Muffins, scones, cookies, cheesecakes and wedding cakes made without butter, cream or eggs? Huh? It just so happens that they’re all available at vegan bakeries in our fair city, thanks to a growing number of young, post-health-food-generation bakers committed to culinary creativity and the local-and-organic ethic.
There’s no need to be a card-carrying vegan to enjoy their sweet and savory offerings or to expect an inferior version of the muffins or quiche you find elsewhere. Do expect top-quality coffee. You’ll also likely find at least a small selection of gluten-free items.
Black Sheep Bakery
Amanda Felt opened Black Sheep Bakery in 2000, as a small wholesale business creating vegan baked goods she hoped that anyone would want to eat. Today the bakery has 50 wholesale accounts, including Peet’s Coffee stores. Black Sheep will be at three Portland Farmers Market locations this season. A café opened two years ago serves vegan and non-vegan lunch fare in addition to baked goods at the main location on Northeast 19th Avenue. A mini café with bike-through window is located on Southeast Main Street.
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