Small Pies or Tarts in Boston Area

[Elyssa]

Hi Everyone,

I am currently planning my wedding which will take place in Boston in October. The wonderful caterer we are using does not have a pastry chef so we need to outsource our dessert selection. We do not want to do a wedding cake, but we thought it might be fun to do small (single serving size) pies or tarts in a variety of flavors. The problem is we are having trouble finding a bakery that will provide this.

Does anyone have any ideas??

Other ideas would be other miniature/small/individual pastries/desserts---like whoopie pies, cannolis, etc. Any ideas you might have would be greatly appreciated.

Also the bakery doesn't need to be located in Boston proper, just in the Boston area for delivery purposes.

Thank you!

[nicjp]

This is what I did for my wedding. We went to www.konditormeister.com/ for mini tarts (fruit, chocolate, lemon), eclairs, cannoli. They were all good quality two bite treats.

[MartyF1112]

I second Konditormeister...everything tastes as good as it looks, which isn't always the case! And DessertWorks in Norwood does nice small pastries as well.

[Pia]

Flour does little two-bite tartlets... may be smaller than what you're looking for, but they are delicious.

[Elyssa]

I thought my Mom (who is Boston-based) reached out to Flour (because this was my first recommendation) and they didn't actually do this sort of thing. But maybe I'm wrong and we should circle back.

[CookieLee]

Elyssa! I remember you being very helpful when I was in DC. Congratulations! What about the Clear Flour Bread bakery in Brookline? They always have small fruit tarts, and other pastries. I should think they could make the tarts single serving size. The question is, do they do that sort of thing.
http://clearflourbread.com/

[teezeetoo]

In addition to Petsi's, I'd try Country Desserts in Newton, MA on Lexington

[bear]

Both Petsi and Sofra are good suggestions.

I attended a 60th birthday a couple of years ago and Dessert Works from Norwood did the cakes. They weren't mini, but they were absolutely gorgeous and delicious. I wouldn't hesitate to contact them if I were doing an event of some sort. It sounds like they do some individual desserts.

http://www.dessertworks.net/galleries...

[tweetie]

did you try Petsie's in Somerville?

[cherrytomato]

Why not do wedding cake looking cupcakes and have a cupcake bakery do them. You could have one of those stands that each cake fit in and have them decorated with pretty colors and maybe some gold leaf or something weddingish. A wedding is such an important occasion that I think it's nice to make some kind of statement and not just a bunch of little pick up pastries. I recently went to a wedding where they had three different cakes. One was a vegan carrot, the other a lemon and the other was chocolate. Something for everyone and they made it look very interesting.

[Elyssa]

We are likely going to have cupcakes at the rehearsal dinner. Plus I think the cupcake wedding cake is a little worn out---we were hoping for something a little more fun and different.

[Bob Dobalina]

Two words: cookie bar.

[Elyssa]

That's actually a cute idea. And we could serve milk! Thanks.

[Madrid]

see if the menu at Sofra appeals to you.

[thedryer]

I know this is quite a bit further than Boston but this bakery's mini-tarts are soooo good. Assuming you order enough, I can't see why they wouldn't deliver to your hall or caterer. Good luck planning your wedding, the time will fly after the 1st of the year.

http://klemmsbakery.com/menu.html

[gracenote]

Maybe your caterer could work with: http://www.sweetcreationsdesserts.com/

[Elyssa]

This looks exactly what we are looking for. Their options sound great! Have you tried any of their desserts before?

[gracenote]

Actually, I worked there several years ago, under a different owner. At the time the quality was excellent, we made everything from scratch (except the smallest tart shells). I would hope that continues to be the case. When I've looked at the current website it looks like they have a lot of variety. Maybe you could arrange a tasting session and check it out.
Good Luck, and let us know-

[Elyssa]

Great! Thank you.

[Elyssa]

For those that might be interested, you should know that Sweet Creations is 100% wholesalers bakery, so they have to work directly with my cater, as opposed to us. It might still work out, but it's not a traditional bakery.