Tilli-beans Bakery & Coffee Shop

Bakery: Tilli-Beans Bakery & Coffee Shop 
Address: 109 Sherbrooke St, Wolseley SK 
Website: facebook 
Style: Canadian 
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.

The one thing about Saskatchewan towns, at least the ones on the Trans-Canada, is that they have a bunch of signs advertising what they have in advance. Some towns have bakeries and they don't advertise, but then there's Tilli-Beans. Actually, I had no idea this place existed; rather, that there was a bakery in Wolseley, but I spotted the sign and turned in. Your advertising worked! ;)

Anyways, Tilli-Beans is more a cafe than traditional bakery, with plenty of seating and quite a bit of selection for enjoying something with a coffee, whether that be lunch, breakfast, or something sweet. At first glance, many of their sweets are sold as 6-packs, but once stepping in, they do have a display case with slices of pie, tarts, and cookies.

I decided to try their butter tarts ($2.25 each); if I recall, they're sold either with pecans or raisins. I had the pecan. This had thick, jelly-like filling with big chunks of caramelized pecans. The taste was nice and buttery; however, the boat-shaped shell made it a little difficult to tackle. The slightly chewy texture of the shell, while quite tasty once in your mouth, was so hard to pull apart with your fork. The shallow basin for the filling also made some of it fall onto the plate when the struggle for cutting it was taking place. A bit unmanageable, yes, but a pretty good butter tart nonetheless.

Rating: **1/2