Loved this cookie by @eatspecialk. So cute.
Just as an update to my previous post, here is the haul I snagged from day 2 of Toronto Bakes For Japan, this time, at The Rivoli! Shot (and ate some of) these at David’s Tea next door to the event. Had a fun time chatting with fellow food enthusiasts whilst sipping on some very fragrant butterfly jasmine.
Red Velvet cake pop from oh yenner! Not too sweet, more cakey, and not wet, this was more what I was expecting from a cake pop. I missed the fact that they were trying to make it look like a rice ball – which it totally does looking at it now. Would have been hilarious had they made it look like onigiri (hmnn…)! Very cute and makes me want to try my hand at making my own. Maybe for easter. Cake eggs?
A lot of cupcakes today at the Rivoli in batches of 6 and 12 mini ones. Also, trays of quite decent butter tarts from (maybe from Cupcakes and Sundry?) Bo Peep’s Bake Shop. I liked the filling.
Gingerbread cookies from Flour Fancies. Good taste, but a little hard for my liking. Though they definitely grew on me as I nibbled my way though the bag with a cup of tea. The granola from Punk Rock Betty Crocker was great (and comes with a mini scoop!) and the molasses cookie, again from Bo Peep’s Bake Shop, was a nice texture.
Thought this mochi needed to be more chewy, but appreciated that the red bean filling wasn’t too sweet. Like I should talk, since mine were not nearly as pretty as these. And last, but not least, theses macarons were the favourite from the Rivoli haul. Flavours were hazelnut, coffee, and green tea (? – sorry, was hitting sugar fatigue by then). Nice shell, moist cookie, good fillings.
I tried to find who made what, but my Google-fu failed on some. If you recognize any of these treats and know who baked/made them (or see that I’ve attributed them to someone else in error), let me know!
At the end of the day, seems like Toronto Bakes for Japan met, and surpassed, their goal raising over $10,000! Great job to all – organizers, venues, bakers, and eaters.
April 10, 2011 at 9:10 pm
I agree the macarons were delicious! The buttertart is from Bo Peep’s Bake Shop.
April 10, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Those don’t look at my butter tarts the filling looks like corn syrup, not butter. Did they have my name on them?
April 10, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Thanks Erin! I fixed. :) Sorry I missed out on your butter tarts Cupcakes and Sundry!
April 11, 2011 at 2:38 pm
I was still a bit tired so I decided to stay close and head to Yoshi’s sweets. They had a small tent set up in the front. Some locals were wondering what was this all about. The inside had a steady pace of people coming in. A man bought a few items but then asked how could he donate the rest of the money. The young lady behind the counter said they take donations also and she was handed a $50 bill! They had some crafts but I was there for the food. They were selling mochis, various sushi and inari, apple fritters and biscuit and cookies. They had a cookie similar to @eatspecialk but it was 2 layers of cookies sandwiched between jam and the top had a circle cut out with icing sugar covering everywhere but the hole. So when you look at it, it is the Japanese flag. The best was the cherry blossom cookies (although it was not flavoured with cherry blossoms). It was really nicely decorated. The base was a cookie with an star pattern with pink icing and red sugar crystals symbolizing the rising sun logo and on top of it sat mini cookies shaped like cherry blossoms with icing decorations. It was so nice I decided to bring it home and give it to my niece that was coming over. Afterwards I spent much of the afternoon playing around with the inari for different shots on my camera until they arrived.
I can send the pictures to you if there is some place to upload it to. Sad to miss those macarons at the Rivoli. Nadege had a bake sale for Japan about a week or tow ago but I didn’t hear much after that.
April 11, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Spatula, if you have photos, get thee a flickr account! Easier that way to share :) And then you can email torontobakesforjapan@gmail.com with them. They tweeted an invitation to peeps that if they had photos, to share it with them.
April 12, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Wow, this is such a simple and wonderful idea! Too bad I missed it but at least you have pictures to share, thanks! :D
April 15, 2011 at 1:12 am
Just sent the pics. :) Now I am thinking of starting an account of foodspotting.com. Have you heard anything about this site, Jen?
April 15, 2011 at 1:24 am
ugh, i missed all these fab baked goodies!! but thanks for sharing and reporting. now i have a list of new bakeries to try!
April 19, 2011 at 11:21 am
It was a great weekend, bought so many treats for the week, my feet are still tired.
April 19, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Lilian > always have photos! Glad I have them to share.
Spatula > I have an account there already! XD Though I don’t always use it because my iPhone doesn’t take photos well.
Jen Laceda and new blogs and bakers!
Medifast Me too! I really enjoyed the entire event.
April 21, 2011 at 1:45 am
I just put up my photos on flickr now! Ok, I won’t start my foodspotting account until I hear how good is the Iphone5. The other types of smartphones I heard doesn’t work as well with the website and sometimes regret not bringing my camera with me.
You should already be one of my contacts Jen so you should be able to see them.