Brand/Baker: Copenhagen Bakery, Armagh Street, Christchurch Price: $1.60 each Ingredients:  Not available Appearance: Mark says they are ‘nice and brown’, and they are the first in our taste test to have a glaze on top so that should keep our other taste tester happy. They have a distinct white cross on the top which is [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: Coupland’s  Bakeries, Hereford Street, Christchurch. Price: $3.09 per pack of 6. Ingredients: Wheat flour, water, currents, sultanas, sugar, gluten, yeast, modified starch (1420), vegetable oil, mixed spice, salt, soya flour, skim milk powder, emulsifiers (471, 48, 472e, 322 (soy)), flour improvers (170, 300, 516), acidity regulators (263, 260, 330), flavour (almond oil), preservative (202). [...]

Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Brand/Baker: Trocadero Family Bakeries, Cashel Street, Christchurch. Price: $1.70 each or $8.00 per 1/2 dozen Ingredients: Not available Appearance: Nice size and shape, plump looking, perfect crosses on the top. One of our tasters thought his bun was well browned on the top while another lamented the lack of glazing. When broken open the bun [...]

Posted on March 19th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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Its just under a month to Easter and already the shops are selling all manner of Easter Eggs, Bunnies and Hot Cross Buns. Last year our BDM Jo, decided to splurge and buy some expensive Hot Cross buns from a well known Christchurch bakery. In a blind taste test in our office, she put them [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
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