Fully Baked, No Nuts

We’ve all had our share of baking drama over the years (burnt cookies, anyone?), but add the very real concern of life-threatening nut allergies and finding safe home-baked goods can be a more serious challenge.

Luckily for Toronto parents, we can simply walk through the doors of Two Moms Baked Goods, a nut-free and kosher bakery, recently relocated to Eglinton West near Bathurst. 

Owner and ‘chief brownie maker’ Caroline Davis, a mother of small children herself, offers homemade sweet solutions for our no-nuts world. Think cookies, mini-tarts, cheesecakes, marble brownies, key lime bars and much, much more. Some of their products come pre-packaged and have a longer shelf life (try their delicious and surprisingly low-calorie and low-fat oatmeal double chocolate chip cookies).

Besides their retail location offerings, Two Moms Baked Goods also offers birthday parties, camps and PD day classes. You might also find a small selection of their popular goods at well-loved establishments like Pusateri’s and Summerhill Market. 

Birthday parties and classes are held in the bright, inviting lower level and can hold up to 30 children. The birthday boy or girl and guests take part in an interactive baking class, usually making something from scratch. After baking, there’s a craft or activity, then cake decorating and pizza. Loot bags are as simple as taking home a dozen of the goods they baked that afternoon, and of course everything is nut-free. 

Crying over spilled milk is generally frowned upon, but at Two Moms, the drama is encouraged, at least in some of their cooking classes. Among a selection of lessons targeted for specific age groups, like Moms and Tots classes, the bakery offers a Shake ‘n’ Bake class that combines drama and cooking and a Craft ‘n’ Bake class which is a mix of the two elements.

So avoid going nuts. Whether you are raising a top chef-in-training or trying to avoid the no-nut snack pitfalls, Two Moms Baked Goods has something for everyone…at least everyone with a sweet tooth.

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