Nancy's Shoppe

Bakery: Nancy's Shoppe 
Address: @ Farmer's Market, Gyro Park, Grand Forks BC
Website: market facebook
Style: Canadian 
Price: $$ 

So, after passing through a few towns when it was still too early for the bakery to be open, I arrived in Grand Forks a little bit after nine. No excuse for the bakery in town to be closed. Except that it opened at 11. What bakery opens at 11!? As a last-ditch effort, I went back to the busy farmer's market, recalling that one of the flags advertised baking.

The Farmer's Market was certainly a happening place, though it would be revealed that the "baking" flag essentially applied to only one vendor, and that was Nancy's Shoppe. Nancy's main focus is art and the baking seems to be a bit of a side project, but there was nonetheless a table of three or four different items, all freshly baked (so she assured me) and ready packed.

I was set on the big, fluffy cinnamon bun when I decided to just make the market detour more worthwhile by getting the butter tarts as well. The cinnamon bun ($2.50) was the kind that's baked in a pan and then cut into big, hearty squares. However, many buns in this style are simply too gooey and sweet, but this was nice, with a glaze on top and rip-apart, soft and airy dough with cinnamon throughout.

The butter tarts ($2.50 for a pack of two), if I recall correctly, came in two varieties: nut and raisin. Is that it? All these Cake Tours are getting me confused.. Anyways, I did take the one with chunks of walnuts mixed in with the buttery filling, all inside a hand-folded, flaky shell. Great texture, good taste. So, Grand Forks wasn't a bust after all!

Rating: ***