Australia’s inflation squeeze is filtering by into each nook and cranny of life and the common-or-garden sizzling cross bun, an iconic Easter deal with, isn’t immune.
A restaurant in Sydney was noticed this week promoting a six-pack of sizzling cross buns for a whopping $30, far above the modest costs that prevail in main supermarkets.
The Bake Bar cafe in Randwick, a suburb in Sydney east, advertises its gluten, dairy, egg and soy free easter treats for $5.50 a pop, or $30 for the usual six.
“Our scrumptious gluten-free sizzling cross buns are constituted of our particular mixture of tapioca, sorghum and beason,” the cafe states.
“Stuffed with juicy currants, sultanas and raisins.”
A gluten free four-pack from Woolworths, in contrast, is at present promoting for $5.20, whereas a gluten-free three-pack from Coles goes for $4.
A single, conventional sizzling cross bun goes for $1.90 at Bakers Delight, whereas a six-pack prices $9.
However Bake Bar kinds itself as an artisan sourdough bakery that locations a premium on high quality and the enterprise boasts quite a lot of five-star opinions on Google.
“Freshly-baked L’ancienne loaf and chocolate almond croissant are the faves immediately!” one reviewer writes.
“This excellent loaf retains for days (in case you can not end it in a single go), it’s so wonderful.”
One other reviewer says the cafe, which additionally a presence in Rose Bay, Double Bay and Darlinghurst, has the “greatest bread in (the) jap suburbs”.
The cafe’s web site states the bakery makes use of “natural components obtained from native suppliers to bake our pastry creations and dishes.”
And steep costs for warm cross buns at the moment are a characteristic of Sydney’s up-market bakery and cafe scene, with a number of shops providing up six-packs for greater than $20.
The favored Baker Bleu department in Double Bay, in Sydney’s east, is promoting a six-pack of cinnamon spiced orange and raisin buns for $24, whereas Tokyo Lamington, a bakery within the inner-west, sells six for $27, or 12 for $50.
“Our signature Yuzu Scorching Cross Bun is infused with 100 per cent Japanese Yuzu juice, the sultanas are macerated for 3 months, then blended with our spiced dough, proofed in a single day and baked and glazed contemporary day by day,” the bakery states.
Humble, with places at Surry Hills and the CBD, gives a standard six-pack for $25 and custard stuffed buns for $30.
It additionally gives an revolutionary sizzling cross bun sandwich for $12.
“A fluffy sizzling cross bun, minus the fruit and full of Porteño pastrami, horseradish cream, sauerkraut, pickles and Dijon mustard,” the corporate says.
Bake Bar has been contacted for remark.
