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Renaud's Amazing chocolate macaron, a photo by santa barbarian on Flickr.

Jeannine's Bakery is moving out...and Renaud's is moving in...even though they have a restaurant a couple stores down.

Renaud's Express, perhaps? Hey...anything I can do to get my macarons quickly!

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May I suggest you think about obtaining Renaud's amazing macarons.

Sure Bastille Day isn't until July 14th, but I'm sure Renaud's will be sold out of these amazing chocolate gobs of goodness quite early on, so check on pre-ordering.

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The next "big" thing after cuppycakes?

I learned that these small cake balls are edging out trendy cupcakes and mini-size desserts to satisfy those who have a sweet tooth. Poor me, I seem to be out of the loop on what's in on the culinary scene. Hey, they were even offered in the Neiman Marcus gift-giving catalog and are showing up at upscale bakeries.

And wait, there's more! According to a story in The Dallas Morning News, home baker Robin Ankeny opened The Cake Ball Co., a custom baking and mail-order business.To make these cake balls, all you have to do is bake a cake (whatever pleases your fancy) and once it's cooled, you simply crumble it up, mix with any kind of frosting, then roll the mixture into tiny balls. Then -- here's where your creative juices can run wild -- the balls can be dipped in chocolate, nuts or whatever confectionery coating you can think of. - Times Picayune

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Rumour has it that Belle Dolce Bakery will FINALLY open the doors to a retail store soon in the Arlington Court. (Just 1/2 block away from Crushcakes Cupcakes.)

And, although Eileen does sublimely delicious cupcakes, she does so much more....

Bella Dolce is a Santa Barbara catering company specializing in beautiful cookies, petite sweets, luscious cupcakes and exquisite wedding cakes.

Bella Dolce was established in 1997 by Pastry Chef Eileen Randall Cook.

....Eileen left Santa Barbara for the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco and a pastry internship at Campton Place Hotel. She graduated from the CCA Chef Program in 1989. She then moved to Los Angeles where she mastered breakfast pastry at the Hotel Bel Air, did food styling for print and film, catering for the stars, taught cooking classes and managed the cooking school at Montana Mercantile in Santa Monica.

Since returning to Santa Barbara in 1992 Eileen was the pastry chef at Brigitte’s (now Opal) and Executive Pastry Chef at the Wine Cask. There she was responsible for the design and production of desserts for the Wine Cask Restaurant and catering company, The University Club and Polo Club.

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picked up a cupcake and their new bumper sticker...

"MAKE CUPCAKES NOT WAR!"

Gotta love it!

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The Great Spirits Baking Company! We specialize in all natural, extraordinarily rich and moist, spirits-infused Mini Bundt Cakes. Each cake is handcrafted from scratch with the finest ingredients and extravagantly soaked in exquisite premium liqueurs. Choose from decadent double dark chocolate chunk; luscious buttered rum raisin; and elegant orange almond – all irresistible as a very sinful, sumptuous self-indulgence or the perfect gift.

The Great Spirits Baking Company was recently honored with a prestigious Excellence Award for its packaging by the National Paperboard Packaging Competition. 

...Curtis Packaging manufactures our iconic black boxes and has a long, distinguished history of winning awards for its work. Today, Curtis Packaging is one of the first printing and packaging companies in North America to be: Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified, use 100% renewable energy, and be 100% Carbon Neutral. The majority of Curtis’ renewable energy mix is sourced through wind power, with about 30% of the purchase a blend of renewable sources including locally generated wind and hydrolics.

...The outer black signature boxes that Curtis produces for The Great Spirits Baking Company are manufactured using only wind power and are 100% recyclable.

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Anderson's Bakery on State Street

Start your day with any of Andersen's mouthwatering pastries—fresh out of the oven at 8:00AM every morning. We use approximately 2 tons of marzipan every year in these tasty delights. Try the traditionally Danish Kringle or Butter Ring, or maybe a warm apple strudel straight from the oven.

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The Milford bakery that riffed on a fruitless search for Jimmy Hoffa is now tackling the text message scandal involving Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty, his former chief of staff.

Cookies shaped like cell phones and decorated with text messages saying "Busted" and "I'm sorry" went on sale for $1.75 Thursday at the Milford Baking Co., said owner Laura Hedwig.

"We wanted to have some fun with it," she said.

...In Milford, Hedwig sold thousands of cupcakes with green hands poking out of chocolate frosting in 2006 when the FBI was searching for Hoffa's remains on a horse farm in the community. - FreePress

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