Brauða og Kökugerðin [Mimi's World Tour]

Bakery: Brauða og Kökugerðin (Kallabakarí)
Address: Suðurgata 50A, Akranes 
Website: facebook 
Style: Icelandic
Price: $$ 

I've driven through Akranes on the bus several times, but never had the opportunity to really stop and explore the town as well search for bakeries, because of course I knew they had to have one. This time around, I finally got the chance to do an in-depth exploration of the town and its bakery. :) Despite online searches revealing that the bakery in town has changed locations and hands a few times, there is indeed a bakery. Yes, it may not exactly have a name -- the name above simply means "Bread and Cakes" and the store itself just has "bakery" splattered all over it -- but it's a bakery all the same. 

On a Sunday afternoon, it was quite stocked with a variety of baked goods; in fact, it was nice to see a fairly large selection that went beyond the usual Icelandic bakery repertoire. They had a lovely display case of cakes, cake slices, confectionery, and sweet buns. Notable finds included vinarterta (actually pretty rare in Iceland itself) and never-before-seen "Polish buns" which were filled with custard and drizzled with chocolate -- I'm not sure what made them Polish, but it was amusing to see. And, naturally, poppy seed buns. If an Icelandic bakery has poppy seed buns, you know that's what I'm taking. ^^

So a poppy seed bun it was (300kr). This looked promising with fresh, fluffy yeast dough rolled in a spiral shape, dotted with poppy seeds and topped with streusel topping and a mix of chocolate and vanilla icing. This was very good in taste, but ripping it open revealed that there wasn't exactly that much poppy seed in it... Actually, I would go so far as to say it was skimpy. 

Along with this, there was the licorice bar (far back; 345kr) which resembled more a chocolate bar than a baked good with a chocolate-coated marshmallow filling dotted with licorice bits. Interesting and... very Icelandic, but I'm not a fan of licorice, so I wasn't too into this one. 

The third item (365kr) had a name I forgot, but came in both a square or a full-sized cake. This had a thick, fairly dense cake bottom with nuts, caramel and chocolate coating -- somewhat of a cross between cake and chocolate bar. Pretty good. Maybe a bit too much dough would have been my only criticism. Overall, a pretty good bakery with great selection and okay prices that could be a little more generous with their poppy seed. ;)

Rating: ***