Amanda Cade

National Pastry Day is one of my favorite lesser-known holidays, for reasons I’m sure I don’t have to explain. Lol. I happen to be one of the luckiest sugar freaks in the world, because I live less than ten minutes away from the best donut shop in St. Louis (according to multiple media polls, and my personal opinion) and a fantastic bakery. Both are locally owned and operated by talented and incredibly nice people, and I’ve been a loyal customer since I moved back to St. Louis about sixteen years ago. This morning, I went to Helfer’s Pastries and spent almost ten minutes debating between dozens of wonderful options, before finally narrowing it down to a cinnamon roll or a caramel roll…

…and then buying both. I’m not going to eat them both by myself. I promise.

Do you have a favorite pastry, bakery, and/or locally owned business?