This week at the shop AND THE MARKETS!! Week of January 23rd

It's superbowl time!! As much as I have particular feelings toward one of the teams coming to town, I'll hold my feelings to myself. So, the next two weeks will be a little crazy at the shop. We are working like crazy bakers to get ready. This week we'll have our football shaped sugar cookies and will have an AMAZING selection of items in the case. We are working on some other football themed desserts, so be sure to stop by and see what we have.

And speaking of BEIGNET DAY...
I promised that we would have beignets again soon... So, our next Beignet day is this Saturday at the shop!! We sold our so early last time, so I will be sure to have more ready to go this weekend. Our next Beignet day during the week is TUESDAY, February 21st, on the final day and real "MARDI GRAS". Not only can you get your beignet fix, but you can also get your King Cake. I HIGHLY recommend pre-ordereing your King Cake. If you want an order form, email me back and I'll send it to you.

VALENTINE'S DAY is just around the corner - Tuesday, February 14!! We will be starting to offer our famous sugar cookies shaped in hearts this week at the shop. We are also now taking orders for Valentine's Day!! We will be offering our sugars at the usual price of $2 per cookie, but for all orders that are placed ahead, we will have them at $22 per dozen. We will also be offering our cookie "pops" - these are heart shaped sugar cookies that are a bit bigger than our regular cookies on a stick and wrapped. If chocolate is your thing, we also have a wonderful little chocolate "torte" for $20.

KING CAKES!!
Mardi Gras has officially begun, so we are making King Cakes!! Our King Cakes are made from a recipe that a friend of mine who was a pastry chef in New Orleans provided me with. It is a great recipe! We make it with a sweetened cream cheese filling, decorated in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of yellow, green and purple, and our course, there is a BABY INSIDE!! Cakes are $24 and are ready with a one day notice. To order, email me for an order form. The final day of Mardi Gras is Tuesday, February 21st.

This weekend at Carmel!!
This Saturday is our weekend to be at the Carmel Farmer's Market. Come find us Saturday morning starting at 9am at the Carmel Indoor Winter Market. This is a great little market and you will see some of your favorite vendors from the summer.

"SOUPER" BOWLS
Roger will be participating in Second Helping's Souper Bowls competition at the end of the month. He will be providing a recipe for the soup he uses in the competition. I'll keep you posted. You know he makes the best soup in town!!

SUPERBOWL!!!
Can you believe it!! We are only a couple of short weeks away from hosting the Superbowl!! We are pretty excited about it and trying to figure out what all to be offering!! Please note that we will be limiting special orders according to how busy we are during the week of the Superbowl. We are also going to have expanded hours, but we are still finalizing that. Look for our full breakfast menu (muffins, scones, croissants, etc), tarts, macarons, football sugar cookies, and much more. We are still trying to choose what all to have available, so be sure to stop in.

BREAKFAST!
Circle City Soups in NOW offering a selection of fresh, hot breakfast items. It is the best breakfast at the City Market, and if I could be so bold, downtown Indy!! Items on the menu include three different croissant breakfast sandwiches, one of which features The Smoking Goose's City Ham. They also have available steel cut oats, omlettes, "monkey bread" French Toast, and so much more. And if you don't see what you want, just ask Angela. She rocks!! Of course on the "Sweets" side we still have our fabulous muffins, scones, crossants, Danish and much, much more.

BAKING CLASSES
We are finalizing a couple of things, but I can tell you that we will not be offerening any pastry classes until March. I very much hope to have the complete schedule together in next week's email. Don't forget, if you have a group of friends (6 people) who would like to do a class together, we can schedule a class just for you!! You can even pick the general topic/type of class you want.

CATERING:
Do you have an upcoming event that you need catered? Desserts? Appetizers? Anything? Both Circle City Sweets & Circle City Soups has started catering! Give us a call at 317-632-3644 or email to circlecitysweets@yahoo.com or circlecitysoups@yahoo.com to inquire about menu and pricing. Items include: soups, salads, sandwiches, breads, cakes, cookies, brownies, etc. Delivery is available or pick up pre-ordered trays. Also, if your office is having staff events, meetings, whatever, let us take the work out for you.