Address: Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON
Website: Try www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson a few weeks before
Style: Swedish, Scandinavian
Price: $$-$$$
This really isn't a bakery, per se, but I just couldn't resist, as it really is one of the few opportunities (the others, minus the still-to-be-visited Beaches Bakeshop, have all been reviewed on this humble site) you have to snag yourself some Scandinavian baking in the city... and is the only event I was successful at getting *something* (the long drive, but failed trip to last week's Finnish Christmas Bazaar got me nothing; after less than two hours, all baking was sold out ;___;).
This is what, the fourth year I've been to the Swedish Christmas Festival,
which runs every year on the second last weekend of November and features a whole bunch of Swedish fun, for the casual visitor, Swede and Scandiphile alike (you can guess where I belong XDDD): oodles of Swedish products, adorable crafts (my 'gift' this year is featured in the photo ^^), smörgåsbord with a variety of sandwiches, delicious cups of too hot glögg (probably the most important and necessary part of the trip ;P), and... baked goods!! Normally, I get myself an almond tart ($2.50/each), but they seemed to be gone/not baked when I was there on Saturday afternoon. I was a tad bit heartbroken and so I decided to go up to the food counter and at least get either a cinnamon bun or saffron (Lucia Day) bun ($3.00/each). Totally intent on this, though not quite remembering it cost this much in previous years, I went up and was about to get one when I realized these things were minuscule and at a pretty steep price. Either I'm too cheap or too poor, but it didn't seem to faze anyone all that much. Still, turning around devastated, we returned to the bakery table hoping we may have overlooked the almond tarts on our first go or settling for the large packs of baked goods. When I noticed that the cinnamon buns on sale at the counter and a whole bag of 12 ($12) were exactly the same, I caved and went for the giant bag and saved a 
whopping $24 in the process. ;DDDWent back home and froze the majority to keep up freshness and then just defrosted and heated them up in the oven. Mmmmm... I'd really like to know who baked these (there was a group of people actually discussing the Beaches Bakeshop next to me, so I'm hoping...) because these were absolutely delicious. *-* Omg, clearly made with real butter (not so common nowadays, alas), the soft dough interwoven with that heavenly mass of cinnamon and butter and then topped off with rock sugar.... *swoons* This is without a doubt the yummiest thing here and honestly, I'm looking forward to next year's festival (though I've gotta wait.. 49 weeks for it *sighs*) so I can not only get myself some almond tarts (hopefully), but maybe two bags of these lovely things. It might set me back a little bit, but it'll be worth the investment... though I might not agree in regards to the "cafe". ^-^;;;;
Rating: ***1/2
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