We now have fair trade chocolate cake :)
To the left’s a pic of the TransFair USA booth at Green Fest. They gave away lil slices of this choco cake, which I tried — yum!
I’m gonna try and find out which San Francisco bakery actually made this cake, so the locals can indulge –
Lotsa choco fun in general at Green Fest — Alter Eco and Equal Exchange both sampled their tasty choco bars.
Even The San Francisco Chocolate Company showed off its new Gaia line (PDF) — all organic, fair trade choco bars in recycled packaging printed with soy-based inks (right).
Which makes me wonder why fair trade chocos are still so hard for the average would-be fair trade consumer to find at nearby stores….
A piece of good news for Angelenos — Mathieu of Alter Eco sez that their goodies — from fair trade chocos to fair trade quinoa — should be showcased at Erewhon in a week or two –
But back to San Francisco — On Saturday, Jean of TransFair USA (left) arranged for a buncha coffee people to get together for drinks and fries at Frijtz.
We actually didn’t talk that much about coffee, but it was a fun — and a rather fattening — time.
People made fun of me cuz I got 2 glasses of wine at once, both for myself — cuz I didn’t wanna get in line again for the 2nd glass …
Update, 11/19/06: The fair trade chocolate cake’s baked by Rubicon Bakery in Richmond, CA, which delivers yummy baked goods if you’re in the Bay area. Thanks to Demian for the info :)
Update, 12/8/06: Here’s Rubicon’s press release about its fair trade cake :)
November 14th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
The tasty chocolate cake offered at the TFUSA booth last weekend was made by the incredible Rubicon Bakery http://www.rubiconbakery.com/ of Richmond, CA (and it’s made with Fair Trade Certified cocoa.) Their site has a list of retail locations as well as an online store. They can ship to anywhere in CA. Their products are delicious and the story of their parent organization is inspiring. Check them out!
Demian Luper
d.luper@transfairusa.org
p.s. The two glass strategy was clearly a winning one…and those fries, oh those fries…I think that’s my guilty hand in the picture…
November 15th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
Thanks for the info! I don’t think I’ve ever been to Richmond, but if / when I am, I’ll def. stop by. From the website, it looks like they only deliver to the SF Bay area :( Maybe they’ll open a socal branch?
November 22nd, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Thanks for all of the kind words!
I happened upon your site while searching to see if there is any word or buzz getting out about our new Fair Trade Chocolate Cake. I work for Rubicon Programs, the non-profit that runs the Rubicon Bakery, which is a social enterprise division of our organization. You should go to www.rubiconprograms.org to see the *full* story about who we are and what we do. However, the quick version is that our social enterprises (including our Bakery and Landscaping business) help us achieve our mission to provide opportunities for change in the communities we serve in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. For example, we operate Transitional Employment Programs within the Rubicon Bakery, where underrepresented and under served populations can learn occupational and work maturity skills while they earn an hourly wage on the job, in a real-world, production oriented environment. Upon graduation, they are assisted with Job Placement and Job Retention services with employers in the region.
Just so that all here are aware, Rubicon Bakery in Richmond is wholesale facility, and we sell all of our products through retailers. This includes online, catalog sales, and stores locally throughout California: Check out this link http://www.rubiconbakery.com/where.html to see where you can buy our products online (don’t forget to try the handmade marshmallows, BTW!) and have them shipped to your door. Or, you can also click here http://www.rubiconbakery.com/locations.html to discover where you can get our products in a growing list of premium grocery stores and retailers.
I hope that helps. Thanks for your interest in Rubicon, our Bakery, and our newest product. Remember that the more cakes, tarts and marshmallows we sell, the more people we can help. I really hope the Fair Trade Chocolate Cake catches on, so please spread the word!
November 23rd, 2006 at 6:31 pm
Thanks for the info, Drew! When you guys get the chance, it would be really great if you could work on a search-by-zip function — or at least a list by city — so we can locate the nearest place we can get your goodies from :) (Also, just to stay ahead of the curve, perhaps you might consider also using fair trade sugar and vanilla?)