Emily’s Café and Desserts is now officially open. Located on Springarden Drive, Emily’s is Baltimore’s first vegan dessert company manufacturing with 100% wind power. “My goal with this business is to make great tasting desserts that everyone will know and love,” says owner and founder Emily Mainquist. She adds, “The way that I look at it is for every vegan dessert eaten that is one less dessert that has eggs and dairy in it.”

A lifelong love of baking and stalwart dedication to veganism is behind every “cruelty-free” cookie, cake, doughnut, pizza, and pretzel rod at Emily’s. The cookies, for example, contain no animal ingredients, and are sweetened with evaporated cane juice and organic Blue Agave. They’re also cholesterol-free.

Until now, Emily’s Desserts have been available on her web site, at Whole Foods, Roots Market, and Wegmans. But at the new brick-and-mortar location, customers can enjoy a vegan breakfast and/or lunch before filling their bellies with delectable cakes and cookies. The menu includes vegan pancakes, tofu scramble, soy yogurt, lentil burgers, grilled cheese, and much more. So go pay her a visit and see for yourself how Emily’s Desserts is baking the world a better place one cookie at a time.

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