Nancy's Bakery

Bakery: Nancy's Bakery 
Address: 1451 Hwy 101, Lund BC
Website: facebook
Style: Canadian
Price: $$$ 

They say that at the end of every rainbow, there's a pot of gold; well, at the end of every road, there's a bakery. At the very least, this can be said of the Sunshine Coast Hwy, which ends in the tiny, yet insanely busy in the summer months town of Lund. And really, what better way to mark that occasion than to try in vain to find a parking spot and visit Nancy's Bakery for their "famous" cinnamon buns or other baked goodies?  I know I did.

Nancy's is small-town bakery (with somewhat big-town prices that are not featured on any of the labels, which is frustrating) that, owing to the traffic going to Lund, serves a large selection of classic Canadian treats along with about a half dozen flavours of those aforementioned "famous cinnamon buns", mostly laden with nuts or local fruit. Now, you can't always take these claims to heart, especially without trying it yourself; I mean, using a word like "famous" is just an outright challenge for the Cake Tour. I knew I had to see how they fared.

More often than not, a simple, classic flavour is the best way to put a signature item to the test, and yet the second I saw blackberry cinnamon buns ($4.00), I knew I had to have it. In a typical, "BC-style" square-shaped coil, these buns are plumper and softer than usual buns of this type. Perfectly glazed with juicy, flavourful blackberries nicely complimenting the not too gooey cinnamon filling. Great texture, fabulous taste -- makes the trip down to the end of the road worthwhile!

Rating: ***1/2