Happy Anniversary, Café Mariposa!

Here in Oakland, we are blessed to have our own gluten-free bakery, the lovely Café Mariposa, retail bakeshop for Mariposa Baking Company.

Mariposa Baking was founded by Patti Furey Crane in 2004 with the mission of creating “gluten-free baked goods that are indiscernible from the finest, high-caliber gluten-based products available.” In my opinion, she and her team have achieved their mission with delectable success!

Café Mariposa just celebrated its second anniversary, and I stopped by last Saturday to enjoy the festivities. A table was laid out with all sorts of yummy treats for customers to sample: pizza, lemon-poppyseed muffins, chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, torta regina cake, various tea breads and more.

Although I had been seeing some of Mariposa’s retail products (such as their gluten-free brownies and biscotti) at the local Whole Foods for a while, I only discovered the bakeshop last year. And boy was I glad to find them! Since going wheat-free several years ago, I was really missing the taste of fresh bread! Then I discovered Mariposa’s multigrain bread—an answer to my prayers! Fresh from the oven on Wednesdays and Saturdays, this bread practically melts in your mouth. So good!

Other personal favorites are the Morning Muffins (with fresh carrots, sweet coconut, dried apples, juicy raisins, and tender walnuts), the Chocolate Chip Cookies, and the Nutmeal Raisin Cookies. But really, everything is great!

For us bread lovers, Mariposa bakes several types of bread loaves, as well as bagels, baguettes, buns, rolls and pizza crust. Whatever you’re looking for, you can probably find it at Mariposa. Many items are available by online order and can be shipped throughout the U.S. and also to Canada.

Visit Café Mariposa in Oakland at 5427 Telegraph Ave, Unit D3 or online at www.mariposabaking.com.

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