85 degrees Bakery

cake from 85 degrees bakery

This bakery has the most delicious breads, desserts, cakes, and more. We stopped by one many years ago while traveling and haven’t stopped talking about it ever since. They’re building more and more locations each year, so when one opened up within driving distance, we made a special trip to load up on pastries.

In addition to the bakery, it’s also a coffee shop, hence the name. Supposedly 85 degrees is the perfect temperature for coffee in terms of aroma and taste. We haven’t tried the coffee yet because the place is always very crowded and understandably so, because the pastries are just that good. It’s soft, fluffy, fragrant, and most important of all, not too sweet.

I wish we have a bakery like this near us because I’d probably go there for coffee and pastry more than I can count. If you’ve never visited a 85 degrees bakery before, be sure to check it out.

Tip: The birthday cake comes with a little “Happy Birthday” placard made of chocolate. It's included with candles and a plastic cake knife/server when they box up the cake. This comes in handy because it's easy to forget the candles.

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