Want to try Thea’s Christmas baking, but you can’t get to the Abbotsford Christmas Craft Fair this weekend?  No problem!    We will ship Sweet Thea’s great baking to you!

Stollen $14

Stollen with Marzipan Centre $16

Stollen with a delicious strip of Marzipan!

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Lebkuchen $10

Also known as Pfefferkuchen, a delicious glazed traditional German Christmas cookie, a marvelous concoction of citrus peel, ginger, nuts, and spices.

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Shortbread $6

A Christmas favorite!

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Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread $9

Dipped in delicious dark chocolate!

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Fruit Cake ,  1lb $12
Fruit Cake ,   2 lb $20

Dark traditional style Fruit Cake – always a Christmas favorite!

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All prices in Canadian dollars, and does not include shipping.

You can arrange for pickup at our South Surrey location, or we can arrange shipping, anywhere in the world.

Email Laurie@SweetThea.com with your Christmas order, and we will let you know the total including your shipping costs.

For B.C. outside the Lower Mainland, we find Greyhound to be the most economical shipping choice.

We accept Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal!

Order soon to ensure you have your baking by Christmas time!!

and inside the bakery

fresh Chocolate-dipped shortbread  get into their packages

Spicy glazed Lebkuchen  wait, tasting better every minute

and loaves of Stollen lay nestled, all snug in their wrappers

Tasty Fruit cakes, deliciously ready, all wait in a row

for Christmas in Cloverdale – today and tomorrow!

Proudly introducing Sweet Thea's 2009 Christmas Baking!

Thea will only have a limited amount of baking available for Christmas this year – avoid the disappointment of reading our ‘Sold Out!” blog post in a few weeks.  Come visit us tonight and tomorrow at the Cloverdale Fair Grounds.

Friday November 20th, 6pm-10pm
Saturday November 21st,  10am-5pm

Shannon Hall
at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds
6050A – 176 Street Surrey, B.C. (Where is that?)

Thea delivered some of her chocolate-dipped Shortbread to the Vancouver Club for a function last week – here is a peek at what you will be able to buy at Christmas in Cloverdale and the Christmas Craft Fair in Abbotsfair over the next few weekends.

Thea will have Shortbread, Chocolate Dipped shortbread, Fruit Cake, Stollen, and Lebkuchen available to the public at these two events only:

Christmas in Cloverdale, November 20-21, Cloverdale Fair Grounds

Christmas Craft Fair, November 27-29, Abbotsford

See you there!

Thea will be making her traditional Christmas baking available to the public – Lebkuchen, Stollen, Shortbread, Christmas Cake and chocolate-dipped Shortbread. Find out what all the fuss is about! Thea’s marvelous baking will perfectly enhance your Christmas dinner, and make wonderful gifts.

$2 admission will help support the Surrey Food Bank

Isn’t it about time you tried some of Thea’s great baking? Come by and say hello!

Nov 20th, 2009 6pm-10pm
Nov 21st, 2009 10am-5pm

Shannon Hall
at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds
6050A – 176 Street Surrey, B.C.

Ag-Rec Building, 32470 Haida Drive, Abbotsford BC (where is that?)

For the first time, Thea will be making her traditional Christmas baking available to the public – Lebkuchen, Stollen, Shortbread, Christmas Cake and chocolate-dipped Shortbread. Find out what all the fuss is about! Thea’s marvelous baking will perfectly enhance your Christmas dinner, and make wonderful gifts.

Admission is by donation, and Food Bank donations gratefully accepted.

Isn’t it about time you tried some of Thea’s great baking? Come by and say hello!

Thea is one of millions of Canadians of German heritage who were raised with many of these delicious traditions, and, as an avid baker, has spent years fine-tuning her own Christmas recipes.  For years, those eaters lucky enough to taste her stollen, lebkuchen, and other treats have been ooh-ing and aah-ing -’you should open a bakery!’ – and Thea would always answer, yes, someday she will open a bakery, so everyone can try her delicious Old World recipes.

And now, finally, Thea’s delicious Christmas baking will be available to the public this Christmas.  We are now accepting orders for Christmas for these delicious baked goods:
Stollen – A German Christmas tradition, this sweet braided rich egg bread is packed with raisins, currants, citrus and slivered almonds. (Thea’s recipe calls for a strip of marzipan in the centre as well.) Stollen seems to have started in Dresden (many recipes call it Dresdner Stollen),  as far back as the Middle Ages, when the bishop required all bakers to bring longer loaves of Stollen to celebrate Christmas.  Braided with 3 rolls of dough (to represent the Holy Trinity), it is also made without the candied fruit, delicious, tender, lemony — yum!

Delicious Lebkuchen

Lebkuchen (or Pfefferkuchen) is a somewhat soft gingerbread cookie with a glazed finish – the ingredients usually include honey, spices such as aniseed, coriander, cloves, ginger, cardamom, and allspice, nuts including almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts, or candied citrus peels.

Gingerbread Houses – Gingerbread became popular in the 15th century, and became even more famous when the Brothers Grimm popularized their ‘Hansel and Gretel’ story.  Nothing makes a more impressive centerpiece during the holidays than a homemade gingerbread house!  Thea has built many, starting when she was a teenager and just HAD to build Martha Stewart’s recipe in ‘Christmas Baking’.    (If you would like a custom gingerbread house for your holiday season, please contact us by the first week of December).

Just email thea@sweetthea.com if you would like some fantastic Christmas baking for your celebrations this year!