# Bröd by the Bay

> A Swedish home bakery in Port Melbourne, Australia

## About
Bröd by the Bay is a Swedish home bakery run by one person, Gabi, who grew up in Sweden and bakes her family's recipes. The hero product is sourdough kardemummabullar — cardamom buns made with a naturally leavened dough and an overnight ferment, rather than yeast. Alongside them: Swedish fika classics and Swedish sourdough breads.

"Bröd" means bread in Swedish. Spell it with the ö.

Positioning: Swedish baking, actually Swedish. Not Scandinavian-inspired.

Status: not yet open for orders. Registration with the City of Port Phillip comes first. The website collects email addresses for the first bake window.

Based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Preorder and pickup, plus markets. No shopfront.

## How ordering works
Preorder only, and no payment is taken online. Each bake is a "bake window" — a bake date, a cutoff for requests, a fixed batch size and a pickup window in Port Melbourne. You send a request before the cutoff, Gabi replies to confirm what fits in the batch, and you pay on collection. Batches are small and sell out. There is no discounting.

## What I bake
Baked by hand in small batches, naturally leavened, long fermentation. Not gluten-free and not suitable for coeliacs.

## Hero product
- Kardemummabullar (Cardamom buns): TEST WEBHOOK - remove this later. Cardamom buns made with sourdough rather than yeast. Two days, most of it waiting.

## Fika classics
- Hallongrottor (Jam drops): Classic Swedish thumbprint cookies made with sourdough starter for extra depth of flavor. Buttery, crumbly shortbread-style cookies rolled in pearl sugar and filled with sweet-tart raspberry jam.
- Havrekakor (Oat & Coconut Cookies): These golden sourdough oat cookies have crispy edges and a chewy center, packed with rolled oats and coconut. The sourdough starter adds a subtle tang that balances the natural sweetness.
- Kanelbullar (Cinnamon Buns): Traditional Swedish cinnamon buns made with sourdough for a deeper flavor and tender crumb. Twisted and topped with pearl sugar and sliced almonds, these are fragrant with cinnamon and just the right amount of sweet.

## Pages
- Homepage: https://brodbythebay.com.au/
- About: https://brodbythebay.com.au/about
- What I bake: https://brodbythebay.com.au/bakes
- Order: https://brodbythebay.com.au/order
- Journal: https://brodbythebay.com.au/journal
- Contact: https://brodbythebay.com.au/contact

## Contact
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/brodbythebay
- Location: Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Website: https://brodbythebay.com.au