Taylor's Bakery & Ice Cream

Bakery: Taylor's Bakery & Ice Cream
Address: 69 Queen St, Niagara On the Lake ON
Website: n/a 
Style: Scottish, North American 
Price: $-$$ 

If you recall, I mentioned two bakeries on a recent trip to NOTL; here's the second. :) Located, quite literally, across the street from the first offering, Taylor's is, as the name suggests, a bakery and an ice cream shop. You might think that this dual business would detract from the baked goods, but luckily I had no such problem. The bakery features your traditional Canadian favourites such as carrot cake and pies with a generous smattering of Scottish classics in there as well, which are always welcome, especially since I've come to learn that I do like Scottish baked goods. :) Not to mention the fact that for a bakery located on the main street of a very touristy town, the treats are quite reasonably priced. If memory serves me correctly, three items cost around $7, including taxes. Not bad.

Anyways, to the yummy stuff! ^^ The first item was the carrot cake and it was pretty good. Nice spiced dough with the right icing, both in terms of taste and amount. There seems to be a self-proclaimed carrot cake expert in the house (among other things), and he gave this the stamp of approval and I agree.

... Well, that's also because I particularly liked the Fern tart (a sort of almond tart with almond filling, a little berry jam on the bottom, and topped with icing). Nice flaky tart, softer filling and nice bit of jam with icing that wasn't too brittle. I love these things, no matter the origin. *-* I'm always happy to try out almond tarts.

Ahem, yes, and there was the Eccles cake, another Scottish classic and filled with dried currants, raisins and uh, that's about it, isn't it? :P Unlike other bakeries, this one was rather flat and resembled more a hand-held pie than the harder soda dough I've encountered elsewhere. Not too sure if that's a good or bad thing, just different. Nonetheless, it too was very tasty and, just like that, this place became my personal favourite from Niagara On the Lake... sure, that's still limited to two bakeries, but no matter -- Taylor's is now on top. A great, well-priced find!

Rating: ***