Black Walnut Bakery Cafe

Bakery: Black Walnut Bakery Cafe
Address: 134 Wortley Rd, London ON
Website: http://www.blackwalnutbakerycafe.com/
Style: Canadian
Price: $$

The last in my series of London bakeries  (at least for now) and the other bakery in Wortley Village, Black Walnut markets itself as a European-style cafe, and while they don't really have baked goods of the European kind, they have a nice selection of classic Canadian goodies such as pies, muffins, butter tarts and a few more upscale treats like croissants and was that a cruffin? Items are labelled and priced, and for more home style goods, they're a little up there in terms of price.

 Anyways, I tried two sweets: the butter tart and the carrot cake. The butter tart was pretty big when it comes to butter tarts. The shell was thick, but not too thick, and the filling was rich and had the texture and taste of thick, chewy caramel. A bit surprising but really good.

The carrot cake was nicely spiced, good texture with just the right amount of thick, cream cheese icing on top. Not necessarily on the top ten list, but a nice one.

Black Walnut, in the end, turned out being my personal favourite from this "trip" and probably my preferred bakery in town.

Rating: ***