Debbie is a pastry chef with professional training and real life experience. Debbie is able to create all your favorite pastries and all the popular items you see in any bakery. Her Italian heritage and learning to bake with her Mother and Grandmother, has given her an added layer of knowledge to create the old-world Italian pastries that she grew up with and always reminds her of home.

If you want to take a trip down memory lane, or start new memories for your family, contact Debbie to place your order. The prices of these delicious creations vary and are not a delivered item. Your order would have to be picked up at either the Alexandria or Occoquan location. Check out our (growing) list of available selections below.

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Italian Cheesecake – Sweet tart dough filled with a baked sweet ricotta filling. Available in various sizes.

New York Style Cheesecake – A traditional graham cracker crust with a sweet, smooth, creamy baked cheese filling.

Cannoli – a flaky/crunchy pastry shell filled with a creamy sweet ricotta cheese filling

Napoleon – flaky, buttery puff pastry layers between pastry cream

Tiramisu – a delicious tower built with traditional sponge cake, lady fingers, sweet cream, all soaked in a sweet Khalua syrup. 

Pasticciotti – The Italian Cream Puff! Sweet tart dough filled with fresh lemon Custard. 

Sfogliatelle – It means “Many Layers”. A crispy shell stuffed with a baked ricotta cream with pieces of candied fruit inside.

Almond Macaroon Tart – Sweet tart dough filled with an almond paste cream and a thin, shiny, delicious layer of raspberry jam.

Eclaire
Cream Puff – French pastry dough (choux pastry) filled with a sweet pastry cream

Fruit Tart – A sweet tart pastry dough, filled with a basic custard or an almond pastry cream, covered is a shimmering layer of the season’s best fruit.

Struffoli – Also known as “Honey Balls” – this is a delicious ring of small deep fried dough balls, which have been cooked in honey. The end result is a large pile of delicious, sweet, sticky gems......all sprinkled with traditional colored sprinkles. A special holiday treat for the family!

Cookies
Pignoli – a chewy pine nut covered delight!
Coconut Macaroon - Plain or dipped in chocolate
Fancy Macaroon – made with Almond paste
Butterball – a delicate round cookie that simply melts in your mouth.
Sesame – a crunchy sweet cookie that is buttery and covered in sesame seeds.
Cherry Dot – a butter “spritz” cookie with a candied cherry on top.
Fig – my version of a Fig Newton.
Biscotti – Almond, Anise, Vanilla, Fruit, chocolate dipped, etc...