tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259799211954556362024-02-19T12:09:35.992-05:00Tour de Duffleteat more cake, ride more bikeTour de Dufflethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682387548196036305noreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525979921195455636.post-70435476617404453472015-02-27T15:48:00.000-05:002015-02-27T15:48:20.403-05:00Dufflet Pastries at the Restaurants Canada Show<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Dufflet Pastries</b> will be showing off some sweet stuff at <a href="http://www.restaurantshow.ca/" target="_blank">The Restaurants Canada Show</a> (formerly the Canadian Restaurant & Foodservices Association Show) this weekend (<b>March 1-3</b>) at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto.<br /><br />We're busy as bakers (which totally is a thing) gearing up for our <b>40th anniversary </b>and we may be able to drop a hint or two on what <b>The Queen of Cake®</b> is planning for 2015! Please drop by <b>booth #1207</b> and enter our contest to win an anniversary gift box (one for each day of the show). <br /><br />And if you're tweeting and posting to IG, don't forget to use the hashtag<b> #RestoShow15</b> so we can share your photos via social media. Hope to see you there!<br /><span style="color: white;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Choose from the following 3" cupcake flavours (while quantities last);<br /><br /><b>Chocolate Fudge</b> - Chocolate fudge cake with shiny chocolate glaze topped with crispy pearls.<br /><br /><b>Devil's Mint </b>- Devil's food cupcake topped with a swirl of mint frosting and chocolate sprinkles. <br /><br /><b>Double Vanilla</b> - Buttery golden vanilla cake topped with vanilla bean icing and a buttercream flower. <br /><br /><b>Pink Velvet</b> - Our Pink Velvet cake topped with pink cream cheese icing and sprinkles. <br /><br /><b>Devil's Raspberry</b> - Devil's Food cake filled with raspberry compote; topped with raspberry buttercream and pink chocolate curls. <br /><br /><b>Strawberry Shortcake</b> - Golden vanilla cake filled with strawberry compote, topped with vanilla and strawberry swirled buttercream; garnished with shortcake crumbs.<br /><br />Help fight cruelty with cupcakes and “bake” a difference for animals! Laszlo thanks you for your donations :)<br /><span style="color: white;">.</span></span></span><br />
Tour de Dufflethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682387548196036305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525979921195455636.post-30857647329408303582015-01-30T16:47:00.000-05:002015-01-30T16:47:21.163-05:00Saddle up; Hero for a Month is back!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Whether it's a hostess or corporate gift, or a special way to say "Thanks", what could be sweeter than a gift basket from <b>Dufflet Small Indulgences</b>? Order the curated baskets below or ask for custom baskets to be assembled according to your budget. <br /><br /><b>Large $69.95</b><br />Holiday Tin - Holiday assortment / Espresso Chzcake / Blueberry Almond Bark / Milk Chocolate Pistachio Morsels / Dark Chocolate and Almond Nutt-e / Peppermint Bark / Cracklin Pigs / Amigos - Winter Wonderland / Amigos - Frosty and Friends / Holiday Truffles 4 pcs / Dark Chocolate Maple Tofflet / Cranberry Nougato<br /><br /><b>Medium $39.95</b><br />Peppermint Patty 8 Pcs (Red Box) / Espresso Chzcake / Hazelnut Morsels / Cinnamon Pecan Nutt-e / Cranberry Almond Bark / Chocolate Peppermint Bar / Dark Chocolate Nougato / Snowman Butter Cookie / Peppermint Patty 4 Pcs (Green Box)<br /><br /><b>Small $19.95</b><br />Espresso Chzcake / Peppermint Patty 4 Pcs (Red Box) / Cranberry Nougato / <br />Cracklin Pigs / Gingerbread Man Cookie<br /><br />Quantities are limited, so avoid sadface and contact the Dufflet café most convenient to you to <b>pre-order</b> your gift baskets today!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Want a copy of Amy Rosen's fabulous Toronto Cooks book? <a href="http://instagram.com/duffletpastries" target="_blank">Dufflet Pastries on Instagram</a> has one to give away to our Instagram followers! Here's how to enter:<br /><br />1- Follow @DuffletPastries on Instagram</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2- Tag 3 foodie friends (in the Greater Toronto area) who you think would like this book in <a href="http://instagram.com/p/vgac1GlGBb" target="_blank">the comments here on this post</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The City of Toronto will be replacing the old water pipes and installing new ones at 787 Queen Street West on <b>Monday, Oct. 20</b> so <b>Dufflet - Downtown </b>will be closed that day - sorry for the inconvenience! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oh joy, it's finally here! <b>Toronto Cooks</b> is now available, and it's a beaut. Noted food writer <b>Amy Rosen</b> profiles Toronto's <b>Top 100 chefs</b> alongside an amazing array of recipes for you to try at home (or get someone else to make for you, ha ha). <br /><br />And here's the best part. Limited autographed editions available now at all 3 Dufflet locations for only <b>$25.00</b> (tax included)<br /><br /><b>Special offer! </b>Buy a copy of Toronto Cooks in person at any Dufflet location and get an instant $5 discount on any small $25 cake in store.<br /><br />Yes, it's a pretty good deal - what are you waiting for?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A big round of applause (and a choir of bike bells) to the <b>144 cyclists</b> who took the Eat More Cake, Ride More Bike challenge and rode the <b>2014 Tour de Dufflet</b> during Toronto Bike Month in May/June!<br /><br />Here are this year's lucky prize winners (drawn at random from this year's registration cards):<br /><br /><b>1st prize - Michael Buyers</b><br />$100 gift certificate from <a href="http://dukescycle.ca/" target="_blank">Duke's Cycle</a> and a gift certificate for a small cake from Dufflet Pastries <br /><br /><b>2nd prize - Coranna Lee</b><br />A Dufflet cooler bag and a gift certificate for a small cake from Dufflet Pastries <br /><br /><b>3rd prize - Brian Wendler</b><br />A gift certificate for a small cake from Dufflet Pastries<br /><br /><b>Twitter photo prize - Ani L.</b> (@liu_ani) <br />2 coffee + slice gift cards from Dufflet Pastries <br /><br /><a href="http://www.dufflet.com/" target="_blank">Dufflet Pastries</a> has donated <b>$720 </b>to <b>Cycle Toronto</b> who were this year's charitable recipients of your $5 registration fees. These cycling advocates are a great group to support so please <a href="http://cycleto.ca/" target="_blank">visit their website</a> to learn more about what they do and how to become a member.<br /><br />Thanks again for supporting Tour de Dufflet and Bike Month ... hope to see you all again next year!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This month's Cake of the Month is <b><span style="color: red;">Lemon Parfait</span></b> - layers of lemon mousse and lemon soaked sponge cake surrounded with pure whipped cream and finished with white chocolate shavings.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>On special August 1-31, 2014</b></span><br />6" regular: $25, special $23<br />9" regular: $44, special $40<br />Daily Slice Special $4.00 (while quantities last)<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cake of the Month will be available on pre-orders via phone, email and in-person. <br />In-store cake quantities are limited, so pre-order to avoid disappointment!<br />Slices available in-store only and on a first-come, first-served basis. <br />No rainchecks or substitutions on this offer.</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Tour de Dufflethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682387548196036305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525979921195455636.post-60250447873341125822014-07-25T13:42:00.000-04:002014-07-25T13:42:11.905-04:00Dara The Bow Girl meet'n'tweet at Dufflet Pastries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tour de Dufflethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682387548196036305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525979921195455636.post-70128078645767178822014-07-22T17:04:00.000-04:002014-07-22T17:04:09.186-04:00Beaches Jazz Streetfest starts here!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Stock up on ice cream sandwiches and Augie's ice pops before you slip on your walking shoes! Enjoy sweets + sounds at <b>Dufflet-Beach</b> cafe (<b>1917 Queen St. E., just east of Woodbine</b>) while the annual <b>Beaches International Jazz Festival</b> wraps up this weekend with <b>Streetfest</b>. <br /><br /><u>Dufflet-Beach extended hours:</u><br />Thursday July 24th 9am - 8pm<br />Friday July 25th 9am - 8pm<br />Saturday July 26th 10am - 8pm<br /><br /><u>FYI Road Closure:</u> <br />During Beaches Jazz Festival StreetFest, on the nights of Thursday July 24th, Friday July 25th, and Saturday July 26th, Queen Street E. will be closed from Woodbine Ave. to Beech Ave. from 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm nightly. The north / south streets of Waverley Ave., Wineva Ave., and Lee Ave. will remain open throughout the evening. <br /><br />For more details and a list of performers, visit <a href="http://www.beachesjazz.com/" target="_blank">http://www.beachesjazz.com/ </a>and on Twitter follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/beachesjazz" target="_blank">@beachesjazz</a><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span></span></span>Tour de Dufflethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682387548196036305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525979921195455636.post-52826931692548766492014-07-09T12:55:00.001-04:002014-07-09T12:55:52.457-04:00CotM for July is Mango Charlotte<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Tour de Dufflethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682387548196036305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525979921195455636.post-22145332893409558932014-06-25T12:58:00.000-04:002014-06-25T12:58:34.861-04:00Cupcake Pride<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So many of you are back to ride the #TourDeDufflet this year and it's so much fun to see you all again!<br /><br />Here's Sharon McLaughlin with a pal (sorry, forgot to ask her name!). Sharon's done our sweet little tour for the 5th year in a row. Yes, she is awesome!<br /><br />Due to road construction, Sharon was having a little trouble navigating from our Beach to our Downtown location, but this nice guy (who was also riding TdD) showed them the way. <br /><br />Eat More Cake, Ride More Bike ... make new friends!<br /><br />(<b>Tour de Dufflet</b> ends on <b>June 30th</b>. Details on how to participate are at <a href="http://tourdedufflet.blogspot.ca/2014/05/eat-more-cake-ride-more-bike-tour-de.html">http://tourdedufflet.blogspot.ca/2014/05/eat-more-cake-ride-more-bike-tour-de.html</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Could not resist grabbing a photo of a couple of handsome men at the end of a Tour de Dufflet ride today. Here are <b>Mike & G.P.</b> from <a href="http://torontoss.com/">torontoss.com</a> (Toronto Singlespeed, which is an amazing site that you should check out).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tour de Dufflet kicked off last week and runs right through <b>Bike Month</b> until <b>June 30th</b>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Many of you have returned to ride our little tour for the 7th year in a row - awesome! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This year's gift for registering is a reflective arm and/or leg band ... you get to decide where you'd like to wear it :D</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As usual, your $5 dollar registration will be completely donated to <span>to <b>Cycle Toronto </b>(<a href="http://cycleto.ca/">cycleto.ca</a>) so that they can continue to do good work in making Toronto a safer place to ride your bike. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span>Details on <b>Tour de Dufflet 2014</b> are here (in case you need a refresher!) </span><a href="http://tourdedufflet.blogspot.ca/2014/05/eat-more-cake-ride-more-bike-tour-de.html">http://tourdedufflet.blogspot.ca/2014/05/eat-more-cake-ride-more-bike-tour-de.html</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Dufflet Cake of the Month for June is Pink Velvet!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Red Velvet cakes are famous for being ... well, famous! Earliest recipes originate from the southern U.S. and use everything from beet juice to artificial food dyes to enhance their ruddy hue under a blanket of white frosting.<br /><br />Dufflet reinvents this come-back classic via natural food chemistry (cocoa, cinnamon and buttermilk) to create her magical Pink Velvet Cake. Moist sheets of spicy, cocoa enriched cake are layered with a sweet cream cheese icing that is naturally tinted pink - no artificial colours - and decorated with a white chocolate daisy.<br /><br />On special June 1 - 30, 2014<br />6" regular: $24, special $22<br />9" regular: $40, special $38<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Daily Slice Special $4.00 (while quantities last)<br />Cake of the month will be available on pre-orders via phone, email and in-person.<br />In-store cake quantities are limited so pre-order to avoid disappointment!<br />Slices available in-store only and on a first-come, first-served basis<br />No rainchecks or substitutions on this offer.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sunday, June 1st is National Butter Tart Day, and all three Dufflet locations will celebrate with Dufflet's famous version of the Canadian Classic made with plump currants and real butter baked in a flaky crust. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sizes: 3" large on special $2.00 each, 1.5" small $1.00 each <br />(while quantities last) Avoid sadface and pre-order a dozen in advance!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The 7th annual <b>Tour de Dufflet</b> will take place from <b>May 27 to June 30</b>, 2014. <br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Schedule: Daily<span style="color: red;"> except Mondays</span> (rain or shine)<br /><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Tuesdays to Saturdays 10am - 7pm<br /> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Sundays 12pm - 5pm</b><br /><br />Get a little exercise and something sweet by cycling to all 3 Dufflet cafés in one day! <br /><br />Registered participants will receive a souvenir and refreshments as they get their passports stamped at each Dufflet location.<br /><br />A <b>$5 registration fee </b>(payable on the day of your ride) will be donated to Cycle Toronto (<a href="http://cycleto.ca/">cycleto.ca</a>). <br /><br />You will visit your first café only once to register and to receive stamp #1 in your passport. You may tour our 3 locations in any order.</span></span><br />
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offered include bottled water or regular coffee and a choice from that
day’s brownies or savoury snacks (samosa or spanokopita). Available
items will change daily. <br /><br />At your final location (stamp #3) you will hand in your stamped passport to be eligible for a <b>grand prize draw</b> at the end of Bike Month.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Groups</b></span> - because our cafés are quite small, we ask that you please stagger your starts and arrivals into foursomes about 10 minutes apart to allow our cafe staff enough time to serve both our regular customers and Tour de Dufflet participants.<br /><br />Visit <a href="http://tourdedufflet.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">tourdedufflet.blogspot.com</a> and follow <a href="https://twitter.com/tourdedufflet" target="_blank">@tourdedufflet</a> for updates throughout <a href="https://cycleto.ca/bike-month-2014" target="_blank">Toronto Bike Month. </a><br /><i> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>PS/ Tweet your TdD photos with the hashtag <b>#TourDeDufflet</b> to be eligible for additional prizes!</i></span></span><br />
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