October 18, 2006

Just Like Mom Made

Flourish Bakery Homemade Recipe Program

Looks like you’ve got a lot on your plate.

Specifically: You volunteered to host the family for the holidays. (Masochist? Martyr? It’s your fault, either way.)

If you’re already having pumpkin-pie nightmares and sweet-potato panic attacks, hand dessert duty over to Flourish Bakery’s Family Traditions Recipe Support. Though you could order right off their menu (the carrot cake is delish), they are also happy to make your Grandma Ebbie’s chocolate pudding cake or Mom’s famous lemon bars. All you have to do is provide Flourish with the recipe (or a rough approximation if you can’t read Nana’s handwriting). Their pastry chefs do the rest.

We tested our cousin’s Hershey’s cake (hard work, we know). Turns out Flourish’s version was lighter and better (no need for a gallon of milk to wash it down). They’ll even use your pan if you don’t want anyone to know you needed professional help.

Because you didn’t.

At least not until the whole family showed up.

Flourish Bakery Cafe, 1138 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, between Broadway Street and the CTA Red Line (773-271-2253 or flourishbakerycafe.com).