Paczki Day

I can hardly believe next Tuesday, February 16th, is Paczki Day! This year it is only two days after Valentine's Day. We are grateful here at TONI to have so many reasons in February to celebrate with sweets.

Paczkis (pronounced pawnch-key) have become a Fat Tuesday tradition in the Chicago area because of the large numbers of Polish immigrants that live here. In Poland, Paczki Day is actually the Thursday before Lent. Paczkis are similar to Bismarks, however, the dough is a little richer, because of additional eggs. Our fillings are especially rich and very unique. We have Paczki filled with White Chocolate Mousse and Fresh Strawberries, Cream Cheese and Blueberry filling, as well as more traditional flavors.

If you stop by, you won't miss our LARGE SIGN that I carefully put up during the blizzard, just for you!
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Super Bowl XLIV

We try to do something special in anticipation of Super Bowl parties. Of course it is always the most fun when the Bears are involved… Alas… not since 2007. On the bright side, the surprise performance of the New Orleans Saints has given us the idea to incorporate Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl this year. King Cakes make a fun hostess gift as well! Here are some things we’ve put together for Super Bowl XLIV.

King Cakes and Mardi Gras

The holiday fog is starting to lift here at the bakery, and today we will be taking down the last remaining decorations. The timing is just about right, because we baked our first batch of King Cakes today!

Each year at Toni we love to keep the holiday season going by celebrating Mardi Gras.

We do this with traditional New Orleans-style King Cakes. Our King Cake is a light, buttery coffee cake that is accented with cinnamon-sugar, and decorated with purple, gold, and green sugar. We make it even more festive by including the .History of the King Cake beads and a plastic baby trinket, inside the cake itself.

Legend has it, whoever finds the baby trinket in their piece is crowned King for the day, AND gets to throw the next Mardi Gras party and provide the King Cake!

Join in on the New Orleans tradition and brighten up the dreary winter months by bringing one to parties in the office, school, or with family and friends thru February 16th.