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Victorian House Scones Brings The Authentic Taste Of England To American Customers
Scones, and biscuits, and cookies, oh, my! For products that are delicious and well as a delight to the eye, you must see what Victorian House Scones has to offer.
Debbie Anderson (“The Scone lady”) is a self-taught baker who wanted to create the perfect scone. Her obsession led to her creating original mixes made by hand, giving them a baked- from-scratch flavor and quality. Along the way, she fed many squirrels and happy kids while she was baking. Fifteen years later, those perfected mixes are still created by hand.
Her scones have been called equal to those in England. They offer three base scone mixes, giving you a blank canvas where you can build or create any flavor you can imagine. They just need butter and buttermilk and whatever you bring to the mix. It’s easy to add in cinnamon sugar, strawberries, or peaches. If you’re stumped for an idea on how to really get the full potential from this product, try out their recipe for cinnamon streusel, or the lemon ricotta.
Lemon Ricotta, Almond, Cranberry Gorgonzola and Cinnamon Streusel are just some examples of flavors you can create from the Original Recipe Scone Mix. How is that for versatility? Of course, having it plain is wonderful, too. They have many mixes to choose from: original, original oatmeal, cornmeal, butter brickle, gingerbread, Indian chai, lemon poppyseed, and pumpkin spice. Particular suggestions are the original because of the potential in adding your own flavors, and the Butter Brickle for its fabulous and unique flavor.
Also enjoy their biscuit mixes. They are similar to the scones in that you can use them as a base. The southern style biscuit mix is perfect for savory variations and for biscuits and gravy. The oatmeal biscuit mix is a nice pairing for soups and stews, while the cornmeal biscuits are something special served plain alongside a stew or chili.
One of the best parts about their mixes (besides the flavor, of course) is the ability to make the dough and then freeze them, bringing them out whenever you are ready to bake. Freezer to oven, they are done in just 20 minutes.
How sweet it is to make cookies where you do so little but have so much. Their brown sugar shortbread mix, a slight departure from traditional shortbread, is sure to please. As are the lemon ginger shortbread mix, the vanilla chai shortbread cookies, and the lemon shortbread cookies, especially if they’re made with the signature lemon juice/confectioners sugar glaze, which is both tangy and tart.
It doesn’t get any better, or any easier, than a pancake mix from Victorian House Scones.They suggest using their mix to make cinnamon roll pancakes, bacon and cheddar, or blueberry. What a perfect way to start, or end, the day.
Their final offering is their muffin mixes — classic, homestyle, oatmeal, and cornmeal. As with all of their products, they are great as a base, or as they are right out of the box. You just need to add butter, buttermilk or yogurt, and eggs.
Not only do they offer quality food, but they have quality customer service to go with it. Call them up if you are making biscuits and they aren’t turning out correctly, or for tips on freezing what you’ve made to enjoy later.
If you’re still not convinced that these aren’t ordinary products, consider what a bed and breakfast had to say: “I still feel guilty with all the compliments I get for your scones. I do add something like orange juice and orange peel and cranberries for example…but I do accept the compliments graciously. Thank you for making such a wonderful product.”
This one might even be better: “Your original recipe scone mix is without doubt the best scone mix I have tasted, EVER. My parents were Irish and English and thus I have been raised on scones since childhood. My family has always been critical of scones here in America as they just don’t measure up. Your mix was perfect, easy to prepare and most delicious.” These products really speak for themselves.
For truly great made-from-scratch products, check out Victorian House Scones!
FGmarket’s Weekly Pick — Copper Kettle Bakery
Have you ever tasted the delicious, buttery taste of authentic, expertly-made Welsh Cakes? If you’ve never had the fortune of tasting this traditional Welsh treat, then Copper Kettle Bakery of Westwood, Massachusetts wants to change that for you!
Welsh Cakes, according to Copper Kettle Bakery’s wonderful description of them, are ” a traditional breakfast food and tea-time snack from Wales. They combine the very best elements of a scone and a biscuit, but they’re cooked on a griddle like a pancake.”
Helen Coates, owner and maker of the delicious Welsh Cakes sold by Copper Kettle Bakery, was raised in South Wales and learned the recipe behind her Welsh Cakes from her mother, Eileen. After her mom passed away in 2013, Helen decided to turn her homemade Welsh Cakes into a full-fledged business, in the fall of that year.
They make tons of great flavors of Welsh Cakes mixed with dried fruit and other goodies, including currant, cranberry, pineapple and coconut, and even chocolate chip!
Do your customers want to learn how to make their own Welsh Cakes? Copper Kettle Bakery also provides simple-to-follow recipes and ingredients for people to make their own homemade cakes.
There’s nothing better than a fresh Welsh Cake, and Copper Kettle Bakery wants to be your exclusive provider of these delicious, traditional treats from the beautiful country of Wales!
Scratch & Grain Baking Company Makes Baking Easy and Fun
Let’s face it, baking is tough stuff. It’s not that it’s hard to place something in an oven at a certain temperature and wait for it to cook to perfection. It’s the preparation, measurement, and mixing that makes it hard for some people. If you don’t measure out the ingredients to the precise measurements, or you forget to add a certain ingredient, your culinary creation could end up being a disgusting dud.
But that’s what Portland, Oregon company Scratch & Grain Baking Company is hoping to change. They want to make baking easy, fun, and delicious, with their easy-to-use baking kits!
Their Story
The idea behind Scratch & Grain Baking Company become reality after Portland neighbors Taya and Leah decided to collaborate on a new adventure. Leah had an idea for a new business involving baking, and Taya had the cooking skills to make that idea come to life.
They wanted to make homemade baking fun, delicious, easy and a little bit healthier. The way they accomplished these goals was through their precisely measured baking kits that made the sometimes complex task of baking less stressful and more enjoyable.
It took them more than 1,000 variations to finally get the perfect recipes, but, like most things in life, you have to go through a few missteps in order to get to perfection.
Each one of their baking kits uses all-natural ingredients, and are GMO-Free. Scratch & Grain Baking Company chose to go the all-natural route not only because it’s proven to be healthier, but all-natural ingredients also make the recipes taste better! Most of their ingredients are also certified organic, so they’re perfect for your customers who are committed to living an organic, and all-natural lifestyle.
Some of their bestselling products include their All-Natural Confetti Cupcake & Cake Kit, their Organic Pumpkin Bars, and All-Natural Gluten-Free Cornbread kit.
Cupcakes
The Confetti Cupcake & Cake Kit makes 12 large cupcakes or 32 mini cupcakes, and also comes with all-natural confetti sprinkles that are free from artificial dyes. These sprinkles are actually made from fruit and vegetable juices, making them very different than most sprinkles on the market, but they taste just as good!
Cornbread
Cupcakes are fantastic, but Scratch & Grain Baking Company thinks that a well-made cornbread is just as delectable. That’s why they also offer baking kits for other baked goods that aren’t desserts and sweets. Their All- Natural Cornbread Kit includes honey granules so every bite of delicious cornbread has a hint of sweet flavor to it. Besides being made of organic and all-natural ingredients, their honey cornbread is also gluten-free! This ensures that every customer, even those with dietary restrictions, are able to enjoy their delicious baking kits!
Cookies
Let’s not forget the cookies, however. There’s nothing out there better than a fresh baked, warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie. Scratch & Grain Baking Company’s chocolate chip cookie kit features eight simple steps and 8 simple, high-quality individually packaged ingredients for making the best chocolate chip cookies you’ve ever had! The only thing you’ll need is an egg, unsalted butter, and one of Scratch & Grain’s chocolate chip cookie kits, and you’ll be making delicious cookies in no time.
Scratch & Grain Baking Company doesn’t mess around when it comes to baking; they want to make baking delicious goods simple, healthy, and fun!
21 Missions Agave Offers A Sweet Alternative To The Norm
It seems like everyone these days is looking for those healthier alternatives. And for good reason. One of the easiest alternatives has got to be Agave Nectar, a natural fructose sweetener that replaces sugar. It’s sweeter than cane sugar, yet has a low glycemic index, which means it doesn’t quickly raise blood sugar levels. It’s the ideal natural sweetener for anyone watching their caloric intake and reducing their consumption of cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup.
21 Missions Agave doesn’t just offer an alternative for sugar, either, but sells products that can replace honey or maple syrup, too!
It’s almost too easy to use this natural liquid sweetener that pours easily and dissolves quickly, so whether you like your coffee hot or iced, Agave Nectar has got you covered. This product is sweeter than cane sugar, so less is needed in your drinks and recipes. A side benefit is that it helps keep baked goods fresher longer since it’s a moisture retainer. As delicious as it is, it probably won’t last too long on your shelf, but if you tend to buy in bulk, you’re good: it has a shelf life a minimum of four years!
But how does it taste? Agave will not alter the natural flavor of the food or drink, but will sweeten while enhancing that natural flavors already found in your foods and beverages.
Agave Nectar is vegan, kosher, USDA Organic, and GMO-Free, just in case you thought its great taste was the only great thing about it.
While you’re shopping for this sweetener, consider throwing in your virtual cart the flavoring syrups, too. They are gourmet syrups perfect for transforming food and drinks, including sparkling waters, lemonade, smoothies, and even drizzled over baked pears and apples and other fruits and berries. The syrups come in five flavors: vanilla, hazelnut, caramel, very berry, and coconut lemon.
The sweetener is made from the Blue Weber Agave pina where it is taken to a processing plant where the starches are transformed into the all-natural fructose sweetener they have sold since 2002. It is made with the pina, botanical extracts, whole fruits and spices, and that’s it. All of the ingredients, as you can see, are natural. It is the finest agave nectar sweetener in the world. The agave nectar is also sold globally. Agave Nectar is available in wholesale, foodservice and retail sizes.
So, when replacing those processed foods, don’t overlook this simple product. Check out all that 21 Missions Agave has to offer, today! Your customers will thank you for it.