Superior Home Bakery

Bakery: Superior Home Bakery
Address: 438 Great Northern Rd, Sault Ste. Marie ON
Website: facebook
Style: Canadian, European 
Price: $$ 

At the beginning of August, I embarked on a road trip from Toronto to Kelowna. Five provinces. Six days. Sure, the main purpose wasn't to go cake touring, but it was certainly a top priority, especially considering that I am still aiming for 150 bakeries from all over the country! Here are the results.

My first overnight stop was in Sault Ste. Marie. Unfortunately, I came in pretty late at night and the following day was Sunday, which isn't the greatest day to be embarking on morning bakery hunting. Fortunately, Superior Home Bakery was open! Although these guys were already on my prepared list of bakeries, driving by their sign the previous evening advertising "the best apple fritters in Canada" would have been more than enough to have me charging in the next morning. ;)

Yes, that's right. The best apple fritters in Canada -- it is quite a lofty claim and one that needed to be tested. Of course, they also had a wide and interesting array of not only baked goods, but of imported products from several European countries (they even sell Finnish stuff... stocking up on Finntoast was a necessity!! ^^). Without a doubt, their specialty is their doughnuts and they have a lot of them: from twists to jelly doughnuts with local jam to the main attraction, apple fritters. They do also sell other goodies, like squares and turnovers and tarts and something on the other end that looked like Finnish pulla bread (!). It was amazing how much I could have picked out.

Sadly, I can't just settle for one bakery during a road trip and a compromise had to be made. That compromise was the apple fritter ($2.15), a massive piece of fried dough the size of your face. Yes, it was huge! Browned on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside; add onto that a delicious glaze and slices of apples on top. This was very fresh and the highlight was biting into that slightly crunchy, glazed skin... wow. Naturally, I had to go further and test their claim. Was this the best apple fritter in the country? Well, it came close to perfection and had they said nothing, I would be more lenient. ;) As it is, this scrumptious fritter could have used a bit more apple and I think if it were less fluffy so that you could really enjoy that fried outside... oh boy, fritter ecstasy!

Nonetheless, Superior Home Bakery was indeed one of the highlights of the trip.

Rating: ***1/2