Skeena Bakery

Bakery: Skeena Bakery
Address: 4477 10 Ave, New Hazelton BC
Website: http://www.skeenabakery.ca/
Style: Canadian
Price: $$-$$$ 

This just might be the northernmost bakery in BC, at least it is on my Cake Tour. For now. Skeena Bakery is a tiny bakery located at the back of a blink and you'll miss it plaza, by the laundromat. Good thing there are signs from the highway. Inside, this bakery tends to focus on wholesome baked goods; there aren't a lot of them and judging by the empty baskets, there seemed to have been more of them later on. Nothing really stood out among this small selection and I found some items a little too expensive for their size - maybe it was because they use organic flour?

Having had a far from stellar cinnamon bun the day before, I bypassed my first pick and went instead for the apple raisin bun ($2.35) - finally something unique! It was a classic sweet bun, similar perhaps in style to Scandinavian buns or Eastern European yeast babas: very airy, stiff yeast dough with literally a dash of sugar on top and some barely detectable cinnamon mixed into the folds. I was glad there weren't that many raisins in it, but where were the apples? There needed to be more, and it definitely needed more flavour overall. The only explanation is that it was indeed organic, but at the same time "it's organic" is not synonymous with "it's boring". ;)

Rating: **1/2