Bread and Bretzel Basket

Bakery: Bread and Bretzel Basket
Address: 255 Toll Gate Blvd, Waterloo ON 
Website: http://www.breadandbretzel.com/
Style: German
Price: $$

So, one brother was planning a trip to Waterloo to check out some audio equipment and, seeing as I have yet to have anything from Kitchener-Waterloo (except the now nonexistent Cinni-Bun Shop ;_;), everyone knows what that means: Cake Tour time!! :D And seeing as there are several German-style bakeries in the area, do you know what else that means? Poppy seed Cake Tour time!!!! Ah, how beautiful! *-*

The first on this eventual tour (I'm aiming to go everywhere and will do so... one day) is Bread and Bretzel Basket, a rather small neighbourhood bakery that does in fact have more than just bread and pretzels. :) And that more is certainly of the sweet variety, with danishes and traditional German buns, for instance. Their website lists plenty more and I'm not sure whether the items rotate depending on the day and season or their selection has decreased, but they don't seem to have that much room for it all, so perhaps it's the former? Nevertheless, I went for poppy seed and did not come away disappointed. At first glance, it didn't look like there would be much there, but they were indeed there.

As I mentioned, their sweet selection isn't that overwhelming and we picked up pretty much everything sweet (and German) up for grabs. This included fruit-filled danishes as well as marzipan and poppy seed swirl buns -- all of which no one knows the price except that it was 'well-priced'. The first of which were surprisingly good, as danishes of the North American variety usually aren't: great cherry filling that wasn't too gloopy and a wonderfully soft, tasty dough.

Similarly, the marzipan and poppy seed buns (both are based on the same recipe and only vary in their filling) were really good. Actually, although I haven't had that many, this is by far the best German poppyseed bun I've had here. For one, it was nice and fresh (not the case in a few other places I've tried) and even though it wasn't exactly bursting with poppy seeds, especially along the edges, it was so yummy with the perfect amount of glaze, quite a bit of poppy seeds in the middle, and the right dough.

And oh, I almost forgot! They had doughnuts as well (also known as Berliner or Krapfen, whichever you prefer ^^), which were super tasty: slightly crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and then filled with delicious cherry filling. Mmm... what a find and on my first trip here! I'd definitely return to the triple B; with pleasure. ;)

Rating: ***1/2