mini marzipan critters!

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Available at all 3 Dufflet cafe locations

Perfect for decorating cakes and cupcakes, stock-up on adorable, colourful marzipan shapes and critters. 

The single-packs are $3.95 and the 3-pack minis are $4.95

all night art - stock up on snacks!

Nuit Blanche
Saturday Oct 1, 2011
7pm to sunrise

TO peeps take to the streets to see what there is to see - and it's alot! Make a plan of attack by using the "My Night" personal planner and build a list of projects at www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca

Although not part of the Nuit Blanche program, if you're walking around Queen St. West, check out the Dufflet-DOWNTOWN Queen Specific window and Catherine Heard's "Hansel and Gretel" www.queenspecific.com

Dufflet-DOWNTOWN will be open until 7pm on Saturday, so get there early to grab a bag of bars, cookies and snacks to keep you going sweet all night long!
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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!

 

what's black + white and on sale this month?

 

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Dufflet Black + White Layer Cake

Rich and moist alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake frosted with vanilla buttercream. On special September 6 - 30, 2011 at all 3 Dufflet locations.

6" regular: $24, special $22
10" regular: $40, special $38
Daily Slice Special $4.00 (while quantities last)

Cake of the month will be available on pre-orders via phone, email and in-person.
In-store cake quantities are limited so pre-order to avoid disappointment!
Slices available in-store only and available on a first-come, first-served basis while quantities last.
No rainchecks or substitutions on this offer.
 

august cake of the month!

Cake of the Month 
at all 3 Dufflet locations!

On special August 2 - 31

White Chocolate Mousse

Classic white sponge cake layered with white chocolate mousse and a touch of strawberry compote; topped with a white chocolate ruffle.

6" regular: $25, special $23
 
10" regular: $44, special $40
 
Daily Slice Special $4.00 (while quantities last)

Cake of the month will be available on pre-orders via phone, email and in-person.

In-store cake quantities are limited so pre-order to avoid disappointment!

Slices available in-store only and on a first-come, first-served basis

No rainchecks or substitutions on this offer.
 

let them eat jazz!

Slip on your walking shoes and enjoy sweets + sounds + sand at Dufflet Beach (1917 Queen St. E., just east of Woodbine) while the annual Beaches International Jazz Festival wraps up this weekend with Streetfest. 

Drop by our sidewalk table and check out our special Beaches Jazz window display. Designed for Dufflet by artist Michelle Smith, music and cake icons made of sugar and different shades of sandpaper applied onto boards celebrate theme of sweets + sounds + sand.

Beaches Jazz StreetFest also means that Queen Street East becomes a giant pedestrian mall (and closed to traffic) from 6pm to 11:30pm on the nights of Thursday July 21, Friday July 22, and Saturday July 23, 2011. Info on getting around can be found at http://www.beachesjazz.com/directions.html#roaddetails

http://www.beachesjazz.com/streetfest.html is the place to visit to check out bandshell listings for Kew Gardens and all along Queen Street East this weekend.

Dufflet Beach is the place to start! Grab something sweet to nibble + sip and have a Beaches Jazz good time!

 

tour de dufflet prize winners!

A big round of applause (and a choir of bike bells ringing out) to the 172 riders who took the Eat More Cake, Ride More Bike challenge and rode the 2011 Tour de Dufflet during Toronto Bike Month in June!

Special thanks and recognition goes to Bike on Wheels and Crumpler for their wonderful prizes. Here are the super-lucky winners (drawn at random from this year's registration cards):

1st prize – Natalie Racz
$100 gift certificate from Bike on Wheels
$25 gift certificate from Dufflet Pastries

2nd prize – Erik Henriksen
Bike bag from Crumpler Canada (see photo)
$25 gift certificate from Dufflet Pastries

3rd prize – Crysler Paton
$50 gift certificate from Dufflet Pastries

4th prize (Tweet your photo) 
- Nogah Kornberg @nogahK
$25 gift certificate from Dufflet Pastries

Dufflet Pastries was able to raise and donate $860 to the Toronto Cyclists Union who were this year's charitable recipients of your $5 registration fees. These cycling advocates are a great group to support so please visit their website to learn more about what they do and how to become a member.

Links to visit:
http://bikesonwheels.ca/
https://www.crumpler.ca/flash/flash.aspx
http://bikeunion.to/

I've uploaded some of this year's photos to our Flickr site (more to come!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourdedufflet/sets/72157627188623044/... see you all next year!
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