Opening Cakery & Coffee House

[DragonflyDesserts]

Hey Dragonfly Desserts,

How are things coming along?  I hope all is well. 

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Things are going great! We did a "soft opening" last Wednesday so we could get in the swing of things but its been anything but soft. We've had lines out the door and have been very busy! We have our Grand Opening tomorrow and Saturday and I am very excited. I have been baking away, providing scones, muffins, danishes, quiche, cookies and cakes for the coffee house. The whole town is a'buzz and loves the urban feel of the place. We did the espresso part right and can make better drinks than Starbucks would ever hope to I think the cake and coffees is a great marriage My husband took two weeks off of his job to manage and train and hire. We are closed Sundays, open a half day on Saturday and Monday through Friday 6am to 9pm. I work Monday through friday and have an assistant baker. We truly never expected such immediate success so the challange is to manage it so we don't have to live down there. Here are some pictures. They aren't the greatest, we did a little more work behind the bar, but hopefully I will get some more soon with better pictures of the cakes and pastries, but you get the idea.

Thanks for you interest!

[tsquare]

Space pictures are nice, but we need bakery porn.

[chefpeon]

Space pictures are nice, but we need bakery porn.

'Das Right!!! We wanna see the cakes and the scones and the muffins and the danishes and the

cookies!

[DragonflyDesserts]

Gotch ya! What could have I been thinking? Well, I don't have a digital camera on hand so you will have to be left in suspense for a while for more pictures. I'll be back!

[onehsancare]

If you freeze them on your own, just wrap them well to freeze.... but thaw unwrapped (unless you're in a humid climate).

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I haven't frozen already-baked pp (so this is the voice of inexperience!), but wouldn't thawing them still wrapped cause the condensation to end up on the outside of the wrapping, rather on the pp itself?

[Pam R]

If you freeze them on your own, just wrap them well to freeze.... but thaw unwrapped (unless you're in a humid climate).

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I haven't frozen already-baked pp (so this is the voice of inexperience!), but wouldn't thawing them still wrapped cause the condensation to end up on the outside of the wrapping, rather on the pp itself?

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I was aprehensive about saying that, because I think that depending on the climate you live in, things may differ. I live in a DRY DRY place. There is a very limited time during the summer when we have any humidity. So for me, opening them up works best. I also have one display cooler (showcase) that's nice and dry. Things thaw well in it unwrapped.

I find that if something is frozen, even if it's wrapped, the item will still give off some moisture when it thaws - so the wrapping will keep it in.

Unfortunately, I think this means that you have to test it yourself - bake off a couple of pieces and try thawing a couple of ways. It works for me though - so hopefully it will work for others.