Guilty Pleasures: Spoon NYC Tea Cake Mixes

I rarely use a mix.  I am just not that happy with how they come out.  I also hate reading the labels and sounding out (phonetically) the ingredients.  Honestly have you read those labels? They look like they are written in Welsh!

No offense if you are Welsh, by the way, some of my favorite people are Welsh.  Anyway, I was sent a mix to try, Cinnamon Cranberry Tea Loaf.

Spoon is a cafe in New York that has begun to sell mixes on the Internet.  I loved the packaging in this.  It was just done with so much excellence right down to the mix and the dried cranberries in separate packaging, tied with baby blue ribbon.

All right, who told them that I was a total freak about those extra touches?

The directions were simple and straight forward.  Melt butter, add eggs, Pour the dry mix in the bowl, stir in the cranberries, bake.

The aroma of fresh cinnamon wafted out of the bag when I opened it.  The cranberries were fresh, soft and tart.

In fact I was very impressed with this mix.  It is an artisan item, you won’t find it at Wal-mart ( AS IF!) but the flavor is great and well worth the trouble to order it. If you are looking for a Guilty Pleasure I don’t think you will be unhappy with Spoon.

Spoon is also a cafe, located at 17 W. 20th Street in New York City. If you are in the area it would be worth stopping by just to smell the shop!

And keep your eyes open…there may be a Baking Delights giveaway involved.

Oh and by the way, if you notice that I am watermarking my images again and linking to myself?  My articles are being stolen again.  Gosh I hate that.  So far it hasn’t happened here for a long time but no use taking chances.  I hope the watermarks aren’t too distracting.

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Images:Marye Audet (c) 2009