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We've really been enjoying Scott Orr and The Good Hunters (both compliments of Other Songs Music) at the bakery and would love to support some more local bands.  If you think your music is "bakery appropriate" and at least one of the members of your band lives in Hamilton or is from Hamilton we'd love to hear your music.  The staff of Cake+Loaf will pick our top 5 favourites and play exclusively those albums for the whole month of March.  If your album is selected we'll reward you with cookies, feature your band on our chalkboard, offer your CDs for sale and our favourite band will receive a $50 Cake+Loaf gift card.

Please drop off CDs at the bakery or email us a link to download your music by February 25th to be included.

Here are Cake & Loaf's Holiday Hours

December 23rd: OPEN 8am - 8pm
December 24th: OPEN 8am - 2pm
December 25th, 26th & 27th: CLOSED
December 28th, 29th & 30th: regular hours 8am-6pm
December 31st: OPEN 8am - 2pm

Also, the staff at Cake & Loaf will be taking a short break in the new year to get some much needed R&R.

The shop will be CLOSED January 2nd - 9th, and will re-open January 10th.

We would like to wish all of our customers a safe, healthy, happy and yummy Holiday season, and all of the very best for the New Year!

We are really excited to present to you our first full Holiday menu at Cake+Loaf Bakery.  We've had limited menus in the past but this one includes cakes, candies, chocolate and more.  We can also create beautiful and thoughtful gift baskets for all your needs from hostess gifts to client gifts.  Just give us a call and we'll put together exactly what you are looking for.   To view the menu click here

We are very happy to share that as a huge thank you to all our wonderful customers we will be offering a fantastic deal via Livingsocial.com.  For just 72hours from Tuesday November 8-Thursday November 10th you can purchase a $15 voucher from Cake+Loaf for only $7!  That's a savings of 53%!!  And you can redeem it for anything in the store- including custom cakes!

To make the deal even sweeter- once you purchase your voucher you will be given a link to send to your friends.  If 3 of them take advantage of this great offer you'll get your voucher for free!  So do your friends a favour and introduce them to our little neighbourhood bakery.  Their tastebuds are sure to thank you!

Because we are so excited about this we have a set a goal of selling 500 vouchers.  If we can sell 500 we will give a free decorated "Thank you" cookie to everyone who redeems a voucher.  So don't forget to purchase your voucher and spread the word to earn your free cookie and lots of love from us!

Buy your voucher now!

Thank you!

Josie and Nickey

As Cake + Loaf prepared for the bakery to open, we were lucky enough to have Geoff, from Detour Coffee, visit and teach us some espresso basics.  We were excited to learn how to pour a shot, steam milk, and drink like an expert (and expert he is, Geoff recently won first place in the Central Canadian Barista Competition!). 

 One of our taste-tests involved four different espresso shots, each poured longer than the last.  Geoff did this to illustrate the importance of testing and trying different times, to get the shot that delivers the best overall taste.  While some people prefer more bitter or syrupy, we were to find the middle ground - something that masses could enjoy.

After some demonstrations from Geoff, it was our turn to try.  Amanda stepped up and after a few tries, made us all some yummy lattes!

Nickey was next to try, and another (successful) barista was born!

Some of the Detour coffee Geoff brought with him:

The day was great from start...

...to finish.

(Latte art created by Geoff.) 

Follow Detour Coffee on Twitter: @detourcoffee, @GeoffMW