Vegan foodie hot chocolate kit stocking filler
Hey lovelies, if you’re anything like us, here at Honeybuns, you’ll be seeking out some extra thoughtful presents and stocking fillers this year. Goodness knows we all deserve some extra special treats and I’m not so sure that a last minute, plastic wrapped toiletry set is going to quite cut
Upcycled Christmas gift ideas online
Hi there, we’ve been as busy as Santa’s elves, getting ready for the launch of our new online Christmas shop. Our Honeybuns gift tins of gluten free and vegan cakes are well established online. This year we wanted to collaborate with a local craftsperson to offer something a little bit
Em’s top 10 gluten free and vegan festive gift ideas
Hi from all of us at Honeybuns bakery in Dorset. I’d like to thank all of our loyal customers on behalf of all of us here at Honeybuns bakery. Your online custom and fabulous feedback has kept us all motivated and crucially, enabled us to keep trading and protect jobs.
A Small Business Adapting to the New Normal
Here are our business tips and account of reopening and getting back to a new normal post lockdown. Hopefully you’re keeping safe & well? I thought you might like a round up of what’s going on from our niche business perspective at the moment. It’s a tale of two halves, so
A small business surviving Covid
Hopefully you are all keeping safe and well? I hope also that you’ve had the opportunity to enjoy some time in the kitchen trying out new recipes and maybe new ingredients too? I’m finding each day to be a bit of a roller-coaster at the moment to be honest. I
A Honeybuns update from Emma
Hallo, Em from Honeybuns here. We all send our love and best wishes to you during these worrying and surreal times. Most of the Honeybuns team are furloughed as we lost a staggering 90% of our wholesale business within the first couple of days of lockdown. Most of our trade
Successful survival rate of saplings from 2014 ‘Big Dig’ day.
Back in 2014 we held a community ‘Big Dig‘ day when 300 native trees, provided as part of The Woodland Trust Community Tree Pack, were planted in our front field by a band of over 50 volunteers. The trees were native wildlife friendly varieties which take about 7 to 8 years
A Day in the Life of a Honeybuns Baker
I thought I’d give you a glimpse into the day of an artisan bakery, well, my day specifically. I arrive at Honeybuns by 7am each morning, sometimes by bike; Dorset’s meteorological conditions usually make my decisions. My first job of the day is checking and tasting the previous days baking.
Keeping our feathered friends well fed in the winter
Greetings from a very chilly Naish Farm. The bakery ovens are the most coveted space at Honeybuns at the moment. The warming aroma of baking cakes lifts the spirit on dark chilly mornings. The Honeybuns team are not alone in being drawn to the warmth at the bakery. The avian visitors
Our aims for a more sustainable Christmas
I’d like to share some ideas to forage your Christmas and make Yuletide cheaper and greener.