chicago bakery easter 2014

Vanille

Vanille Patisserie
2108 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614
2229 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
131 N. Clinton Street, Chicago, IL 60661
773.868.4574
VanillePatisserie.com

Easter Basket Essentials, Entremets and More

Vanille Patisserie offers an array of custom-made specialty treats perfect for Easter baskets, including chocolate bunnies filled with jelly beans, decorated sugar cookies, nougat bars, pate de fruit, and buttery caramels. Vanille also features larger items for holiday group gatherings, such as Easter celebration cakes, tartes, entremets and pastries. The complete menu is outlined below.

Limited quantities will be available in-store, and pre-orders are welcome by Tuesday, April 15 for guaranteed pickup at Vanille. Vanille Pastisserie’s Lincoln Park locations (Clark Street and Clybourn Avenue) will be open regular hours on Easter Sunday

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Delightful Pastries

Delightful Pastries locations:

Old Town at 1710 N. Wells St., (312) 255-0724
Jefferson Park at 5927 W. Lawrence, (773) 545-7215
Chicago French Market at 131 N. Clinton, (312) 234-9644

www.delightfulpastries.com

Delightful Pastries Sweet and Savory for Your Easter Table

Whether sweet or savory, Delightful Pastries has delicious treats in store for Spring and the Easter holiday season.

While you may think of Delightful Pastries for its sweet offerings, don’t forget that they offer a complete selection of savories and homemade breads. Create a memorable Easter brunch by starting off with Delightful Pastries’ delicious Lamb & Spinach Pie with organic lamb, spinach and a cheese béchamel sauce, serving 12-14 people. Their Veggie Quiche with French pastry filled with leeks, spinach, m ushroom, onion and Swiss cheese is another great choice for your brunch menu.

Chef Dobra Bielinski suggests adding a White Borsht Soup and a Fresh Sausage and Polish salad with organic arugula, roasted butternut squash, roasted local beets from Genesis Growers, oranges, spiced walnuts with house made mustard vinaigrette to your menu. Accompany the meal with a variety of breads such as Seeded Sourdough-a healthy delicious eggless bread with no dairy, sugar or yeast. It’s a great vegan selection. In fact, Delightful Pastries offers a number of vegan offerings including their special Pecan Cranberry Sourdough, a whole wheat bread studded with dried cranberries and pecans and Holiday Bread with pecans, dried cherries, raisin, dried cranberries, candied orange peel and currants.

Delightful Pastries

On the sweet side, Delightful Pastries specials include Pound Cake finished with buttercream or powdered sugar, and an array of beautifully decorated and tasty sugar cookies in adorable shapes including bunny rabbits, carrots, flowers, and butterflies topped with icing and spring decorations. Delightful Pastries’ Mocha Chocolate Bundt Cake, Rum & Raisin Babka and Chocolate Babka also make a perfect hostess gift or serving centerpiece for your own holiday table.

Easter specials are available at all three Delightful Pastries locations: Old Town at 1710 N. Wells St., (312) 255-0724; Jefferson Park at 5927 W. Lawrence, (773) 545-7215, and Chicago French Market at 131 N. Clinton, (312) 234-9644. Visit http://www.delightfulpastries.com for more information.

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