Mary Draper
Let’s Talk Cashews (And Poison Ivy?)
Although cashews can make a great, creamy, dairy-free substitute (great for making “cheese” sauces or “cheese”cakes or super creamy...
Bakery Blog
Browse our blog for gluten, grain & dairy free (& some vegan!) recipes to try out at home, some tips & tricks, and updates & behind the scenes of running our shop & managing our health.
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Mary Draper
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Bakery Update - April 25, 2022
Hi there! I thought I’d send out an update, since I’ve missed our weekly blog posts for a few weeks, and have been out of the bakery a...
Mary Draper
- Apr 4
- 2 min
Ingredient Spotlight - Cassava & Tapioca
We’re back for another ingredient spotlight this week! We get so many questions about our flours, since we don’t use the typical...
Mary Draper
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Ingredient Spotlight - Almond Flour
Almond flour is a common and popular substitute in wheat-free baking. It’s low in carbs, packed with nutrients and has a slightly sweeter...
Mary Draper
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Ingredient Spotlight - Canadian Maple Syrup
One of our most commonly used ingredients (right after almond flour and tapioca) is organic maple syrup. We use it as a sweetener, a...
Mary Draper
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Countdown to DWFM 2022!
Can you believe it’s only weeks away from the start of market season? The Downtown Windsor Farmer’s Market is starting early this year,...
Mary Draper
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Are We Keto? Vegan? What ARE We?
We get asked this quite a bit, and while we usually try to avoid labeling our type of baking (we purposely left a diet label out of our...
Mary Draper
- Jan 4
- 3 min
Healthier Sugar Swaps to Start 2022
These days we are completely overrun with refined sugar. Not just in the obvious places like sodas, fruit drinks and candy, but it also...
Mary Draper
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
Holiday Baking? Here's our favourite staple ingredients & where to get them.
(Absolutely no sponsors/affiliation. Just high quality ingredients we love.) If you're planning out some gluten-free baking over the...
Mary Draper
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Work-Life Balance? Does it exist?
Our bakery has been a labour of love from the very start. It started more than a year ago as a "side-hustle" while James & I both still...
Mary Draper
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
What is it like to be a Downtown Windsor Farmers' Market Vendor?
Short answer: Amazing & crazy! Long answer: It's a very early, very long day, exhausting & exhilarating... We started at the DWFM back in...
Mary Draper
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
What's with this plate, you ask?
A few of you have asked about the striped plate we use in some of our photos. This awesome beachy plate in the photo below. (photo...
Mary Draper
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
House of Sophrosyne Bake Sale
This Saturday, October 30, 2021 we will be participating in the county-wide bake sale fundraiser for the House of Sophrosyne!!! Stay...
Mary Draper
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Cheers to a new blog!
We're starting a blog! Where you can read about things we love, what we're up to or thinking about, and who knows what else. Stay tuned.