colonial Fruit Company, Forest Hill
De Bortoli Wines, Dixons Creek
East Ivanhoe Grocers – Foodworks
Indulge Canterbury; Ivanhoe Deli
Jefferies, Croydon Hills
Key Ingredients, Clifton Hill
Leo’s Fine Food & Wine, Heidelberg
Leo’s Fine Food & Wine, Kew
Mason Lane Cafe, Mont Albert
Miss Gourmet & Co, Hawthorn
Monty’s Licensed Supermarket, Montmorency
Quintons SUPA IGA, Warrandyte
Renaissance IGA, Hawthorn
Rhubarb Rhubarb Organics, Preston
Rose St Pantry, Fitzroy
Signorelli Fresh, Balwyn
The Australian Chocolate Emporium, Ivanhoe
The Cellar Door Providore, Ringwood
Warrandyte Berry Farm, Warrandyte South
Watson’s Creek Cafe and Antiques, Kangaroo Ground
Yarra Farm Fresh, Coldstream
Yering Station Produce Store/Winery, Yarra Glen
Township/suburb:
Warrandyte
Municipality:
Manningham
Notes (in their own words):

Unforgettable Products believe that food should be fun, heart-warming and beautiful to look at. With this in mind, they encourage you to pick up a spoon and, with a dash of panache, trifle with their range of dollop-it-yourself recipes, treats and melt-in-the-mouth gourmet products.