Scotian Isle Bakery

Bakery: Scotian Isle Bakery 
Address: 972 Hamilton Rd #13, London ON 
Website: http://scotianisle.ca/
Style: Canadian
Price: $$ 

It's pretty easy to stumble upon "ethnic" bakeries serving baked goods from other countries, especially when it comes to larger cities, but unfortunately, it doesn't happen often that I come across a bakery specializing in baking from another... province(!). For this reason, I was pretty excited to give Scotian Isle a try.

Scotian Isle is, as the name somewhat indicates (not to mention the Cape Breton tartan on their website), a Nova Scotian bakery. That being said, there isn't that much difference besides the omnipresence of oatcakes and perhaps the raisin pie. Besides that, expect some homestyle, traditional Canadian bakery fare like butter tarts, pies, and cookies.

From this array, two cake slices were chosen: the satin chocolate cake and some sort of coconut macaroon cake. The chocolate cake was rich, velvety and dark with a similarly dark chocolate ganache topping. Certainly the more decadent of the two, this was perhaps more like a brownie in texture and look than a typical chocolate cake.

The coconut macaroon cake was probably more interesting and my personal favourite. Chewy, shredded coconut with a hint of caramel and chocolate -- tasty!

Rating: ***