Sweet, Naturally...

Happy Sunday!

2011-09-04T20:36:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since our last post. We have been busy with weddings, markets and enjoying the sunshine! Today, we had our last market at Kitsilano and we had an amazing day and we will be at the Kerrisdale Farmers Market next Saturday, so please come visit us and support this trial market!

Finally, here is a simple, cute Bundt Cake we made for a birthday! Happy long weekend!

BC Day long weekend

2011-07-30T22:18:00.001-07:00

We kicked off BC Day long weekend with a Saturday market at the UBC Farm. The weather was gorgeous and many showed up at the farm for fresh produce and pretty flower bouquets, all grown inside the UBC Farm.

The UBC Farm market happens every Saturday during the summer from 9am to 1pm, and people usually arrive well ahead of time, lining up for fresh produce and chicken eggs. Besides from fresh produce and chicken eggs, you can spend the morning walking around the farm, admiring pretty fields filled with flowers and vegetables. Better yet, join the folks at the farm for a farm tour and see all the pretty sites inside this hidden gem that, we are doing our best to preserve from all the growing city developments for everyone to enjoy.

Happy Long Weekend!

Happy Birthday Shona!

2011-07-26T19:26:00.000-07:00

Hehehe, this cake was supposed to be a part of a surprise birthday party for our friend Shona from Sweet Earth Photographics. I think it is always such a sweet thing when our loved ones, among all the busyness, arrange something special for a special occasion! A big cheer to Shona's husband Ryan and a big happy birthday to Shona, I hope you all enjoyed the cake!

*Vanilla Bean Yellow Cake with Fresh Blackberry Buttercream & Fresh Blackberries-all organic!

A very special wedding indeed

2011-07-25T23:21:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, we attended our friend Alexandra and Maddy's wedding. I met Alexandra when we were both in high school and she was one of first friends after I moved to Vancouver from England. I'm so honoured to be a part of her very special day and most importantly, to make her a cake for her big day!

The wedding took place at Alexandra's parents' house. The house was decorated beautifully throughout, everywhere you look, the decorations really reflect who Alexandra is.

To Alexandra and Maddy: Thank you for such a lovely afternoon and the bestest wishes to you both for this new chapter of your lives, we are so happy for you!

A long, overdue post

2011-07-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since our last post. Our little business and personal life are both keeping me really busy and finally I've managed to steal some time to do a short post and share some "old news" with you all.

Back in February (if I recall correctly!), I was approached by the managing editor of Vancouver's own Real Weddings Magazine to participate in a feature they were doing for their 10th anniversary issue. The feature was totally down our alley, a dessert table that was to be simple, soft and romantic. For the feature, we contributed our mini bundt cakes and cake pops. Luckily, you don't have to be getting married to get your hands on some of these goodies! Our mini bundt cakes are available when we attend the farmers markets.

Until next post, stay sweet!

*all images are authorized by Real Weddings Magazine for posting by Sweet Naturally Bakery only.

Bryn's 4th Birthday

2011-06-17T12:32:00.000-07:00

Today I want to share with you some gorgeous pictures from our dear friend Shona, the owner of Sweet Earth Photographics. Back in May, while exhibiting at the EPIC EXPO, Shona told me they would be celebrating her youngest daughter Bryn's 4th birthday weeks after the expo and asked if I would be able to make Bryn a cake. Bryn had the opportunity to see my pink ruffles cake with ribbon flags at the expo, and when her mummy told her she would be getting a cake just like that for her birthday...she screamed (happy kind of scream of course!).

For little Bryn's birthday, I made a Dark Chocolate Cake with Passionfruit Buttercream for Bryn's backyard birthday party and some mini Vanilla Bean Yellow cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream topped with fresh raspberries.

Please check out Shona's blog for more amazing pictures of Bryn's Ladybug themed birthday party. I hope you will enjoy looking at them pretty pictures just as much as I did.

Click on the link Sweet Earth Photographics to see Shona's pictures.

Summer markets kick off

2011-06-11T18:48:00.002-07:00

This is a short post as we are stepping away from the oven for 5 minutes to blog about our first market of the summer! Come see us at Kitsilano Farmers Market tomorrow at the parking lot of Kitsilano Community Center from 10am to 2 pm, the weather will be fabulous according to the forecast, and we look forward to making new friends and seeing old friends of the bakery!

2011-06-11T18:48:00.001-07:00

Vancouver Central Library's 16th Birthday

2011-05-27T18:01:00.000-07:00

When we received an email inquiry from Vancouver's Central Library about our cake pops for the library's 16th birthday back in April we were so excited. The ladies at the library planned a party filled with lots of sweetness, literally! Bright pink and purple were the colour theme, so we made 3 different varieties of cake pops, decorated with sugar cutouts. Lots of mini cupcakes, handmade marshmallows. Thanks so much to Marya and Sophie at VPL for letting us be part of the celebration.

EP!C LOVE 2011

2011-05-16T13:16:00.000-07:00

Good times fly. After much preparation we were off to the Vancouver Convention Center last Friday for the annual EP!C Expo. This year's wedding showcase was bigger and with more vendors exhibiting. We spent 3 days meeting show visitors and friends new and old. For this year's exhibit, we decided to do something more on the romantic side. We used a vintage dresser, distressed wooden crates and antique chairs as our canvas and fill them with simple yet elegant cakes, french macarons and cake pops and adorned them with gorgeous and fragrant peonies, field tulips, garden roses and baby's breath in vintage milk glass vases. We had a wonderful weekend and would like to thank Globe Foundation and Vancouver Sun for organizing such a great event and Liliana and the crew at Green Chair Event for putting the wedding showcase together.

Gorgeous day at the market & Happy Easter!

2011-04-23T22:01:00.000-07:00

We couldn't have asked for a better day at the Vancouver Winter Market today! The sun was shining and lots of good friends/customers visiting. We would like to thank everyone for a great winter market season (despite our encounter with the winter snow and rain), and we look forward to the upcoming summer season. Please visit the bakery's website or the blog often for our summer schedule and locations. Happy Easter!

Chocolate sweetness

2011-04-09T17:22:00.000-07:00

It looks like cake pops are now the treats to eat! Last week, a friend told us that even Starbucks are offering these cute little things. This week, for a very special potential client, we made some double chocolate cake pops to sample, hopefully, these little gems have made a good impression!

Simple itty bitty cake

2011-03-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

We though we would celebrate another sunny day in Vancouver with a little bit of cake...so we made this itty bitty vanilla cake frosted in cream cheese buttercream, simple yet delicious!

Welcome Spring!

2011-03-25T11:31:00.000-07:00

We have good news! We will be featured in the upcoming issue of Real Wedding Magazine and we can't wait to see the pictures, gorgeous gowns and beautiful sweet treats!

Meanwhile, we made some of these Lemon Lavender French macarons to celebrate the warmer weather!

Styled Eco Wedding Photoshoot by Simply Rose

2011-03-02T20:35:00.000-08:00

Today, I want to share with you some gorgeous photos by Rose from Simply Rose Photography. We got to know Rose from this year's Grassroots Wedding Fair and we fell in love with her photography. Rose approached us recently and told us about this pretty photoshoot she was planning and gave us the opportunity to be a part of it. We are so happy to take part in something so beautiful and elegant. Here are just few of Rose's amazing pictures, for the entire series of Rose's photos and her other works, please visit Rose's website/blog here.

Valentine's Cupcakes

2011-02-15T15:16:00.000-08:00

This year's Valentine's Day fall right after the Grassroots Wedding Fair, so I was a little short of time to create something more extravagant. Instead, I made some Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream to celebrate!

Grassroots Wedding Fair 2011

2011-02-15T14:53:00.001-08:00

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day! The past weekend, we participated at the Grassroots Wedding Fair at the Heritage Hall. This year, we decided to keep the display simple and a little girly! In addition, rather than simply giving out cake samples, we had a "Decorate Your Cupcake" table. We filled the table with yummy mini cupcakes as well as our fruit curds, sugar flowers and lots of colourful sprinkles.

Vancouver Winter Farmer's Market 2011

2011-01-24T22:13:00.001-08:00

We are so happy to be a part of the Vancouver Farmer's Market! Come see us and enjoy some of our scrumptious sweet treats.

Awesome holiday gift ideas from our awesome friends at Tesoro

2010-12-14T10:39:00.000-08:00

Owner Alexandra Robinson with her fabulous Christmas tree

Looking to find something very special for your loved ones this holiday season? Make sure you check out Vancouver's fabulous Tesoro. From exquisite apparels to luxury bath products, Tesoro provides some rare and beautiful items to make holiday giving extra special.

Tesoro
2207 Granville Street

Vancouver, BC, Canada

V6H 3G1

604-736-5668

Holiday Sweets!

2010-12-10T16:12:00.000-08:00

Sweet Naturally Holiday Goodies List

Gift Boxes
Original Giant S'mores 6 pcs/$20
- homemade organic vanilla marshmallow sandwiched between 2 pieces of organic graham crackers then dipped in premium Callebaut 72%cocoa dark chocolate, all you need is a cup of cocoa and friends around the fireplace! Individually packaged and beautifully gift-wrapped with 100% earth-friendly packaging.

Espresso Giant S'mores 6pcs/$20
- They are like our Giant S'mores but, in reverse! homemade organic espresso flavoured marshmallow sandwiched between chocolate espresso graham crackers and dipped in Callebaut's white chocolate...Mmmm...Individually packaged and beautifully gift-wrapped with 100% earth-friendly packaging.

Carrot Cake Bundtletts 12pcs/ $26
-Moist cakes made with organic carrots, juicy raisins, drizzled with Callebaut's white chocolate
and decorated with pretty mini sugar flowers. Perfect for sharing with the ladies!

Pumpkin Spice Cake Bundtlettes 12pcs/$26
-Moist pumpkin cake made even more warming and delicious with a dash of cinnamon and ginger. Drizzled with white chocolate and decorated with pretty mini sugar flowers.

Buckwheat Brownies 6pcs/$20 or 12pcs/$36
-These brownies will change the way you think about Buckwheat! Dense, moist, nutty and melt in your mouth! We like to have them for breakfast..shhh...Individually packaged and beautifully gift-wrapped with 100% earth-friendly packaging.

Apple Spice Cake $9/loaf
-Moist vanilla cake topped with organic BC apples directly from the farmers. Sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. This is one cake we are proud of!

To order your holiday goodies, please email info@sweetnaturally.ca

*prices do not include delivery, please allow 72 hours for orders.

-HAPPY HOLIDAY-

Thanks for a great summer!

2010-10-07T21:00:00.000-07:00

We would like to thank everyone for a great and busy summer! Stay tuned for more info on what's coming for the winter!

Cupcakes, Dahlias, Summer Intimate Wedding @ Sage Bistro UBC

2010-08-20T12:21:00.000-07:00

Laurie & Don
Sage Bistro UBC
August 18th 2010

Organic Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream
Organic Carrot Cupcakes (loaded with organic Thompson Raisins) with White Choc. Cream Cheese Buttercream
Organic Vanilla Bean Yellow Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Buttercream.

EP!C 2010 - Part II

2010-07-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Here are some additional photos from the 2010 EP!C Expo in Vancouver. For more photos taken by EP!C event organizers, check out their Facebook Group page.

Let the wedding season begin...

2010-07-02T14:12:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since our last update! As the summer season kicks off, so is the wedding season. Since June, our weekends are filled with various farmer's markets and weddings. Today, we want to share some photos of a small intimate wedding we did for Mary Anne.

The bride requested gluten/corn/nut free cake and cupcakes for her special day. We also made some simple, elegant cake lollipops as favours for guests to take away! Mary Anne wanted something simple and elegant but at the same time incorporate her Chinese background (so we used vibrant red coloured flowers, which symbolizes good fortune and happiness and it matches the colour of Mary Anne's dress!). The cake and cupcakes were decorated with red sugar cherry blossoms and so are the cake lollies.

EP!C-Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Show 2010 (Part-I)

2010-05-30T23:34:00.000-07:00

It's only been a couple of hours since we got back from this year's amazing EP!C Expo at the new Convention Center and we couldn't wait to share some pictures that we took from the show! We had a fabulous time meeting other vendors and visitors. We want to say a very very very big thank you to Liliana and the girls from Green Chair Events for putting on such a gorgeous wedding showcase. Without them, we would have had the opportunity to be involved in such a wonderful event, full of people who are passionate in making our community a step toward being more sustainable! Thanks to Shona (from Green Earth Photography), Andrew (our #1 fan),Shannon and Max for dropping in to see us! Please come back in the next couple of days as we post more pictures and stories from this amazing event.

Over at North Shore News

2010-05-26T23:26:00.000-07:00

(Me and my woodland themed wedding cake @ North Shore News studi0 and the very nice photographer from North Shore News on the ladder!)

We are over-the-moon, jumping up and down with joy when we received 2 phone calls yesterday. One was from Vancouver Sun, one was from North Shore News (North Vancouver). Both are doing articles and green, sustainable wedding, and got to know us from the EPIC Expo Media department. YES, and we are also excited to be at the EPIC Expo in 2 days! So here is a sneak preview to our eventful week so far. Please stay in tune for more pictures from upcoming EPIC...or better yet, come visit us in person!

A beautiful cake fit for a princess!

2010-05-05T22:42:00.000-07:00

Today we had the honour of making a simple, elegant and decadent birthday cake for Mo's princess! For such a special day, we made a dark chocolate All-American cake layered with organic raspberry preserve frosted with organic raspberry buttercream. Here are some pictures of the cake and also a very cute picture of Mo's furry princess Jesse trying to get a slice of sweetness!

Spring is here!

2010-04-12T09:00:00.000-07:00

Sweet Naturally @ Vancouver Bakers Market

Spring is here and we are getting busier at our bakery! Since the end of March we have been participating at the Bakers Market in Vancouver and we are happy to announce that we have been selected as a prepared food vendor at the Ambleside and Burnaby Farmers Market for the upcoming market season!

In addition, we have launched our irresistible, gluten-free Coconut Chocolate Cookies. Stay tune for our upcoming post on the story behind our Coconut Cookies!

Finally, as chocolate junkies ourselves, we have to share a wonderful news with our loyal Triple Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie fans. (drum roll please....) Callebaut Chocolates!!!! We have switched all our baking chocolates to Callebaut, so our cookies are now even more irresistible. To find out more about the world of Callebaut Chocolates, please visit www.bernardcallebaut.com.

Cake...on a stick!

2010-02-18T21:44:00.000-08:00

Look at these adorable little gems! Instead of ordinary cakes, try cake lollipops next time when you are celebrating something special. They taste just as good as they look!

"Eat Well, Live Fresh" with Organics @ Home!

2010-02-03T22:02:00.000-08:00

Our cookies were a crowd favourite at Organics at Home's Saturday market, and we are so pleased! A couple of weeks ago, we did a sampling session of our cookies at Organics at Home's Saturday Market and our cookies were sold out in under 3 hours! Now you can enjoy our cookies and loads of other healthy, nutritious organic items delivered right to your door by Organics@Home!

We will be having another sampling session of our scrumptious cookies at Organics @ Home on Saturday (Feb. 13th, 2010). Come and visit us and see all the other organic goodies Organics@Home has to offer!

Check out Organics@Home at www.organicsathome.ca, we love it and we are sure you will too!

The Grassroots Wedding Fair 2010

2010-01-30T21:06:00.000-08:00

We had a great time at The Grassroots Wedding Fair today! There were so many local talented artists, photographers, wedding dress designers and event planners. Thanks so much to Shona from Sweet Earth Photographics for organizing such an amazing event, and we cannot wait for next year!

For more information on this year's Grassroots Wedding Fair and participated vendors, go to www.thegrassrootsweddingfair.com

Love Sweet Love- a sneak preview

2010-01-26T23:05:00.000-08:00

It has been ages since our last post. Yes, it has been eventful for us during the last few months. So we thought we would start our first post of 2010 with a very special event- a wedding fair!

We will be attending The Grassroots Wedding Fair this coming Saturday (Jan. 30) at the Vancouver's Heritage Hall. This special wedding fair will showcase local "green" businesses. Come visit us as well as many other amazing, talented local vendors and see how you can have a wedding that is beautiful and "green"!

Ho!Ho!Ho!Holiday Gift & Baking!

2009-11-18T09:54:00.000-08:00

Getting ready for the holidays? So are we! This holiday season, we are putting our scrumptious oatmeal cookies into these cute little baking mix gift boxes for you and your loved ones!

They come in two flavors- our signature Gojiberry Oatmeal and the ever so indulgent Triple Chocolate Oatmeal.

Just like everything else that we make, these baking mixes contain no artificial flavoring or preservatives. Likewise, we use the best quality ingredients, organic whole wheat flour, organic brown sugar, pure chocolates and Himalayan rock salt just to name a few!

All our baking mixes come with pretty holiday ribbons and handcrafted gift tags.

For more information and to order our baking mixes, please log on to our website at www.sweetnaturally.ca for more information.

Last but not least, all baking mixes come with one Cocoa Camino Organic Drinking Hot Chocolate sachet so you can enjoy a warm cup of cocoa while you wait for the cookies to bake!

Cookies!!!

2009-11-15T20:42:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since we have updated our blog. We are happy to let you know that now you can find our natural gourmet cookies in store! Just look at them, these cookies are scrumptious and what's more...they are guilt-free! Our cookies are made with only the most natural ingredients. Organic whole wheat flour, Himalayan rock salt, free-range eggs, organic brown sugar and organic agave syrup and lots and lots of chocolate! So c'mon, what's keeping you waiting, go and grab a bag of our cookies!

Birthday Cheesecake!

2009-08-06T22:23:00.000-07:00

Hidden Blackberry Cheesecake with Fresh Raspberry

It's blackberry season and our Hidden Blackberry Cheesecake has been a hit! So far, we've been cranking out cheesecakes everyday, from big to miniature! Today, it was a special day for one of our close friend and we are proud to bake him one of these bad boys for his birthday!

Sweet Tarts!

2009-08-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

Organic Clafouti Tart

For a custom order this week, we've made some lovely French Clafouti Tarts (with organic plums, blueberries and cherries- all from local BC!). These mini tarts were very well received, they were served in a meeting for a local charity.

Raisin Tea Scones

2009-07-22T10:41:00.001-07:00

English Raisin Tea Scones

These dainty Tea Scones are everybody's favourite! We found most of the scones for sale out there are usually very dry and not buttery enough, so we have came up with a perfect recipe. Our scones go perfectly with any fruit preserves, butter and clotted cream.

Want to make these delicious scones at home? We have scone dough for sale too...

French Lavender Blueberry Jam

2009-07-21T13:45:00.000-07:00

For the past week or so, we have been making some of the fruit preserves that will be added into our product line. Without a doubt, we had to include Blueberries, BC Blueberries that is! However, you see Blueberry preserves everywhere and it is nothing new, so to make ours stand out, we added the lovely, fragrant French Lavender grown here in BC. We are very happy with the way it turned out. As the blueberries are in season, they have just the right sweetness and therefore we only needed to add a very small amount of sugar. When we popped open the jar there is a burst of Lavender scent. We can totally see this sweet, fragrant jam with fresh Brioche bread and our delicious dainty raisin tea scones!

On the other hand, we have completed our "To-Go" menu. We have filled the menu with delicious organic sweet treats and Asian tea inspired teacakes. Please come back soon as we will be posting the to-go menu here very soon!