Discover the best gluten-free treats in Bellingham on S1E1 of “Getting Gluten-Free” featuring Pure Bliss Desserts. Indulge without worry!
Indulging in Delicious Gluten-Free Treats at Pure Bliss Desserts
In the heart of Bellingham, the series “Getting Gluten-Free in Bellingham” explores local culinary gems that cater to gluten-free and celiac-friendly diets. The premiere episode features Pure Bliss Desserts, a beloved bakery known for its delicious offerings. Hosted by Christopher Lee and Morgan Loy, the episode highlights the bakery’s founder, Andi Vann, who shares insights into the creation of their gluten-free menu.
During their visit, Chris and Morgan sample a variety of delectable treats, including gluten-free carrot cake, classic cheesecake, and chocolate torte, along with seasonal drinks such as an eggnog latte and an almond milk latte. Pure Bliss Desserts stands out not only for its mouthwatering desserts but also for its commitment to providing options for those with dietary restrictions, making it a must-visit destination for gluten-free enthusiasts in the region.
Indulge Without the Glutens: A Sweet Journey into Bellingham’s Pure Bliss Desserts!
Hey it’s Chris and Morgan and Welcome to our gluten-free series do hi my name is Andy van and I’m the owner of pure Bliss desserts and we are standing in our lobby here in pure Bliss desserts on Cornwall Avenue in downtown.
Bellingham so pure Bliss is a from scratch all natural small batch dessert shop we make everything inhouse here and put a lot of effort and energy in time onor techniques and um using the best ingredients that we possibly can so that we can create the best dessert that we possibly can can to we are open at 11:00 a.m. and close later in the evening 9 or.
10 p.m. and we just want to serve really delicious treats to people who are excited about it we also have beer and wine and a wonderful Espresso Bar to complement all of our desserts as well having gluten-free desserts on our menu is super important because there’s people in our community who really enjoy.
Having a high quality delicious dessert while not feeling like they need to compromise flavor or Texture or presentation because it’s gluten-free so we’ve worked really hard to create recipes that complement all of those flavor profiles and put them together so that when somebody is actually enjoying their treat I always want their response.
To be I didn’t even know this was gluten-free so all of our all of our recipes here were born a long time ago um either by myself in middle school or high school or throughout the course of time of Pur Bliss and what I really like to do in order to create what I think is the most excellent dessert possible is spend a.
Lot of time in the kitchen through research and development and so we might come up with an idea and a concept of a dessert that we really excited about and then we’ll dive all the way in and make a few Renditions of it and taste it and talk about flavor profile and mouth feel and all the things that you want in a treat we’re not going for sweet or it.
Looks cute we’re going for something that’s actually like wow and then I’ll stand back and say is this something that we could execute equally as well in the gluten-free world and so then I will start to modify the it typically in this situation the type of flow that we use to allow it to be a full gluten-free treat or treat made without gluten and.
Then we will taste that product and if it is on par and sometimes better than the original gluten- filed version then we’ll take a look at our menu determine if adding that as a gluten-free option is something that would be appropriate just based off of all the treats that we offer and then we will Market it and sell it as a gluten-free.
item oh my gosh we have so many gluten-free treats so our our desserts can be broken down into categories we have cakes and cheesecakes and cupcakes and Tarts and torts and muffins and cookies and dessert wedges and then some other cute stuff like crem brulee and mousse so under all of those categories.
We will always have at least one if not several different gluten-free items and so we have multiple cakes that are gluten-free all of our cheesecakes are gluten-free all of our torts are gluten-free all of our Tarts are gluten-free we have a handful of gluten-free wedges we have one gluten-free cookie um and then our.
Mousse and our creme brulee is inherently gluten-free too and then uh two of our muffins are also gluten-free so frankly I haven’t actually gone down and calculated because of that whole other recipe thing that I just talked about is saying is this is this equally as good or better as gluten-free product but we’re pretty close to 50% of our.
Offerings could be gluten-free come and follow me so we have all of our whole cakes that are available any time when somebody needs to pop in and grab something maybe that last minute invitation to a neighbor’s dinner party or something obviously we have all the very yummy desserts available for our.
Customers and then you can come on here and this is our cake decorating department and they do beautiful work taking what I call the naked product and top it to make it beautiful so it can go into boxes into our customers direct hands or out into our cases so customers can slice and enjoy what they.
Want and this is our awesome production team working hard they come in nice and early every morning assess all the things that need to be created in a day and then they get to it on mixers and ovens and frankly everything that needs to make anything that leaves this building that’s edible Starts.
Here o today I had help from my gluten-free fans to give some recommendations of the things that they really enjoy and so today they will be enjoying our gluten-free carrot cake fun fact we actually don’t make a standard regular non-gluten carrot cake that was one of those times where we said M this gluten-free carrot cake is actually.
Exceptional we don’t need to have a regular version so they’re going to be enjoying that they’re also going to be enjoying one of our uh chocolate tort which is one of my favorite things here because I am through and through a chocolate obsessed human and it’s naturally gluten-free and we also get to feature our favorite chocolate company.
Here in town cool chocolate and then we also will be having a New York uh cheesecake with a gluten-free housemade gram cracker crust so we are super fortunate and Belling him to have livingfree options in general uh let alone places that are specialty locations like this that make desserts so I am thrilled that we have.
Bakery here that has like half of their stuff that I can eat come here every Friday for date night always a good choice love that yes I’m also often here for day night and I feel like pure Bliss really FS a hole in a need for belly ham as far as gluten-free baked goods pastries um desserts yeah Ryan and I spot go for it Morgan so we’ve got a.
Classic carrot cake here which I’m very excited about I tried it for the first time last week and it was delicious it’s got like a spiced kind of fall vibe to it for all you raisin haters there are no raisins in it that’s a good point very good thanks for clarifying we’ got cheesecake here I believe it’s just classic cheesecake right yep no.
Flavoring on this one just cuz they’s they’re seasonally rotated as far as flavors go but classic awesome cheesecake yeah with a housemade graham cracker crust it sounds like which I’m excited to try I have not tried their cheesecake before and then we’ve got chocolate Tor which is another classic I believe they have this one kind of at.
Any given time it’s one of their Classics a hunk of delicious chocolatess how do you go wrong yeah I went with the seasonal choice and I did the eggnog latte and I’ve got a nice almond milk latte with a cute little foam heart made by Taylor’s sister Cheers Cheers seeds oh the perfect tempature oh.
Good I feel like we’re at like a wedding or something right try C together cross arms right just feed each other oh M mm that is awesome so one of the things I like about this the cakes in general but this carrot cake is I don’t like things overly sweet um where they’re just sugary right this is a perfect balance where the cake is still.
Sweet and delicious very moist of course um but the the frosting is not overpowering and it doesn’t take over the whole cake yeah I love that you would never know this is gluten-free and Andy even mentioned that that they don’t have a gluten full carrot cake option because this is just so darn good so I’ve taken it to many an occasion.
Usually holidays no one knows unless you tell them it’s awesome I love cheesecake but you can’t eat it most places cuz there’s always the craft store you have to kind of hollow it out and eat the middle right so nice that you don’t have to do that here totally I’m not normally a big cheesecake person.
But glener and cracker makes me excited so we’ll see mhm wow yep super good and again same same thing about the sweetness it’s it’s just enough to be a nice dessert but it’s not this sugary craziness um so if you’re not normally a dessert person you can still eat these in we time I would agree with that it’s like very.
Light and fluffy and Airy and yeah delicious that’s true some some cheesecakes are pretty dense right you almost feel like you’re eating like a I don’t even know what but they’re just really dense and they’re just very like big this is light totally yeah not too rich yes just eat a whole piece and be fine mhm.
last but not least chocolate deliciousness look at this thing so cute it’s a little bean coffee bean this one I had many chocolate P here yes so good if you’re a chocolate lover or just need a chocolate fix these are amazing.
MH mhm this one is ultra Rich yeah which is perfect if you you need a chocolate fix so good creamy deced it’s all the best things you like about diving into a chocolate bar but in more of like an easily edible format cuz soft and kind of MH I three of these what’s going to be your go-to well the hard part is like it depends on.
What mood you’re in right like am I in a cake mood or cheesecake mood they’re very different but if I had to pick one and only one that I could eat for the rest of my life it would be the the probably the it would the carrot cake ooh you’re going to go cheesecake baby like well and carrot cake is also healthy because it has vegetables in it.
So is hotest vegetables for the day done done carrots out okay so if I was going to rank these first one I would typically go for I’d have to say the carrot cake especially this time of year I feel like spring time my answer might be different kind of seasonally like you said it depends on the mood for me maybe it depends on on the season but the.
Carrot cake right now just feels perfect for the weather and then second favorite just because I’m such a big chocolate lover i’ have to say the chocolate p and the cheesecake was great too I’m just not as much of a cheesecake person yeah that’s true I mean cheesecakes come in most handy for me or like I want them the most when there’s like a really.
Heavy seasonal flavor so like there’s a pumpkin cheesecake that is hands down amazing so if that’s around I mean yes get a look toss you know well if you want a simple easy date night whether it’s like a first date second date or you know you’re married to them um I would suggest coming here it’s awesome it’s super comfortable easy to get in.
And out you can do to go if you prefer to eat it at home so I think it’s a wonderful spot to kick in no matter what you’re doing I love that they they combine so many of their gluten-free options with vegan options so just kind of appe peals to the masses also it’s such a cute spot to just come hang out whether it’s for coffee with someone or.
To come for a late night slice of cake so good atmosphere great people that work here and it feels good to support one of our local gluten preh hubs love it we are in the heart of downtown Bellingham on Cornwall Avenue between champion and Magnolia we’re open late you can come anytime you can also find Us online um traditionally through our.
Website at pure Bliss ds.com and we are also on Instagram and Facebook at prist deserts what’s the difference between a tart and a Tor thinking that too yeah so a tart is going to always have a crust of some sort and then a filling and then the tort all it all itself all by itself is.
Just this nice solid mass of Awesomeness and you know we have like toppings on it and whatnot but yeah that’s the traditional crust yeah
