Address: 4060 Line 72, Millbank ON
Website: http://www.annamaes.ca
Style: Canadian, Mennonite
Price: $-$$
A moment many have been waiting for... okay, maybe not, but there's nothing wrong with blowing things up a little. Uh, yes, so we're back to more local bakeries! World Tour 2013 is at an end (though I still have to write up a few "at home with..." segments)! :( In the two months I was scouring three countries (four if you count the one trip in Finland), the brothers covered a few places, but before that I have a few I did upon my return. Oh, the excitement~~
Anna Mae's, in the heart of Mennonite country, has apparently been on my brother's must-visit list for the longest time -- every time he's in the Kitchener-Waterloo, he's wanted to come and try their "famous" broasted chicken. Of course, when there, he absolutely had to try the bakery as well... at least, he *better* have been thinking that. Anything else would have been unforgivable. O_O Then again, the idiot bought three apple fritters for five people and that right there is equally unbelievable...
Nevertheless, he went and did bring back something for the Cake Tour. :) These guys seem to pride themselves on their simple ("rustic" if you prefer to be fancy ^^;;) Mennonite-style food and baked goods. With the latter, it's almost guaranteed you'll see two things: pies and apple fritters. And indeed, we got pies and apple fritters this time around too! Firstly, they picked out a raspberry pie ($8.99), which looked good: homemade raspberry filling and pretty pie shell. As raspberry is not the easiest to get on the pie market, it was an exciting find, although cutting into it, you begin to realize that something that would normally be good (lots of filling) is not so good when it's in excess. That was the problem here. There was simply *too* much pie filling, way too much, and not enough dough for it. At one point, I began scraping it off and it became apparent that there's enough filling on this thing for two pies, not one. Had this been more like jam or just pureed fruit, I think it would have been delicious on its own, kind of like a cobbler of sorts, but it also happened to be really thick (too much starch) and well, it was gloop. And I'm not a fan of gloop. :| Amazing concept, too much gloop.
Next up were their apple fritters (around $0.80 each). Seriously, three apple fritters, five people. This is what happens when you send three morons out to "get baked goods for everyone". After much dispute, I ended up with half a fritter, and it was a lovely half a fritter. *-* Mmmm... perfect icing, great soft dough, plenty of apple chunks -- this is what apple fritters should be! An excellent, excellent example -- and imagine how many you could get for the price of that pie!
Rating: ***
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