It’s a bakery offering cookies, cupcakes, brownies, seasonal breads, cinnamon rolls, sourdough delights, and both slices and whole cakes.
It’s for dining in.
It’s for taking home.
It’s a mother/daughter business.
It’s also a local “baking academy” with classes for baking bread, cakes, cookies, and other items.
The baking mom is Pam. The baking daughter is Taylor.
The Grand Bakery is in renovated downtown Dadeville, part of the historic Miller Hotel, which once was a thriving hostelry. When renovations are completed, the hotel will reopen.
The Grand Bakery is open now at 114 N Broadnax Street, Dadeville, AL 36853. Here are its hours of operation:
Monday: 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Sunday: Closed
Phone: (256) 307-1332
For details on The Grand Bakery, go to: https://www.the-grand-bakery.com/
Ms. Taylor Nobles, the visionary baker behind The Grand Bakery, is fulfilling her dream as the proud owner and head baker.
Here is the official trailer:
Known for her custom order business, ‘Treats with Tay,’ she has now brought her bakery creations to East Alabama. It is situated in the heart of Dadeville, directly across from the Tallapoosa County Courthouse.
The Grand Bakery offers a tempting array of cookies, cupcakes, brownies, seasonal breads, sourdough delights, and both slices and whole cakes. Nestled within the newly renovated space of the Miller Hotel Building, it's the perfect spot to savor a cup of freshly brewed coffee while indulging in delightful bakery treats. Welcome to a world where passion meets pastry!
They also make custom cookies with logos, such as Auburn, Alabama, high school and political designs.
In addition to being a retail and take-out bakery, the mother and daughter teach the arts of their trade. They teach classes in:
Baking sourdough bread
Baking and decorating cookies
Christmas cookies
Holiday cookies
Donna Hebson, a Lake Martin resident on Sandy Creek, says she decided to take the sourdough bread-baking class after buying sourdough loaves weekly from Market 34, a Lake Martin specialty store near her home. After she and her husband, retired Sylacauga pharmacist Tommy Hebson, ate the store-bought sourdough bread over months, they did not get hungry in the afternoons. The sourdough bread seemed to keep them satiated.
So, it was off to class at The Grand Bakery for Donna Hebson to learn how to bake sourdough bread.
At the end of her first class, she went home with a bowl of sourdough starter, ready to bake a loaf in her home oven. She also had a comprehensive list of health benefits of sourdough:
Digestion
The bacteria in sourdough, called lactobacillus, produces lactic acid that helps with digestion. The bacteria also pre-digest starches in the grains, which can reduce bloating and digestive discomfort.
Healthy Gut Bacteria
The fermentation process in sourdough increases the beneficial bacteria, which can support a healthy gut micropbiome.
Lower Blood Sugar Levels
Sourdough has a lower glycemic index (GI) than regular bread, so it causes blood sugar to rise gradually. This can help maintain steady energy levels throughout the day.
Absorption of Minerals
The fermentation process in sourdough neutralizes phytic acid, which is an anti-nutrient that can make it difficult for the body to absorb minerals like iron, zing, and calcium.
Better Heart Health
Sourdough has more fiber than other breads, which can help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.
Antioxidants
Sourdough is rich in antioxidants, which can help protect the body from free radical damage.
Improved Gluten Sensitivities
The acid in sourdough can degrade gluten, making it easier on the stomachs of people with gluten intolerance.
The list of claimed health benefits helps explain why the Hebson couple generally felt better after substituting sourdough bread for commercial loaves of bread. As it turned out, it was not just a culinary class, it was also a dietary class, focused on sourdough bread.
The class also taught sourdough pancakes.
Cookies baked in-house include butter pecan, chocolate chip, M&M, snickerdoodle, sugar, oatmeal raisin, lemon, plain oatmeal and cookie monster cookies.
In-house cakes include pound cakes, wedding cakes, chocolate cakes, birthday and special occasion cakes.
Breakfast items include blueberry, chocolate chip, good morning muffins, coffee cake and nut muffins—sourdough cinnamon rolls.
Other items baked in-house included here
Grand Bakery also does cake tastings and wedding and event catering.
Better eating, better health.
Jim ‘Zig’ Zeigler writes about Alabama’s people, places, events, groups and prominent deaths. He is a former Alabama Public Service Commissioner and State Auditor. You can reach him for comments at ZeiglerElderCare@yahoo.com.
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