Dream sweets
As pre-holiday schedules become increasingly busy and āto-doā lists grow longer, a popular Boston College Dining Services initiative is making it easy for campus community members to check off the time-consuming task of baking. Its Holiday Bake Shop, led by Ļć½¶ŠćDS Executive Pastry Chef Tim Fonseca, is offering decadent desserts via online order, to be enjoyed at home with family and friends, or given as seasonal gifts.
The Bake Shop's top-selling Holiday Yule Log is 'a chocolate lover's delight.'
The menu of mouth-watering treats includes the Holiday Yule Logāa centerpiece-worthy, rich chocolate cake with vanilla and chocolate frostingāas well as a variety of palate-pleasing cakes: carrot with cream cheese frosting, almond Heath Bar caramel crunch, and classic vanilla cheesecake, as well as gingerbread Bundt cake with āsnow glaze.ā
āWhen our Ļć½¶Šć community customers make requests, we listen,ā said Ļć½¶Šć Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Patricia Bando. āOur Ļć½¶Šć Bakery specialties are in high demand, especially during the winter holiday season. We just sold a selection of pies, cakes, and fruit breads for Thanksgiving take-home desserts, so without hesitation we are now preparing for Christmas.ā
Executive Pastry Chef Tim Fonesca
These desserts are available to Ļć½¶Šć community members via the Ļć½¶ŠćDS GET Mobile app. NOTE:ĢżThe deadline for bakery orders has been extended to Friday, December 13; customers can arrange pick up December 18 through 20 at Hillside Cafe. Details on Holiday Bake Shop menu and pricing, as well as on placing and picking up orders, are available on the Ļć½¶Šć Dining website.
āThe winter holiday season brings to mind delicious treats,ā Bando added. āWe are blessed to have a very talented professional bakery team, something that is somewhat unique nowadays on university campuses. Our Ļć½¶Šć Bakery is truly our Santa's workshop of Chestnut Hill, conducted and coached by Tim Fonseca, who inspires our culinary team with his tasty and beautiful desserts while continually raising the talent bar among the bakery team members.ā
Bando also praised āthe large and clever gingerbread house display that Tim and his team construct for decorating at most every Christmas party catered by our Ļć½¶Šć Catering teamāevery year our Ļć½¶Šć community members are in awe.ā
The Bake Shop's gingerbread house is a favorite at Ļć½¶Šć-catered holiday events.
According to Fonseca, holiday baked goods are designed to be joyful and enhance entertainingāand when it comes to Ļć½¶Šć holiday favorites and tradition, the Holiday Yule Log (called āa chocolate lover's delightā by Bando) is at the top of the list.
āOur virtual bakery store is available with not only our top-selling Holiday Yule Log, but other family and campus favorites,ā he added. āThese bakery items bring a little spark to someone's day: celebrating on or off campus, baked treats can uplift the occasion and certainly make it more memorable. We enjoy hearing the stories about various ways we touch the lives" of the Ļć½¶Šć community.
Bando summed it up with a pun: āWhat a happy way to celebrate the āseason's eatings.āā Ā