McClure’s

These annual trips to McClure’s are starting to get expensive and it bothers me.
It bothers me because what started out as a small thing has now turned into a fifteen pie (it probably could have been more like twenty but the line had to get drawn somewhere) extravaganza which has no end in sight because everyone that tries these damn shoo fly pies swoons and wants to be included on our Christmas gift/​bribe list for more pie the following year.
(Full disclosure: Some people do fruit of the mouth, beer of the year, kitchen appliance of the day but we do shoo fly pie to friends/​co-​workers/​the kids’ teachers/​our auto mechanic/​the kids’ pediatrician/​etc. Why? I don’t know but I don’t question it because everything tastes too good to stop.)
This year we branched out and I got the lovely wife some of the broccoli & cauliflower salad which is made here and naturally (Doug, I know your reading this) she loved it big time.
What can I say that I haven’t said before? The customer service is phenomenal here the same as the products that you buy. Take a look at the website or make the trek to Gap because this stuff is the real deal!

I have never physically been here before, but my dad brings me the coconut walnut cake every time he is out-​of-​town anywhere remotely close to here. I am a very good baker and I can make some killer cakes, so let me tell you this place makes the absolute best coconut cake I have had in my entire life! I mean, I can’t even imagine a way for it to be improved. It is a coconut walnut cake. The regular coconut cake is good, too, and very very fresh-​tasting and has a much clean taste that you don’t even find with homemade, but the coconut walnut cake is outrageously wonderful! It’s not just a plain yellow cake like their regular coconut cake.
the batter is different and, as good as I typically am at tasting and guessing ingredients, I have NO idea what the difference is with the coconut walnut cake batter, but it is divine!
Let me mention another key point – I hate frosting. Even on the best cakes, I scrape it off. I do make an exception for my mom’s homemade frosting, but I’m just not a frosting person, even when it’s from the finest high-​end bakery out there. However, let me tell you, this is the perfect frosting! It is light, smooth, incredibly fresh, and creamy without being heavy. I actually love this frosting and I actually enjoy eating it. This place has got a wonderful thing going and I hope they’re around for generations and generations. Talk about some food that makes your heart smile :).
If you are anywhere near this place and can make time to swing by, do it and you will absolutely fall in love! The only thing you have to lose is your diet: P. Guess you better run a couple extra miles before-​hand, lol.
NOTE:
The place my dad tried their products was at the Amish market in Lowell, Maryland, which is open Thurs-​Sat with very limited hours (closed by 3pm on one of those days, but it varies).