Good Advice While Doing Taxes

It’s tax season.  Lose the stress ball and get yourself a cupcake!

We Heart Pie

Tomorrow is Saturday, but not just any Saturday – it’s National Pie Day!  National Pie Day was first observed in 1975 as a day to set aside and celebrate pie and today we carry on the very same tradition!  It doesn’t matter what kind of pie person you are – creamy, fruity or both! – Priory Fine Pastries is the best bakery in Pittsburgh to get your special pie for this very special day!  Call us today and pre-order yours.  Not sure what to get?  We recommend our Dutch Apple Pie, you can’t go wring with this one folks!  So, grab some family and friends, your favorite pie and celebrate one of America’s favorite treats!  Click below for a SWEET pie song taken from the movie Michael:

Did You Know…

Chicago has the largest cookie factory, where Nabisco made over 4.6 billion Oreos in 1997.
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If all the Oreo cookies ever sold were stacked on top of one another, they would be as high as 13.3 million Sears Towers.
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Chocolate chip cookies were invented in the 1930′s by Ruth Wakefield. The cookies were invented in an inn that Ruth Wakefield and her husband ran located near Whitman, Massachusetts.
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The average American eats 35,000 cookies in his/her lifetime.

Celebrate Peanut Butter Pie and Chocolate Cake

Sweet as Honey

In honor of A.A. Milne’s Birthday today, creator of one the best children stories of all time – Winnie the Pooh – we’re going to celebrate all things honey, since it’s Pooh’s favorite treat after all! Honey is sweet, delicious and a great energy booster.  It helps build the immune system and is a natural remedy for some ailments.  It of course, all tastes fantastic in special desserts!  Pay tribute to Pooh and his creator by testing out this recipe for honey cake.  Like Pooh says, “…And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it.” (Recipe from the Daily Green.)

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1 small unpeeled orange, quartered, seeded
1 small unpeeled apple, cored, chopped
3/4 cup strong brewed coffee
2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup golden raisins

PREPARATION

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two loaf pans with parchment paper. In a medium-sized bowl, mix oil, sugar, honey and eggs until combined. In food processor, combine orange and apple, pulsing until finely chopped. Pulse in coffee until mostly pureed. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt. Add a third of fruit and coffee mixture to oil, honey and egg mixture. Stir in a third of the flour to mixture. Repeat until all ingredients are combined. Stir in raisins. Pour batter into pans. Bake until tester comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool in pans on rack.

The Perfect Wedding Cake

Wedding season is just around the corner and if you’re one of the lucky ones getting married this Spring, Priory Fine Pastries wants to help make your day extra special!  Our bakery specializes in beautiful wedding cakes that are classy, unique and will have all of your guests asking for another slice!  Call us today and we will walk you through our step-by-step ordering process to help create the perfect and best cake for your wedding day.  We look forward to hearing from you!

If You Think You Love Pie…

…you haven’t seen these guys yet!

Mardi Gras Treats

Celebrate Mardi Gras this year with the best Fat Tuesday pastries in Pittsburgh at Priory Fine Pastries! Visit us at 528 East Ohio Street on Pittsburgh’s North Side or call us at 412.321.7270 to order your King Cake filled with cream cheese or cherry filling in Time for Fat Tuesday – February 16! Comes with the traditional King Cake baby -  the person who gets the piece with the baby has various obligations (like buying the cake next year.)

And, don’t forget to get your order in for a dozen (or more) of our delicious traditional Paczkis, sold the day before and the day of Fat Tuesday (February 15  &  16). Paczkis are similar to donuts but are made with a richer dough and are extra delicious!  They come covered with powdered sugar or icing and with a fruit filling. A true Mardi Gras favorite!

Stay Healthy, Eat Cookies

A healthy cookie?  Actually, yes!  What better time to try out some healthier dessert options than during the winter months when we’re trying to lose all of that extra holiday weight? These Banana Cookies are a delicious and healthier alternative that are sure to satisfy even the most stubborn sweet tooth!  Don’t take our word for it though, try them out for yourselves!  (Recipe from allrecipes.com.)



Save Space, Toss a Cake

Still have a fruitcake lingering around from the holidays?  Clear up some free space and toss it – literally!  This weekend Colorado is hosting the Great Fruitcake Toss.  Manitou Springs, Colorado holds an annual Fruitcake Toss, complete with competition rules and prizes for the most beautiful fruitcake, the ugliest, the most creative use, and fruitcake that has traveled the farthest for the competition.

But you don’t have to travel all the way to Colorado to get rid of a funky fruitcake – just hold your own competition right in your own backyard and chuck that sucker as far as you can!  You know you want too…