New York foodie finds solace at Duchess Bake Shop

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by Justin on 10.12.2009

A writer from Edmonton food blog Cream and Sugar had a problem: she was fresh back from a New York holiday, and had a hankering for baked sweets.  She found Duchess Bake Shop.  This was her reaction:

I am in a constant state of lusting after proper French sugar delights, and I am rejoicing in the fact that they have finally arrived in grand form in Edmonton. Duchess Bake Shop is a simple and elegantly decorated space with high gilded ceilings, a shabby chic chandelier, clean white lines,  and a well appointed pastry case that highlights their beautifully executed creme tarts, croissants, duchess signature petit gateaus, madeleines, florentines, and of course, macarons.

The crisp, chewy, soft goodness of these well executed macarons, combined with the excellent ganache fillings that are not too sweet, and are naturally flavoured, was just the post-holiday medicine this girl needed. Add to that excellent cafe au laits and a nice selection of black teas, and Duchess Bake Shop gets two sugar coated thumbs up.

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