When Victoria Gilson Torres was on the lookout for a location for her new bakery, she discovered the proper spot on Predominant Road in Saco.
Torres opened Sea Spray Confections earlier this month at 209 Predominant St., Suite 103. When she put collectively a marketing strategy for her new enterprise, she wrote a listing of all of the issues she wanted in a location. When she noticed the house at 209 Predominant St., the place Sugar Mama's Café was once, it match the invoice.
I visited Sea Spray Confections on Thursday afternoon and the very first thing I seen was the scrumptious aroma. Torres was engaged on a customized order of Black Forest cake and the odor of cake baking crammed all the cafe.
At Sea Spray Confections, every thing is made with contemporary components, with no preservatives or fillers. If Torres makes cupcakes with strawberry filling, she chops the strawberries and prepares the filling. Equally, a strawberry rhubarb pie makes use of rhubarb from her backyard.
“All the things is comprised of scratch. You positively get a extra intense taste while you prepare dinner from scratch relatively than utilizing mixes,” she stated.
Sea Spray Confections gives traditional baked items, the form of stuff you may see in your grandma's recipe field, like whoopie pies, gingerbread cookies, cinnamon buns, and chocolate chip cookies.
Torres additionally sells baked items wholesale to comfort shops, and her hottest product is the maple cream oatmeal pie, which she additionally sells on the bakery.
I used to be fortunate sufficient to be gifted one by Torres. The easiest way to explain it’s that it’s a far superior model of Little Debbie's oatmeal cream pie. The cookies have been comfortable and the maple syrup gave it a pleasant taste. The quantity of filling was excellent – not skimpy, however not overwhelming both. It was like frosting, however not too candy.
Torres left a job within the company world to open her personal bakery. It was, she says, “a leap of religion,” however she was inspired by the variety of repeat clients and individuals who heard about her by phrase of mouth.
“I come from an extended line of cooks and bakers. I grew up serving to my mom make desserts and desserts,” she stated.
She honed her baking abilities and some years in the past opened a self-service bakery stand at 38 Bradley St. She intends to maintain the bakery stand stocked, in order that busy mothers and individuals who work throughout the day can have entry to her contemporary baked items even when they’ll't make it to the Predominant Road bakery.
Sea Spray Confections additionally serves lunch gadgets reminiscent of salads and vegetarian wraps. Torres is trying to increase the menu with soups within the winter and breads.
“I simply acquired my grandfather’s cookie machine. Many years in the past, he owned a restaurant in Wells and I’m making an attempt to recreate his cookies,” she stated.
Seaside Confections is open from 7am to 3pm Tuesday by way of Friday and 8am to 2pm on Saturdays.
New Mexican meals restaurant in Saco
El Tequila opened this week at 512 Predominant St., Saco, in a constructing that child boomers vacated earlier this yr. The restaurant, which additionally has a location in Waterboro, gives an in depth menu that features vegetarian choices, lunch specials and youngsters' dishes.
Liz Gotthelf is the editor of Saco Bay Information. She additionally likes to eat and assist native companies. If in case you have any information about native eating places or meals, she would love to listen to from you. E-mail her at
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