The Earth's Crust Bakery

Exclusive to the earths crust..our bacon Brie boy. Just don’t mention the calories.. come and check it out today.

Come and join our fantastic team.

Fresh apricot tart just going into the oven.. apricots fresh From the tree (thanks Mark). Lots of other lovely sweet and savoury delights today as well. Also a heads up that we will not be doing our pizza night this week . Back to normal the following week. Stay dry if you can.

It’s good to see occasional success from The Real bread campaign on the false claims on the origin and ingredients so often made by supermarkets

As a result of a Real Bread Campaign investigation, and subsequent researchBBC Morning Live, Morrisons has admitted it was using the claim ‘made in store from scratch’ to market products that were not made in store from scratch.

Replying on 30 July 2024 to a trading standards complaint submitted by the Campaign on 12 June 2024, West Yorkshire Joint Services (WYJS) included the confession from Morrisons: “We apologise that the signage you have seen that states our Best bread is ‘made from scratch’ is incorrect and we have advised all stores to take it down.”

Real Bread Campaign coordinator Chris Young said: “We welcome this result and trust that trading standards officers at West Yorkshire Joint Services will ensure the company swiftly fulfils its promise to correct this misleading marketing.”

You can read details of this case, and others, in the latest news section of www.realbreadcampaign.org

Making our granola today at the earths crust bakery. With a splash of organic torr dairy cold milk we think it’s the best breakfast ever. We have cherry, almond and hazelnut and white chocolate and raspberry but do beware as one bowl is never enough.

The Earths Crust Bakery.. at the forefront of counter culture.. come down today for a great array of sweet and savoury treats, bread, and coffee. Also tonight is our pizza night and we have our homemade meatballs as our special. Please book early to avoid disappointment!

We are open for all our usual sweet and savoury goodies. Start your Tuesday with a (takeaway) flat white and a sour cherry brownie. We hope to see you soon.

We are back open today for croissants breas@da and loads more.. also pizza night tonight. We will be open 5 days a week (tues to sat) from no on as well. We all look forward to welcoming you back.

Just out of our oven.. our new favourite abricotines. Plus loads more sweet and savoury goodies such as blondies, strawberry tarts, quiche, sausage rolls and of course bread. Also a heads up that the bakery will be closed from the 30th June and reopening on Friday 12th July. Get your orders in soon if you want to stock up. Enjoy the belated sunshine.

Our baker Jess is having fun with meringues… the results these amazing pavlovas with fresh cream from roans dairy and Scottish strawberries. We also have a mean rhubarb meringue slice, plus loads of other sweet and savoury treats, organic breads , and great coffee. See you soon we hope.

Our daily bake, get your hands on some freshly baked lovingly made long fermented super tasty breads and they are healthy as well…

Good morning all. New positions at the bakery are opening up from the beginning of April. We need a baker and a front of house. More details to follow. Please do share this if you know anyone who may be interested. Thanks a lot.

It’s that time of year again, it certainly comes round quick. This years batch are better than ever! Just to let you all know we will be running a more limited counter on Wednesdays as we refine our operations. We will have breads patisserie foccacia and of course hot cross buns and our full range later in the week. Thanks for your understanding. Enjoy the sunshine.

Who said pizza couldn’t be healthy! Today we have broad beans fennel and our amazing wild garlic pesto on our sourdough base. Plus mozzarella of course for those who want it cheesy. We do also have some rather less healthy offerings as per usual like our bad boy bread pudding. Have a good weekend.

New for spring wild garlic pesto foccacia with our own hand picked wild garlic. Enjoy

Proud to be part of this approach to reducing the plastic waste

Since starting our vending machines in Auchencairn and Castle Douglas, we've sold about 27,000 litres of milk. We did some maths and worked out that this will have saved about 13,000 - 54,000 plastic bottles (depending on the size people buy)!!

Although this does show the mind boggling amount plastic waste that must be out there, it also shows how fairly simple and small scale changes can make a big difference! Hopefully we see more local and plastic free food options in the future 🌍

We have a rich chocolate gateaux waiting for you at the earths crust bakery today, and it is vegan as well.. we also have loads of our usual goodies including our famous almond croissants, a wide variety of quiches and sausage rolls plus loads of interesting retail food and drink. What’s not to like.

Happy burns night to you all. Here is our smalll contribution. Roasted swede, potato with a rich whisky sauce topped with a generous slab of Griersons haggis. I’m sure the bard himself would approve…

Olive and cheese twists, just out of the oven. Better get here quick or they will be gone. Also tonight we are gearing up for burns night with a cheeky Scottish style pizza of haggis, thinly sliced potato and mature cheddar. Get your hands on these from 5-7pm. We also have all@our usual array of fresh breads cakes and patisserie of course plus great coffee and chat.

Good morning. We are open again after our wee break, glad to be back. We’ve got some veganuary specials for you this month including our chocolate gateaux, tahini bites and spicy chick pea filo rolls. We also have loads of our usual not totally healthy goodies for you just in case like us you are doing eat all you canuary. We look forward to seeing you soon an hope everyone has a fantastic 2024.

Hi everyone. We hope you all had a lovely Xmas with lots of great food. We are open again today for all our usual breads treats and coffee. There will be no@pizza night this week. We will be closed from Sunday 31st December until Wednesday 10th January. Thanks a lot for all your support through the last year. The Earths Crust.

Christmas is here. Check our ordering info and opening times in the bio.

https://mailchi.mp/6ded4e385718/bakery-opening-12657920?e=%5BUNIQID%5D

Earth's Crust Bakery Xmas ordering and opening times. Hello everyone. Yes it is that time of year again to snuggle up round the fire with a glass of your favourite tipple, a mince pie and a thick slice of stollen (from the earths crust of course). We are looking forward to our xmas baking and will be offering lots of delicious festive and not so f...

The bakers are flying this morning, our full range of sweet, savoury and amazing breads out already… now to prepare for pizza night. Our special tonight. is wild mushroom and chorizo. We hope to see you soon.

Sweet offerings today at the earths crust… New York cheesecake , chocolate orange tart , hazelnut and pistachio macaroons and rye chocolate brownies. Unfortunately we are not doing our pizza night tomorrow but will be back the following Friday. Have a good weekend.

We agree with many points in the post of Cllr John Young. We also think introduction of 2h no return free parking with a display disc would benefit both the public and the businesses on the high street while still preserving free access to parking in the town centre. Introduction of traffic wardens would help with enforcement of such measure as well as raise some revenue through fines and improve the accessibility of the town. There is a link to public survey in the comments and we would urge our local community to share their views. Otherwise we still baking!

I’ve just completed the Council’s survey on decriminalised parking.

I have concerns that what is being proposed may negatively impact both on quality of life, and on our local economy. Therefore, it’s my duty as an elected councillor to share those concerns.

My concerns relate entirely to the potential introduction of parking charges in Dumfries and Galloway. I have four main concerns.

Cost of Living and Economic Exclusion
Parking charges are a tax on local motorists. This will have a disproportionate effect on people on low wages working in the retail and service sectors in our larger towns. It will also have an impact on people living in rural areas who rely on cars to access essential services in our region’s towns. For many people across Dumfries and Galloway cars are a necessity, not a choice. To introduce an additional cost burden on local people during a cost of living crisis is unwise at best.

Trading Impact
As one of the councillors elected to represent the people of Castle Douglas I am alarmed at the potential impact of parking charges on traders on King Street. Parking charges will inevitably affect consumer behaviour. The retail and service sector has already been hit with huge increases in energy costs. Our local businesses can’t take another blow and I believe parking charges would lead to some of our independent local businesses becoming simply unsustainable.

Revenue Raising Uncertainty
There is very little evidence that parking charges levied across our region will generate any surplus income. The areas where such schemes have proved truly profitable are the larger cities. Evidence from other rural regions suggest schemes tend to run at a loss, becoming a net cost to our already stretched Council budgets.

Leading Questions
I am very concerned that the wording of survey questions are weighted in favour of adopting the scheme in the region. The leading nature of some of the questions calls into question the integrity of the survey entirely.

Whilst there is no doubt that inconsiderate parking by some is a source of annoyance to many, the introduction of parking charges has the potential to change our towns beyond recognition.

I am urging all local people to take part in the survey, but to consider carefully the unintended consequences that parking charges may bring.

That Dumfries and Galloway is unusual in not charging for car parking is to our credit. It enables our towns and villages to be welcoming and accessible. It has contributed to the viability of our traditional high streets.

I have absolutely no doubt that free parking is a good thing for our communities and our local businesses, and so I am strongly opposed to what is being proposed in this survey.

A link to the survey is in comments-

Our King street can be chaotic at times. So what? We learned to love it with its flaws. Locals know when to enter it and when it’s best to take a side street. Visitors are on holiday and in no rush. But mainly it allows for shoppers from the wide area to stock up, especially people who can’t carry their supplies very far. It’s not perfect but it’s serving our community the best it can. We’ve already lost parking at Market hill through redesign and electric chargers. There is definitely not enough parking towards the bottom of the town. The introduction of parking charges could push people into the arms of local supermarkets. While we need those too, we also have to avoid putting more barriers for our local shops. They work hard peddling through the challenges of the changes in current economic climate. Please have your say!

It’s Friday again and that means pizza night at the earths crust. Today we’re going all fishy with brown shrimp and scallops from west coast sea products. We are also offering our freshly made doughs for you to try at home yourself. We make the doughs on Thursday morning for a good 30 hour fermentation, so bulk orders would have to be made by Thursday 11am as we don’t want to disappoint our pizza regulars on Friday. Enjoy the lovely weather and hope to see you soon.

Good to get a shout out among other businesses in town. Even if it mentions how awkward we can be with our seasonal produce or plainly just selling out sometimes 😀

Does Castle Douglas, Scotland's self-appointed food town, live up to the hype? Scotland’s self-appointed ‘food town’, Castle Douglas is home to quality butchers, bakers and artisan ice cream producers.

A well stocked counter for you this morning with all our favourites like lemon cream tart, cheesecake and our luxury rich chocolate cake which just happens to be vegan and our new courgette and lime cake. Also just to let you know there will be no pizzas this week. We’re sorry about that but they will be back the following week.