McFadgen's Bakery — Restaurant in Glace Bay

It’s that magical time of year again—where my husband gets his hands on his precious fruit cake from McFadgen’s Bakery in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia ❤️. Since we can’t just pop over and grab one for ourselves, thank goodness Giant Tiger is here in Ontario to save the day! Fruit cake has never been my thing, but him? He LOVES it especially McFadgen’s!

As for me, I still remember, as a little girl, my parents taking me to that bakery in Glace Bay on our way to my grandmother’s. I can still smell all the fresh-baked goodies—it was pure heaven! My absolute favorite? Those molasses cookies, which still bring back the sweetest memories. I swear, I’m probably still carrying a few of them on my hips 🤦‍♀️🤣.

Honestly, I think the fruit cake is all about my husband’s JOY… and the molasses cookies are my own little slice of...

Every time I come to the Bay for vacay, I always leave with a trunk full of baked goods from McFadgen’s. In my years as a child my mother and grandma made home made bread. Fast forward to today, my gran has passed and me mother has dementia and doesn’t remember complex recipes. His dinner rolls are the same as me gran’s bread. Good honest hard working people in this bakery, always helpful...

We are regular buyers of MOM’s Country Style plain bread and loved it; however, the last few loaves we’ve purchased are dry and taste stale, even if they are fresh off the shelf with a use before day a week or more in advance. I’ve purchased the bread at 2 different grocery stores in Sydney. This is very disappointing and may cause us to change to...