Our 2010 Holiday Menu

Holiday Gifts and Treats

Hot Chocolate Kit

A bag of our special hot chocolate blend – just add milk. Two kinds of homemade marshmallows, and ¼ pound each of chocolate chip drops and gingerbread stars. Just add a fireplace. $22

We also have Hot Chocolate and Marshmallow sets available. $6

Tea Cookies

Our tea cookies make great gifts, with up to a dozen varieties to tempt with.

½ lb. box $7.50
1 lb. box $15.00

Orders taken for 3 or more lbs.

Need corporate gifts or have a long list to fill? With enough notice, we can create custom baskets or gift boxes for all your needs.

French Macarons

We offer a daily assortment of delicious flavors at $1.25 each. We can box them up.

Holiday Cookies

Hand-decorated gingerbread and sugar cookies in a variety of festive shapes – cardinals, snowflakes, polar bears, and mittens to name just a few. Cookies start at $2.00 each.

Cookie Trays

Looking for something to bring to that holiday party? Our holiday cookie trays offer a wonderful variety of our homemade cookies and brownies in small, individual pieces. Let us customize one for you!

Small – serves 10-15 $26.00
Medium – serves 15-20 $38.00
Large – serves 20-25 $58.00

We also do gift boxes and favors – just ask!

Breakfast Trays

A fresh, baked-to-order assortment of muffins, scones, banana bread, and coffee cake that will please everyone at your gathering.

Small – serves 5-8 $26.00
Medium – serves 10-14 $38.00
Large – serves 15-20 $58.00

Special Holiday Offerings

Winter Wonderland Cake

Our super-moist chocolate cake layered with white chocolate mousse and frosted with a light white chocolate buttercream, decorated with holiday touches.

"Yumpy" Cake – The Mint Version

Our classic "yumpy" cake, this time with peppermint buttercream filling.

6" – serves 6-8 $22.00
8" – serves 10-12 $34.00
9" – serves 15-20 $40.00
10" – serves 20-25 $55.00

Lemon Tart

A customer favorite! Crisp shortbread crust filled with a light lemon cream and laced with white chocolate. An 8-inch tart serves 8. $16.00

Sticky Toffee Pudding

An 8-inch cake, made moist with chopped dates, glazed with homemade caramel. Serve warm with whipped cream for a super dessert. Serves 6-8. $20

Company Coffee Cake

Great for morning company or to bring to a get-together. A super-moist double-ginger coffee cake with just the right amount of sweetness and zing.

Small – serves 6-8 $10.00
Large – serves 10-12 $22.00

Fall and Thanksgiving Menu

2010 Fall and Thanksgiving Menu

So you're headed out to the in-laws in Kalamazoo for Thanksgiving this year, and Aunt Doris put you in charge of dessert. Make an impression the easy way by bringing along something from Pinwheel Bakery. We have pies (pumpkin, pecan, apple), tarts (maple pumpkin, lemon), popovers, cakes, cookies, and more just for the occasion. You can view or download our complete Fall menu here.

PLEASE NOTE: All Thanksgiving orders must be made by Monday, November 22rd at 3pm. We will be open as usual on Wednesday, November 24, 8am - 6pm for order pick-up. Don't wait til the last minute, get your order in early!

Upcoming Event
Girlavanting Girls Night Out
Downtown Ferndale
Thursday Nov 18th 5:30pm - 9pm

Pinwheel Bakery will be hosting a Rouge Salon pop-up Beauty Bar as part of this evening-long event. It starts at Elegance by Design at 5:30pm, where participants will receive an 'Elegance' shopping bag with a list of all participating Ferndale merchants on the bag. Each merchant will be offering a mini-gift of some kind (we'll be giving away mini-cupcakes), and participants can enroll in a raffle at each location, with drawings occurring at Rosie O'Grady's at 9:15pm. We'll be open until 9pm that night for this event and as part of Ferndale Third Thursdays. Up-to-date info on the event can be found at girlavanting.blogspot.com.

Pinwheel on the Web

facebook - Follow us on facebook! It's a great way to get up-to-date info on new products and goings-on at the bakery, and to see what our customers think. Visit our facebook page and become a Fan by clicking the 'Like' button near the top center of the page.

twitter - Check out our reviews on Yelp, or leave one of your own.

Yelp - Check out our reviews on Yelp, or leave one of your own.

flickr - Photos of our wedding cakes, custom cookies, etc.

the kind life - Actress/vegan Alicia Silverstone was in town recently doing some filming. See what she had to say about our vegan treats.

Vicious Delicious Art Show

Vicious Delicious Art Show

Pinwheel Bakery will be celebrating its third year in business in downtown Ferndale with an art show. There's no line between food and art, or at least, there shouldn't be. Local artist Kill Taupe will be showing his colorful, fun food/monster/robot creations in a solo show entitled Vicous Delicious - Cannibal Cupcakes & Carnivorous Things at the bakery through mid-July beginning with an opening party on Friday, May 21, from 6-9pm. The bakery will also have custom hand-decorated sugar cookies designed by the artist for sale at the event. More information on the art of Kill Taupe can be found on his website.

Gelato is Back!

Just in time for summer! We'll be serving it up starting this week. Our top-quality, creamy-smooth gelato is made right here in Michigan by the Palazollo company of Saugatuck. They carry over 600 flavors, and we'll be changing them out throughout the summer. Our current flavors include tahitian vanilla, swiss chocolate couverture, brown sugar pecan, strawberry, and a custom-made Pinwheel Key Lime. We'll also have lemon-lime and peach sorbetto. Served in cornstarch-based biodegradable plastic cups.

Scones - The Morning Alternative

Donuts are great, we agree, but they can get a little boring after a while. Our scones are light and soft, not crumbly, moist, and not too sweet - a perfect breakfast treat. We make a variety of flavors, including favorites such as ginger toffee, apricot chocolate-chip, and cinnamon cherry, as well a savory cheddar-dill.

Buy Them Frozen, Bake at Home

Did you know that you can buy our scones unbaked, frozen, and oven-ready? They bake up easily, and you can have them oven-fresh right in your own home, perfect for those Sunday mornings when the bakery's closed :) Minimum order is 6 per box, either in a mixed variety of our choice or any single flavor that you choose (limited to what we're currently making). To ensure we have enough on-hand, orders must be made 48 hours in advance.

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Happy Valentine's Day from Pinwheel Bakery

Love and Rockets

Remember that Valentine's day is on a Sunday this year. We're closed on Sundays, but we'll be open until 6pm on Saturday as usual. Stop in before the big day and pick up a treat for your sweet. We'll have our heart-shaped bumpy-cakes-for-two, cupcakes-for-two, raspberry and chocolate macarons, lots of decorated cookies, and more. We'll have plenty made and ready-to-go, but please call ahead at least 48 hours in advance for any large orders.

Hour Magazine's Best of Detroit

If you love Pinwheel let people know, and vote for us in the Best Dessert or Best Place to Buy a Cake categories in Hour Magazine's Annual 'Best of Detroit' survey. Because we're small and under the radar every vote helps. Voters get a $12 per year subscription offer to the magazine upon completion. The online ballot can be found here.

Lavazza is Back

After a three week hiatus we're happy to announce the return of our Lavazza espresso machine

Your Generosity

If you've been to the bakery you know that instead of a tip jar we have a donation jar, which we target to various (mostly local) charities. The coins and bills all of you give add up. We thought it would brighten your day to know that for the months of November and December you tipped a total of $252.00 to Forgotten Harvest, based in Oak Park. Your generosity is inspiring, and certainly not unappreciated. You can find out more about Forgotten Harvest and the good work they do by clicking here

Pinwheel Bakery now on Facebook and Twitter

We had thought that a website and newsletter would have been enough, but due to the many customer requests we finally went ahead and set up facebook/twitter pages for the bakery. Fear not, we won't be tweeting every time a cake is coming out of the oven. Instead, we'll use these services to let you know on a more timely basis about the new products and goings-on at the bakery - pictures of new decorated cookies, special desserts, or something new that we're excited to let you know about. Take a look and let us know what you think. We'd love to know what you'd like to hear from us.

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Happy Holidays from Pinwheel Bakery!

Cardinal Cookie Holiday Treats and Gift Ideas If you're looking to simplify this holiday season, we've got a wide variety of traditional and inexpensive gifts and treats. Our special Holiday Menu includes all of your old favorites, and some new twists, including decorated holiday cookies, hot chocolate kits with homemade marshmallows, shortbread cookie packs, coffee cakes, cookie and breakfast trays, Winter Wonderland cakes, our new line of French macarons, and Sticky Toffee pudding. Come in and see all our new cookie designs, including cardinals, snow globes, snowflakes, christmas trees, and more! View and download our complete holiday menu here.

Window Display Detail Ice Festival Saturday, Dec 12 Ice sculptures, strolling musicians, fire jugglers, live bands, reindeer, hayrides, and a five city trolley are all part of this annual event in downtown Ferndale. We'll be open later for the festival as well. Come in and warm up with a cup of our hot chocolate. We use real ground chocolate with cinnamon and fresh ground nutmeg, all topped with a homemade marshmallow or fresh whipped cream. More info on the festival can be found by clicking here.

We Have Cookie Trays Vegan Treats In case you haven't noticed, we have a growing assortment of vegan offerings, including the best vegan brownies around, and our new Ginger Molasses Cookie. Give them a try, and let us know what you think. ..And Thank You! Thanks to all of you out there for your business and company this past year. We wish you all the best in the new year.

Christmas week hours: Sun 10 - 4 / Mon 8 - 6 Closing 3pm Christmas Eve Re-opening Dec 29 www.pinwheelbakery.com Pinwheel Bakery Flickr Gallery