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Scandinavian and European baked goods in Utah County. 🍞State licensed cottage food business. Preorders via Hotplate. Owner: Maren Mecham

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As a micro business owner, it pays to be able to do stuff. The kitchen faucet literally broke at the end of clean up on Saturday, drenching the cabinet under the sink (just cleaning supplies, thankfully). Moen came through with 2-day shipping 🙏🏼 and I installed it this morning—faster and cheaper than calling the plumber. Now I can get going on a few market tasks! #behindthescenes #microbakerylife by @northseabaking

It’s bake day! Things are smelling amazing around here. Reminder that November will be full of Christmas Markets and I will do 2 pre-order bake weekends in a row in early December. See northseabaking.com for the details!
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November will full of hygge and Christmas Markets, so this will be one of the last sourdough bake days before Christmas. (There will be one more after Thanksgiving.) Check out northseabaking.com for the upcoming schedule! by @northseabaking

Preorders close on Tuesday for next weekend’s bake day. Don’t miss the debut of Danish Rye Bread, as well as Sesame Sunflower Sourdough and Cardamom Knots. Plus hand painted Swedish butter knives! Link to Hotplate in bio. by @northseabaking

My summer adventures in the UK, Ireland, Norway, and Vermont sparked all kinds of creative thoughts and I am excited to be back and baking in my little business kitchen again. I have 5 North Sea Baking events planned before Thanksgiving…as well as the return of the Scandinavian Christmas market at BYU on November 19th. (Cue confetti!) Bring your favorite butter to room temperature, because here we go! Pre-orders for each event will be over on Hotplate (link in bio). by @northseabaking

August 8: Fabrique. Locations in Stockholm, London and New York. This one is not far from the Tottenham Road underground station.

Hard to choose…

Cardamom bun

This was unique in that it had decorticated cardamom that was only lightly ground.

I’m all for a strong cardamom flavor, but I found the texture a little too crunchy for my liking.

Almond bun.

Super good. Almond filling inside. Highly recommended.

Cinnamon bun.

Nice filling and I love a good pearl sugar topping. There is some cardamom in there as well.

Walnut sourdough, half loaf

Not the most airy interior (which is fine, actually)

Incredible depth of flavor, marvelous texture, slightly smoky exterior. 10/10. If you are buying bread in London, do not miss this loaf. They sell it in whole or half sizes.

Shoutout to this really good apple juice. 🤌🏼

Overall rating based on these items: 4.6 out of 5. Solid stuff, and the bread takes it up a couple of notches. by @northseabaking

August 8: Bageriet (“the bakery”), located on Rose Street, halfway between the British Museum and Trafalgar Square.

Adorable little shop, very tiny inside but lots to look at.

Rye bread, sweet buns

Other treats—you can see the princess cakes in the background.

Blueberry bulle (bun)

Really good, lots of nice blueberry flavor in the filing, the bread was less stellar.

Raspberry custard wienerbröd

Definitely a winner

Cardamom bulle

The filling was great but the bread was very mediocre.

Overall rating based on these three items: 4.3 out of 5. I would go back and try some other things and maybe get the blueberry or the wienerbröd (Vienna bread) again. by @northseabaking

August 8: Miel, round 2. Located down the street to the right as you come out of the Warren Street tube station, Victoria line.

I went back around 10 or 10:30 to try to catch their kouign amann…which had just come out of the oven. Felt kinda like I had won the lottery. They had lots of other treats as well.

Chocolate and pecan mousse bun.

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Just as good as it looks. Top marks.

The kouign amann.

Butter, pastry, sugar, and a hint of cinnamon inside

Tender and so good. Could have used a taller format to let some of that soft interior shine through.

No complaints, though!

“Special bow”

Filled with the most intriguing lemon basil custard. Wow.

Cardamom bun

Perhaps the most disappointing cardamom bun I’ve ever had. Not worth it.

Pain suisse

Perfect in every way.

Pistachio and chocolate swirl. Better than average.

The repeat visit solidified my opinion that Miel does laminated pastries better than almost anyone else. When you go, indulge in a few of the pastries they have that day and enjoy yourself. If you’re feeling like you need to balance things out with some solid nutrition, definitely buy a loaf of their rye bread. My previous rating of 4.7 gets raised to 4.8 out of 5. by @northseabaking

6 August: Miel. As I said, Lee is a fabulous baker. On her strong recommendation, I stopped at Miel on the way home. They were still open at 6 o’clock, so I bought a small loaf of sourdough, a loaf of rye bread, a croissant, an apple and fennel sausage roll, a raspberry almond bakewell tart, and a small bag of dark chocolate and sea salt sables.

I need to go back for their kouign amanns because they were out.

The small sourdough is basically a large one cut in half before baking. Makes for an odd shape but makes sense, I guess.

Nice crust.

The crumb was surprisingly tight and the flavor lacked depth, so maybe this isn’t their best bread.

The rye was spot on, though.

Danish style, rivals Ole & Steen.

Sunflower, millet and flax plus rye chops. Basically perfect.

The croissant was maybe the best one I’ve ever had. 10/10, even at 6pm.

Does not get better than this.

Apple and fennel sausage roll. Topped with more fennel.

Puff pastry was incredible.

The sausage was phenomenal. Superb.

Raspberry almond bakewell tart.

Very good. Hit a lot of the right flavor notes.

Dark chocolate sea salt sables: butter cookies with some chocolate pieces. Does not taste like a chocolate chip cookie, so don’t expect that. Couldn’t really get a good chocolate or sea salt flavor, so maybe not my favorite, but if you want a butter cookie, these are pretty good.

Overall rating: 4.7 out of 5. There are a few things you should not miss at Miel while in London: croissants and sausage rolls for sure. I will report on additional items if I’m able to go back. by @northseabaking

My friend Lee is the best baker I know and I have always thought she should open a bakery. I went to visit her today and she and I walked to a local bakery that has been in business for a long time and is popular with the locals. She already knew its quality level wasn’t top tier, but wanted to share the charm of place with me. It’s very homey. We tried the cream doughnut, the mincemeat tart, and the apple bun.

Lovedays will never win an international bakery award, but it has all kinds of village personality. We recommend the cream doughnut. Cash only, but the prices are super low. They also sell local honey. 🐝🍯 by @northseabaking

July 31: Hjem. This word means “home” in Danish and Norwegian. Multiple people recommended it to me as having the best cardamom buns in London.

It is a little shop with some pastries, breads, a cake or two and coffee.

Cinnamon roll: good size, nice cinnamon flavor, though not the best cinnamon I’ve ever had.

Not very sweet, so if you’re American, this will likely not hit the spot for a cinnamon roll.

Bread was ok.

Vanilla bun. This is a cardamom flavored bread with a vanilla filling spread in between the layers.

Nice sticky glaze on top.

The bite I had had an oddly out of place salt flavor on top, so I’m not sure what that was about. Vanilla buns are not my favorite, but this was ok.

Cardamom buns. I got two, expecting to be swept away, but I think one would have been fine.

Same dough as the vanilla buns, but with cardamom in the sugary filling. Same sticky glaze; no extra cardamom sugar or pearl sugar.

Bread was fine.

Chocolate almond cake. I was hoping this would be like a Swedish sticky cake, but it was relatively airy and light.

Good if you just need a medium sugar hit.

This one is hard to rate because my expectations were set pretty high. I’m not sure their cardamom bun was any better than Ole & Steen’s, but if you like a small, local cafe, this is pretty good. 4.4/5 by @northseabaking

July 31: Paul. This is a French bakery with multiple locations around London and beyond. This one is in Notting Hill Gate.

There is a lot to choose from here, but I went with an Anglaise Abricot, a Gourmandise, and a 400g brioche loaf.

The brioche is perhaps the most disappointing brioche I’ve ever had.

Kind of weak-sauce.

It was essentially six large milk-bread dinner rolls stuck together.

Minimal peeling layers.

Would use as a dinner rolls for sure, though.

The Anglaise Abricot was better.

The apricots were great and there was some sweetness to balance them out.

Could use more custard.

I was hoping for a brioche suisse type thing, but this was quite plain.

The chocolate was good.

Could use a better custard and a sweet topping like sugar or a glaze.

Overall rating based on these items: 3. If you’re a French bakery and your brioche tastes like this, that’s not ideal. by @northseabaking