Good afternoon dear readers, Firstly thank you to everyone who came to see us on Wednesday. It was a very promising start to the five day week and the sunshine was on our side too. Coming up this weekend is Mother's Day, which we view as a chance to celebrate care-givers, mother figures and supportive mentors of all kinds. Aunties play a particularly key role in our lives and always have done, so we often use this as an opportunity to show them some love, usually with a bunch of daffodils and some British farmhouse cheese (we've got you, Auntie Clare). If your special person leans more towards the sweet than the savoury, we are taking care of afternoon tea. You...
Good afternoon dear readers, And so we embark on a new chapter, or a homecoming of sorts to the very early days of the bakery, as we open our doors on Wednesdays as of this coming week. We'll be open from 8am on Iffley Road, 10am at the Covered Market. And a reminder that our Iffley Road hours are to extend each day until 2pm. If inducement to come and see us were needed, we have happily timed this change to coincide with the arrival of the hot cross buns, always a highlight for the bakery, as the air fills with the unmistakable scent of our special organic spice mix, containing cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, nutmeg and allspice, all bar the last coming...
Good afternoon everybody, A few changes to the line up this week. We've said farewell to semlor for the year, but still have a week before the next seasonal speciality, hot cross buns, hit the counter. We are filling the gap with nuts and caramel in the form of the Tosca bun. It's been a while since we've made it so to recap, it's based on the Swedish cake or tart of the same name, and has an almond butter filling, and a mixed nut and honey caramel lozenge baked into the top. The ever popular roasted vanilla bun is back too. We are thrilled to finally have some rhubarb in the house. E Oldroyd & Sons are one of only...
Good afternoon everybody, We start this week with some exciting news. From the beginning of March onwards we will be open on Wednesdays at Iffley Rd and the Covered Market, marking a return to the trading days that we started with back in October 2018. We will also be extending our Iffley Road hours with a 2pm closing time. Full schedule as follows, from week commencing 2 March: Iffley Road - Wednesday to Sunday 8am - 2pm Covered Market - Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 3pm As if that wasn't enough, we're also planning to start offering a limited home delivery service, more of which anon. These changes feel like a natural evolution, intended to help us create a more...
Good afternoon everybody, We are feeling the love this year, and since we have just been joined by Stefan and Sofia, bakers from Miami who are with us for the duration of 2026 (you’ll be hearing more of them in the future for sure), we have a few extra hands with which to make some sweets for your sweets. There’ll be little bags of Pump Street Chocolate and brandy truffles, sandwich biscuits with blush pink blood orange curd and chocolate-dipped Viennese hearts. We hope you and your nearest and dearest enjoy. If you wish to say it with alcohol as well as baked goods, allow us to recommend Rosé de Meunier, a properly gorgeous pink Champagne that's classy and easy, or...
