Cupcake Pride

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Dufflet Pastries has been a long-time supporter of the LGBT community in Toronto and will once again be a sponsor of the Pride & Remembrance Run on Saturday, June 28 with post-run sweets including tarts, cakes, and bars. Check out @Pride_Run for details.

World Pride events end on Sunday, June 29 in Toronto, but there are still many wonderful things to do and see before then - please follow @pridetoronto for the latest updates, or check out the great photos and stories on the http://worldpridetoronto.com website.

Looking for something sweet for the weekend? All 3 Dufflet locations will offer these adorable Pride cupcakes ($3.50 each) on Saturday and Sunday.

Pride Week Toronto is one of the largest Pride celebrations in the world, and we're looking forward to sharing your adventures #MyWorldPride!
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gluten-free cupcakes for the holidays ... and beyond!

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If you haven't checked out the Dufflet line of certified gluten-free desserts, you can find a list of them on our main website. One thing to keep in mind when shopping for gluten-free products is that there is a difference between certified gluten-free, and items made without gluten in the recipe.

Certification from the Canadian Celiac Association and the right to display the official logo on the product, is a process that includes testing, licensing and renewal. Dufflet products that bear the CCA logo have passed and continue to pass these tests, and these items are always sold in their sealed packaging to maintain their official gluten-free status. Items sold not in their packaging may become contaminated by gluten in the environment.

Dufflet Pastries also makes a wide variety of desserts that don't have wheat or gluten in the recipe for those who are simply cutting down on their gluten intake (and are not seriously allergic to gluten). These items are marked with a "made without gluten" symbol on our website under Fresh Collection (for example, our Baby Truffle mini cake or our Dacquoise cakes and mini cakes)

All three Dufflet locations have certified gluten-free cupcakes in Devil's Food and Vanilla for $9.00 for a sealed 4-pack of a single flavour. 

You can also find them in the freezer section at your favourite local food emporium (I love that word) if traveling to one of our cafes is not convenient.
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Dufflet at Gluten-Free Garage!

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Dufflet Pastries will be on hand at this year's Gluten-Free Garage on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the  Artscape Wychwood Barns. There will be loads to taste and take home, so come on out if you're looking for the best Toronto has to offer in gluten-free foods!
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You can find more info at the Gluten Free Garage website (with an amazing blog) and via their Twitter.

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Hope to see you there!
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sneak peak at your new favourite cupcake ...

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They won't be available until after Labour Day, but check out our new 3" seasonal cupcake in Pumpkin Spice.

Made with a seriously moist spiced pumpkin batter (topped with a spiced cream cheese frosting), I barely had time to snap the photo above before staff attacked it like ninjas with forks.

Scary, yes, but delicious too. You may want to eat yours hiding under your bed.
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Dufflet-Beach extended hours during Beaches Jazz Festival!

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Open late for your jazz snacking needs! Dufflet-Beach (1917 Queen Street East, east of Woodbine) will be open late this weekend to help you enjoy the Beaches International Jazz Festival!

Extended hours:
Thursday July 25th  9am - 10pm
Friday July 26th  9am - 10pm
Saturday July 27th  10am - 11pm

Keep your eyes open for our adorable Jazz cupcakes, perfectly suitable for eating in our dining room or toting along for a sidewalk munch.

FYI Road Closure: During Beaches Jazz StreetFest, on the nights of Thursday July 25th, Friday July 26th, and Saturday July 27th, 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.

For more details and a list of performers, visit http://www.beachesjazz.com/ and on Twitter @beachesjazz
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Perfectly suitable for Game 7!

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Adorable blue tinted chocolate maple leafs to adorn your playoff cupcakes and cakes.



Get them at all 3 Dufflet locations ...

Go LEAFS Go!!!
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jimmy cracked corn but i don't care ...

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... I just put it on a cupcake, so there! Enjoy a delicious and fun Caramel Corn Cupcake, with moist brown sugar cake topped with caramel frosting and decorated with caramel corn, it's sure to please a sweet someone in your life (including you!)

Available at all 3 Dufflet locations. Size: 3", $2.85 each.
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erin go cupcake ...

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Happy St. Patrick's Day on Sunday, March 17th! 

Toronto's annual parade kicks off at noon at Bloor and St. George, turns south on Yonge, then back west on Queen to University. You can get all the details at www.topatrick.com plus cool insider tips!

Why not stock up on Dufflet Devil's Mint Cupcakes and Irish Cream Cheesecake Minis to have something to munch on while watching the parade?
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we heart cupcakes!

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We took our delicious Dufflet cupcakes and put chocolate hearts on top because why not?

Get yourself in the mood for sweet love (and ALL love is sweet) with our classic Chocolate Fudge, Double Vanilla and Pink Velvet cupcakes.

Also getting gussied up are our filled cupcakes in Devil's Raspberry, Coconut Dulce de Leche and Strawberry Shortcake.

Available now at all 3 Dufflet locations for $2.85 each.

Be sure to pre-order these for Valentine's Day pick-ups on Thursday, February 14th because there's no kind of madness like the madness of last minute shopping. You don't need that!
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sneak peek: dufflet holiday season desserts, pt 1

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Available beginning November 6th, here's a sneak peek at our new seasonal items available at all 3 Dufflet locations.

Hot Chocolate Cheesecake
Dense and delicious milk chocolate cheesecake in a chocolate shortbread crust; topped with milk chocolate glaze, toasted marshmallows, graham crumbs and whipped cream.

Peppermint Truffle Cakelet®
Sinfully rich Devil's Food chocolate cake with alternating layers of peppermint buttercream and light truffle cream; glazed with dark chocolate.

Gingerbread Cake
Spicy molasses gingerbread cake with a hint of chocolate; frosted with cream cheese, topped with a tinted white chocolate gingerbread cut-out.

Cherries Jubilee Mini
Light chocolate cake surrounds vanilla mousse with a heart of brandied cherries; dark chocolate glaze and white chocolate drizzle. (made without wheat or gluten)

Cranberry Cheesecake Euro Tart
Rich and creamy cheesecake batter swirled with cranberry orange filling baked in our Euro style sweet dough crust

Mincemeat Tarts
A traditional favourite made in a not so traditional way! All vegetarian (no suet) with apples, lemons, oranges, raisins and dried apricots in a flaky, buttery crust.

Smores Cupcake   
Devil's Food cupcake topped with chocolate frosting, toasted marshmallow and graham crumbs.

Filled cupcake - Devil's Snowball
Devil's Food cupcake filled with coconut buttercream; topped with more coconut buttercream.
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i ain't fraid of no cupcake

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Wanna be scared sweet? How about picking up one of these adorable Halloween decorated 3" cupcakes at any Dufflet cafe! 

Also, today is Wednesday, and that means Cake Happy Hour with 2 for 1 slices from 2pm to 6pm!

Trick or Sweet!
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why yes, we put stuff inside the cupcake...

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While it doesn't quite reach the epic wow factor of a hot dog inside a pizza crust, our filled cupcakes have an extra shot of sweet stuff for you sweet stuff lovers.

Here's a Dufflet filled cupcake in Coconut Dulce de Leche - 3" golden vanilla cake filled with creamy dulce de leche, topped with coconut buttercream and drizzled with caramel.

Available at all 3 Dufflet locations, $2.85 each.
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carrot cake cupcakes ... soon!

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New items from today's Easter/Passover newsletter, for products available beginning next Tuesday, include a luscious new Dufflet Carrot cupcake!

Our famous Carrot Cake with pineapple and coconut in a 3" cupcake topped with lots of yummy cream cheese frosting, decorated with pastel white chocolate confetti. (made without nuts)

So delish!
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i'm lookin' over a green chocolate clover ...

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Why yes, we're going to decorate our Mint Truffle Cakelet® and our Devil's Mint Cupcakes with a green white chocolate shamrock (tinted with natural colours). Thank you for asking!
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2 in a box, more for you!

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On special at all 3 Dufflet cafes, 2-packs of filled 3" Cupcakes for only $5.00

Grab them now before they're gone!

In-person shopping only (phone orders not available)

how can you eat just one?

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Serious question, folks!

Dufflet mini-cupcakes in Devil's Food and Real Vanilla pack a lot of delicious for their 1.5" size and their naturally tinted buttercreams

You can eat these like bonbons so that makes them perfect for next week's episode of Downton Abbey or maybe the weekend's NFL playoff games?

Mini-cupcakes go with everything, and are available at all 3 Dufflet cafes for $1.50 each.
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all your pumpkin spice cupcakes belong us

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Available now at all 3 Dufflet retail cafes, 3" moist spiced pumpkin cupcakes topped with orange frosting.

Pumptastic!

 

blue velvet for father's day!

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The weather is nice, so it's easy to forget the little things, like buying Dad something sweet for Father's Day (Sunday, June 19th). Good thing we're here with two obviously WONDERFUL suggestions!

Single-layer 6" Chocolate Fudge Cake - decorated for Father's Day with white chocolate bow tie and tuxedo buttons. 

Blue Velvet 3" Cupcakes - like our Pink Velvet cakes, this has yummy cocoa spice cake on the inside, and blueberry cream cheese icing on top!

Both are available at all 3 Dufflet cafe locations until Father's Day ... be sure to pre-order to avoid disappointment (they sell out fast, and I don't think it's just Dad's on the receiving end, right?)

william and kate, plus cupcake!

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The wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine "Kate" Middleton is scheduled to take place at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011.

Dust-off the fine china and have an old-fashioned tea-party wedding-watchathon with commemorative cupcakes from Dufflet!

Available on April 28 + 29 only, choose from Vanilla, Devil's Strawberry, or Devil's Mint 3" cupcakes topped with an edible image of the intertwined initials of the couple under the prince's coronet. $3.60 each, while quantities last.

Avoid disappointment and pre-order your royal wedding cupcakes today at any Dufflet retail cafe!

Dufflet - Downtown 787 Queen St. W.
Dufflet - Uptown 2638 Yonge St.
Dufflet - Beach 1917 Queen St. E.

 

don't need cupcakes for makin' whoopie ...

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Interesting read in the Toronto Star (The next baked thing: Cupcakes’ days numbered?) about what will replace the cupcake as the next big thing.

Dessert specialty shops come and go, but Dufflet Rosenberg has been baking a wide range of treats for over 35 years, and has long offered alternates to the cupcake like her delectable 3" mini pastries, tarts and cheesecakes and for the last year, a few flavours of Whoopie Pie cookies.

Apparently Whoopie Pies originated from the New England area (this kind of thing is always up for dispute!), and ranging in size from palm-size to dinner-plate (according to the baker) normally consist of a flavoured creamy filling sandwiched between two chewy cookies.

Dufflet's Whoopie Pies (in chocolate with peanut butter or strawberry filling) are handy in size and not messy to take with ... anywhere!

And don't panic, we still make 5 flavours of cupcake too (including an amazing Pink Velvet with creamcheese icing!) :D