Whether or not you’re internet hosting a giant household brunch, getting along with mates, or simply staying dwelling along with your little bunnies this Easter, this can be a weekend celebration worthy of a deal with. And I’m not simply speaking about sneaking candy-filled eggs out of your toddler’s Easter basket — I’m right here for scrumptious European chocolate eggs, contemporary pastries, seasonal breads, and show-stopping desserts.
To me, the centerpiece of brunch or lunch is dessert. It shouldn’t be an afterthought, it needs to be a celebration! Easter is the right time to bask in contemporary spring flavors, and San Antonio has an exquisite array of native companies who would like to grace your desk. My household tends to exit for brunch at a restaurant on Easter Sunday, then we comply with the Italian custom of Pasquetta (which accurately means, “Little Easter”) spending Easter Monday having enjoyable, taking part in outdoors, and consuming at dwelling. Which means, I purchase baked items to eat over the weekend, and a dessert or cake for Monday.
Sufficient about my traditions, although — listed here are a few of the greatest locations to search out Easter treats in San Antonio this 12 months.
Dolci Momenti
For apparent causes given my introduction, this Italian-style dwelling bakery between San Antonio and Boerne scores extremely on my checklist! Final 12 months we had a Nutella Crostata, however this 12 months we’ll go for a standard Neapolitan Easter pie known as Pastiera — a buttery shortbread crust stuffed with ricotta cheese, grain, orange peel, and orange blossom water. Excellent on a brunch buffet, for breakfast, or to take pleasure in with a cup of espresso at any time, Pastiera is the right technique to benefit from the sweetness and brightness that Easter brings.
Additionally excellent on your brunch unfold, pasticceria mignon (small combined pastries) deliver a wide range of totally different tastes and textures. Strive bigne stuffed with Italian pastry cream flavored with pistachio or espresso, chunk dimension crostata (Nutella, strawberry, or lemon curd), and Neapolitan sfogliatella — delicately layered pastries stuffed with candy ricotta cream. Final however not least, superbly adorned Easter desserts stuffed with contemporary strawberry or lemon curd fillings spherical out the choices from Dolci Momenti. Orders should be positioned by April 13 for assortment on 19/twentieth April.
Unfold the Loaves
This micro-bakery in Previous City Helotes simply had its first birthday, which implies that Sophie’s breads, pastries, and cookies, have been gracing my desk for at the very least that lengthy! I really found Unfold the Loaves final Easter when my neighbor and I have been on the hunt for decent cross buns — a basic a part of my Easter celebration, and never one I’m keen to surrender as an expat dwelling in Texas.
Strive their conventional scorching cross buns studded with dried fruit and citrus peel, or equally scrumptious orange and darkish chocolate chip; slice up a loaf of standard or flavored sourdough for breakfast; let the children go wild for Easter cookies and cookie desserts, or serve Sophie’s legendary cinnamon rolls to household and mates for brunch. I excessive advocate pre-ordering what you want for assortment — otherwise you danger displaying up and leaving empty handed as a result of they’ve bought out! Keep watch over the bakery’s Instagram web page for extra details about their Easter menu and pre-order deadlines.
World Market
World Market makes my checklist as a result of, although it’s not an area enterprise, it’s the place I purchase imported chocolate Easter eggs. From small egg-filler eggs to chocolate bunnies and hens, hen-sized chocolate eggs, cookies, spreads, imported sweet, non-candy basket-fillers and extra, this can be a nice choice for scrumptious — and totally different — candy treats.
Lacoste Bakery
This French bakery on De Zavala hasn’t been open very lengthy, nevertheless it’s been creating an actual buzz! Pastry purists are braving lengthy queues and the potential for a sell-out for Vincent Lacoste’s genuine baguettes, croissants, ache au chocolat, cruffins, and extra. Elevate your brunch unfold with the perfect French pastries in San Antonio. Serve them merely, tucked right into a white cotton serviette alongside a platter of contemporary room temperature butter, Bonne Maman jams, chocolate unfold, and ham and Swiss cheese.
Nadler’s Bakery
In case you love basic desserts and petit fours, and particularly in the event you’ve bought a complete hutch of little bunnies coming over this 12 months, then a lot liked San Antonio establishment Nadler’s Bakery is the right place. From rigorously adorned desserts within the form of an Easter basket, bunny face, and Easter egg, to scorching cross buns and chocolate strawberries, they’ve one thing for each desk.
My picks: attempt their Easter log, a decadent chocolate log adorned with frolicking bunnies and jelly beans; crowd-pleasing sugar cookies; and an Easter loaf — candy dough filled with candied fruit and raisins, with an icing cross on the highest. Pre-order on their web site for assortment on Good Friday or Holy Saturday.
Final Cheesecake Bakery
Our favourite spot for a cake if we’re celebrating a birthday or placing on a diffusion! A lot extra than simply cheesecake — this unassuming bakery positioned close to the airport affords scrumptious celebration desserts, iced sugar cookies, cupcakes, and pies in an enormous vary of flavors.
Carrot cake is, after all, conventional for Easter and their “final carrot” providing is totally scrumptious. Our household loves their 1001 chocolate chip, white chocolate and raspberry, and banana crunch desserts; and they’re fairly priced in case you are feeding a crowd. Get together trays are additionally out there with superior discover; and cheesecake lovers will love the cheesecake sampler platter. Name prematurely to position an order, however keep in mind they’re open Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m – 2 p.m. Truffles will hold within the fridge for a number of days on your Easter Sunday unfold!
Fowl Bakery
Alamo Heights favorite Fowl Bakery affords a complete host of delectable desserts for your loved ones’s Easter desk: adorably adorned bunny and egg sugar cookies, DIY sugar cookie units, basic 9” pies, and scrumptious cupcakes.
A phrase to the sensible: Order what you want prematurely, even in the event you simply desire a collection of their common cupcake flavors — I made the error of going within the day earlier than Easter final 12 months and was disenchanted by how few cupcakes that they had left.
H-E-B
Head to your native HEB retailer for Easter treats this 12 months — from carrot cake sheets and scrumptious chocolate and sweet basket fillers to one in every of their legendary Easter egg desserts, you’ll be able to feed a crowd!
Sprinkles and Spoons
Gluten-free mates, I positively haven’t forgotten you. Head to Sprinkles and Spoons for all of your allergy-friendly Easter choices this 12 months. From cute sugar cookies formed like Peeps to decadent carrot desserts, lemon bars, cinnamon rolls and extra, there are many scrumptious seasonal treats on your Easter unfold. Nobody must be unnoticed of any vacation celebration!
For a simple bake-your-own addition to your Easter brunch, take a look at these easy bunny biscuits! We’ve additionally bought loads concepts of non-candy egg fillers and native companies to fill their Easter baskets. Final however not least, host your individual model of the Nice British Baking Present with these two nice Easter bakes.
Comfortable Easter!
