Some truly impressive, very buttery things are happening inside this new Central District bakeshop.
By
Allecia Vermillion
Photography by
Amber Fouts
12/17/2020 at 9:00am
Temple celebrates the crossroads of laminated pastry and dessert.Â
Christina Wood of
2524 South Jackson St., Central District
Trial and error led Christina Wood to an important conclusion: Cruffins need hats. Generally speaking, this novelty mashup of a croissant and a muffin lacks the gravitas inherent to other laminated-dough confections. But at Temple Pastries, Wood and her bakers coil finicky croissant dough around tiny columns of pecan paste. These muffin-shaped creations get baked, cooled, and topped with maple bavarois and finally a housemade coin of milk chocolate and chopped pecan. A weekend-only special, they taste like fancy teatime and maintain the decorum of a chess piece or behatted royal wedding guest.