What's New for 2012?

Happy Victoria Day Weekend! The sun is shining here in cottage country today. It's the perfect Saturday of the long weekend kind of day. Here's hoping for many many  more this summer!

Bill has been asking me all winter to create a coconut square and after several attempts to create something with the "wow" factor we always strive for, today we introduced a new square we like to call, "Not Just Another Pretty Coconut" and it is really really rediculously delicious (if we do say so ourselves - and we do). It is a coconutty, pecanny, gooey, shortbready mess of a square and we're happy to say it's already going out the door!

 

And this delectable delight is called, "OMG!" (Orangy Mouthwatering Goodness!) What we have here is orange cheesecake on top of a chocolate shortbread crust sprinkled with chocolate and white chocolate shavings. Yes, it tastes as good as it sounds, but this is a special treat and we wont be putting "OMG!" in the store until July. It's worth the wait!

We'll also be introducing a fabulous new tart this summer we're sure is going to be a big hit, but for now, we're keeping it our secret!

Rockin' the House at Extendicare Haliburton

On Thursday May 17th, The Little Tart will close at 6pm (one hour early). Bill and I will be rocking the house at Extendicare Haliburton that night!

Okay, we wont exactly be rocking the house, but we will be honoring a volunteer commitment to entertain the residents.

Once a month throughout the winter Bill and I volunteer to entertain the residents at Extendicare Haliburton (where my mother - the Original Little Tart is a resident). Bill plays the guitar, we both sing and since they keep inviting us back, we're happy to do it. This will be our last performance until the Fall.

We apologize for any inconvenience, but believe us, when we see how happy it makes everyone there, it's worth it!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's day weekend is the first very busy weekend of our summer season. This year most of you came early because you remembered that last year we sold out quite ofen on the weekends and had to close early. Fortunately this year we had enough for everyone!

Last year The Little Tart closed early nearly every Saturday and Sunday in July and August. It wasn’t our intention to close, but on those days we were sold out, and although that’s good for us, we realize it’s not very nice for the people who drive to our store on a Saturday or Sunday (sometimes both) afternoon only to find out we’re closed.

We are a mom and pop pastry shop in every way. Bill and I are quite literally “chief cook and bottle washers”. We prep, prepare, bake, clean and wash dishes (a lot of dishes) by hand. We try to bake as much as we possibly can, especially on the weekends, but sometimes it’s just not enough, and on those days when we close early, as much as we would love to sit back and have a nice cold drink and enjoy the rest of the day, the reality is that we start all over again to restock the store for the next day.

Every year has been a learning experience and every year we try to figure out how to bake more without jeopardizing the quality of our baked goods. This year we’re going to try our best to bake even more to keep our doors open longer because the last thing we want to do is disappoint our customers.

We consider ourselves fortunate that you’re so forgiving.

Open Hour Changes

We always try to accomodate our customers (and encourage new customers) who visit our little pastry shop. Most people who work during the week do not finish until 5pm and so after some consideration we have decided to move our opening time in order to extend our evening hours during the week. As a result our new hours are as follows:

Sunday 10am - 5pm
Monday 12pm - 7pm
Tuesday 12pm - 7pm
Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12pm - 7pm
Friday 12pm - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 7pm

(On long weekends our Sunday hours will be extended to 7pm.)

These hours are in effect now and will carry through until the July 1st long weekend when we will further extend our hours.