Holiday Menu 2025!
At Carina’s bakery, we make 100% vegan and various gluten-free products through Scandinavian traditions, Oregon ingredients, and the unique talents of employees who put the ABILITY in disability.
New this Holiday Season!
Most holiday items available for pickup after just 3 days advanced notice & payment.
Meals after 7 day notice & payment.
Open Daily 9 AM – 5 PM.
Closed 11/27-28, 12/25-26. * Closing by 4PM 12/24.
Holiday Meal Kit
Available 11/1-12/31 with 7 days advance notice
Take the stress out of your holiday by letting Carina’s Bakery make your meal for you! This year we’re offering a meal that can apply just as easily to both Christmas and Thanksgiving, and still be economical enough for you to take a little plant-based assurance to you family party without taking over or breaking the budget.
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Side Car or Simple Dinner for 2: $115
Choose one centerpiece dish, 2 sides, one condiment or extra side, and one dessert
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Family Meal: $199
Choose 2 Centerpiece dishes, 3 sides, 1 condiment, and 1 dessert. Serves 4 to 6 people.
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Smorgasbord: $399
You’ll get all 5 of the Centerpiece Items, all of the sides (including 2 kinds of bread), both condiments, and 2 desserts. Serves 10 people.
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Centerpiece Dishes:
Mushroom Chevre Tart (gf) or Danish (as beautiful as it is delicious!), Butternut Squash Lasagna (improvements made over last year), Veggie Pot Pie (gf), Swedish Schmeatballs & gravy (gf).
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Sides:
Mashed Potatoes, Maple Walnut Sweet Potatoes(gf), "The Grinch That Stole Christmas" Soup (festive cream of broccoli soup with pistachio base)(gf), King’s Kale Salad (with dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, Cultured Kindness chevre cheeze, and maple mustard dressing)(gf), roasted vegetable medley(gf), bread ( herb rolls, Pilgrim bread (gf), or Swedish Limpa)(gf option) ).
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Condiment:
lingonberry sauce (Sweden’s answer to cranberry sauce with more tang than bitterness(gf); or pickles (gf)).
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Desserts:
Caramel Apple Pie(gf), Chocolate Mousse Pie(gf), Hazelnut Turtle Pie(gf), Marionberry Pie(gf), Pumpkin Meringue Pie(gf), Snow Pudding(gf), or Rice Pudding(gf).
Pies!
$10 / 5 inch mini pie
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Marionberry Pie (gf)
Tender pie crust filled with Oregon berries in all their glory with few other ingredients to get in the way
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Chocolate Mousse Pie (gf)
a richer version of my Mormor’s Chocolate Sundae Pie, a marshmallowy pie that melts in your mouth. A cookie crust provides texture.
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Caramel Apple Custard Pie (gf)
a layer of caramel and vanilla cream in a classic pie crust, generously topped with an arrangement of cinnamon-roasted apples.
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Hazelnut Turtle Pie (gf)
Pecan pie taken to a new level in Oregonian style, with hazelnuts and whipped chocolate ganache
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Pumpkin Meringue Pie (gf)
a cross between pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake, this pie is full of flavor.
Bread
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Herb “Butter” Rolls Set of 6 for $11featuring the nutty flavor of Camas Country Mill flour and mixed herbs.
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Limpa (gf option) $6/round (wheat), $10/wheat loaf, $15/gf loafsoft Swedish rye bread with light molasses sweetness, citrus and fennel undertones.
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Pilgrim Bread (gf) $15/loafa moist, golden-hued bread with subtle fall undertones.
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Lefse (gf option) $23 per dozen, Set of 6 for $12a Norwegian staple: potato flatbread with the softness of a crepe, the heft of a tortilla, and the richness of mashed potatoes.
Ours is rolled by hand, rustic, and baked rather than griddled. -
Challah Plain: $10, Raising: $11, Apple Stuffed: $15, Halvah Stuffed: $15is a moist, lightly sweet wheat bread that is so rich in flavor, you won't believe it doesn't contain the traditional eggs!
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Stuffing Mix (gf) $10/lbmade from our glutten-free sourough and millet breads combined with warm herbs and olive oil.
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Cardamom Bread Ring or Braid (aka Pulla) $19a rich yet pillowy dough perfumed with cardamom (akin to black pepper sans heat) with a sweet, gooey filling running through and the crunch of pearl sugar on top
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Almond Bread Ring $21lightly cardamom-infused, soft, sweet bread with marzipan filling and topped with toasted almonds and pearl sugar
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Swedish Stollen (gf option) $23 (wheat), $29 (gf)moist, lightly sweet dough studded with dried fruits and hint of citrus. A ribbon of marzipan runs thoughout, for a cravable breakfast!
If you're missing our jewel / Christmas scones, this is for you! -
Kringla $23my take on a traditional Swedish classic-flaky dough with raspberry jam and crackly almond topping
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Jumbo Cinnamon Swirl (gf) $29is a 9-inch version of our cinnamon swirls with its cakey, buttery bread, spicy-sweet cinnamon filling, and cinnamon vanilla icing
Sweets
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Marzipan Tarts (gf) Set of 6 for $15
an almondy, Swedish classic.
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Apple Cider or Cranberry Donuts (gf) Set of 6 for $15
crisp outside, cakey and a bit chewy inside, full of fruity fall flavor.
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Pepparkakor Cake $40
moist, tender spice cake in a festive bundt with ginger glaze
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Saffron Orange Bundt Cake (gf) $45
golden pound-cake like dessert that will brighten you taste buds and your table
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Halvah Stuffed Kladdkakor Set of 6 for $27
fudgy pudding cake/brownie stuffed with sweet sesame paste
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Jelly Donut Semlor (gf option) Set of 6 reg for $33 (gf $38)
a mashup of Sweden's favorite and Sufganiyot for Hannukah, these baked sweet rolls are filled with strawberry jelly and a mound of whip
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Rice Pudding (gf) $24 /bowl, serves 6
Light, and Swedish style with subtle almond flavor. Served with lingonberries and almonds.
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Snow Pudding (gf) $24 /bowl, serves 6
a very light lemon mousse / jel that looks and tastes like pillows of snow. Served with custard sauce and lingonberries, it's a unique holiday dessert.
Christmas Exclusives
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Cardamom Bread Ring or Braid $13
(aka Pulla)
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Almond Bread Ring $15
lightly cardamom infused, soft sweet bread with marzipan filling, topped with toasted almonds and pearl sugar.
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Saffron Buns $25 for 6 buns
classic S-shaped buns with butery, slightly floral saffron, sweet raisins, and pearl sugar.
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Kringla $21
my take on a traditional Swedish classic - Danish dough with raspberry jam and a crackly almond topping.
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Swedish Stollen $21
soft sweet dough studded with flavorful dried fruit, a hint of orange and cardamom, and marzipan running through it.
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Jumbo Cinnamon Swirl (gf) $25
a 9-inch version of our gluten-free cinnamon swirls, with buttery, cakey bread and a spicy-sweet cinnamon filling that gets a bit caramelized in the oven, all finished off with icing.
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Christmas Scones (gf) $33/doz. or $18 for 6
these lightly spiced, never dry scones are studded with dried fruit like jewels. A hint of almond brings out the holiday spirit.
Holiday Cookies
December only
$27/lb. (16 to 32 cookies)
Shapes, flavors, textures, colors!
Our cookies this year have it all and will make a stunning and delicious gift for yourself or someone special.
And they’re all gluten free!
Varieties:
- Cardamom Orange Spritz (wreaths & snowflakes)
- Coconut Almond Fudge Puddles
- Danish Checkerboard Hearts (vanilla)
- Jammy Stars
- Chocolate Cherry Truffle
- Pepparkakor Shortbread (holly leaves)
- Saffron Lemon Crackles
- Toffee Trees
Hannukah Exclusives
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Challa $10 - $13 - $15
Plain $10
Apple Stuffed $13
Halvah Stuffed $15 -
Jam “Donut” Semlor
gf or regular. Soft yeasted dough baked and filled with raspberry jam and vegan whipped cream, combining Swedish filled buns with the Jewish traiditon of enjoying fried, jam-filled dough.
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Halvah Stuffed Brownies (gf) $57 /doz. or $30 for 6
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Pistachio Cream Brownies (gf) $57 /doz. or $30 for 6
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Saffron Olive Oil Bundt Cake (gf) $40
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Smoky Carrot Lox (gf) $10/lb.
CLICK HERE to place your holiday order!
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Place your order by calling 503-339-3187 or coming into the store. Requests may be submitted online, but will not be final until you talk with us.
Other orders will be accepted throughout the season, with 3 days’ lead time and a $50 minimum order. Check out our catering & gifting options too!
Items regularly available in our store (almond cake, brownies, biscuits, etc.) are also available for order by the dozen or half dozen, but are not listed in this book.
Deposits of at least 50% are required on all orders.
In the event of cancellation, part of the deposit may be kept, if work has already been started on the order.
After the deadline, we will start a waitlist on holiday items we may have available to put on hold for you once we get our prep done.
Thanksgiving
Order by 5pm Sunday, November 24th
Pick up Wednesday, November 27th;
9am – 6pm
Christmas
Order by Sunday, December 22nd
Pick up Tuesday, December 24th;
9am – 4pm
Hanukkah
Pick up December 24th through 4pm
or December 27th – January 2nd
during regular hours