Hi there!
I'm Renee. I'm the owner, baker, and one-woman-show at Blue Canary Bakery. Baking is my passion and part-time profession. I'm a Wisconsin native and Minnesota transplant who moved here for college and returned after grad school. The Twin Cities are my home and I love to bake for this community!
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I'm a proud aunt of both humans and a pitbull mix, the latter of whom has the honorary title of Blue Canary Bakery's Customer Relations Manager! I love to try new recipes and flavor combinations and experiment with new decorating techniques. When I travel, I like to pickup cookbooks of the local cuisine.
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A few bits of trivia:
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My favorite buttercream is Swiss meringue! I was intimidated the first time I tried it, and since then I've never looked back.
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I consider it a lifelong adventure to see as many moose as possible--I find them absolutely fascinating.
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My travel "bucket list" includes all fifty states, but I'm barely halfway there!
The Blue Canary Bakery Story
I've been baking since I was a kid, usually with my Mom. I remember many days in the kitchen, making fudge, Christmas cookies, and birthday cakes. When I branched out on my own, I started with boxed mixes and then dipped my toe into baking from scratch, and it's the only way I bake now. This hobby became a business in the summer 2020 after turning down multiple requests to sell cakes to family, friends, and acquaintances. I don't have a culinary degree, though I've taken my share of classes from local opportunities like Cooks of Crocus Hill and local community education.
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Blue Canary Bakery operates out of my home in accordance with the 28A.152 Cottage Foods Exemption to Minnesota state law. Per regulations, I am registered with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. In simple terms, the Cottage Food exemption means that I operate with some additional restrictions and my bakes are not subject to state inspection. It also means that when I bake, I'm baking for you! We make everything in small batches, by hand, and with quality ingredients.
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Everything in the bakery is made from scratch from tested recipes. Before I started this bakery, I never thought I'd be purchasing vanilla by the quart and get worried when I'm down to my last five pounds of butter, but life changes! I'm a big fan of Kerrygold unsalted Irish butter for meringue-based buttercreams, Land O'Lakes unsalted butter for other butter needs, Gold Medal Flour, and both the Tahitian and Bourbon varieties of Rain's Choice Vanillas.
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Thanks for stopping by and reading about this small business and passion project. I don't have personal social media accounts, but I do share a bit of my life on Blue Canary's social media sites (links below). Follow us on one or more sites and/or join our mailing list to stay updated on upcoming sales, market dates, and specials.