Spring has arrived, and the glass display cases of Clark County’s artisan bakeries are flowing with seasonal delicacies. If you peek into these bakeries, you will find treats adorned with pastel-colored frosting and sprinkles and Easter cookies shaped like bunnies, eggs and carrots. Here are some of the spring-y treasures I found while visiting several of my favorite local bakeries.
Treat Bakery
My first stop was at Stephanie NcNees’ adorable bakery next to Woody’s Tacos on Columbia Street in Vancouver. Everything in this shop is made fresh daily from the best ingredients. Whenever I stop in, Stephanie is hard at work mixing, shaping, and baking delectable treats (like homemade jam, strawberry rhubarb pies, chocolate chip cookies sprinkled with sea salt) and filling her small store front with intoxicating aromas.
On this visit, I chose a mini-pie with strawberry rhubarb, a frosted cookie with pastel sprinkles, and her house-made version of Ding Dongs. The strawberry rhubarb pie was filled with fresh strawberries and tangy rhubarb placed in a pie crust and topped with a brown sugar crumble. The frosted cookie was chewy and rich, topped with a swirl of vanilla buttercream frosting and pastel-colored nonpareils. The Ding Dong was wrapped in a lavender foil. These chocolate dipped chocolate cupcakes filled with a creamy white filling are wrapped in a variety of pastel foil. They would look nice tucked into an Easter basket.
Rosycakes
Rosycakes is a family-run business, owned and operated by the Williams family. It opened a couple of years ago right next to Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters on the corner of Grand Avenue and Evergreen Boulevard. The store is painted pale pink and when you walk in you see glass display cases filled with fresh-baked goodies.
