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Sweet bakery with macarons and cake balls to debut at Glade Parks Euless
Watermelon macarons from The Iced Whisk, coming soon to Euless.
A mid-cities home baker is about to take that giant next step into a brick-and-mortar space: Called The Iced Whisk, it's a cottage bakery that will open in a storefront in Euless' Glade Parks shopping mall at 1300 Red River Dr. #500.
The shop is from Angela and Joseph Kmetz, a young couple who will share the duties: Angela is the baker, while Joseph will oversee the front of the house. They're planning to open in mid-March.
Angela previously co-owned a bakery in Austin for six years, after graduating from UT-Austin in 2010. Her parents also owned a doughnut shop in Arlington for several years before her father passed away.
In 2018, she started selling French macarons, cake balls, and iced sugar cookies out of her home kitchen in Bedford, as well as products at local farmers markets.
That's when she saw a bakery gap in Euless.
“I know there’s a lot of great bakeries and pastry shops in cities like Dallas, Fort Worth, and Carrollton,” she says. “But there’s not a lot over here in Euless."
The menu will include macarons, cake balls, and sugar cookies in several flavors, with seasonal options rotating in and out. Standard flavors are as follows:
- Macaron: chocolate nutella, espresso, fruity pebbles, honey lavender, lemon, pistachio, strawberry, and vanilla
- Cake balls: carrot, chocolate, chocolate mint, chocolate chip cookie, coffee, cookies and cream, lemon, red velvet, strawberry, and vanilla
- Sugar cookies: vanilla and chocolate
Other treats include chocolate covered strawberries, gingerdoodle cookies, rice krispie treats, hot cocoa bombs, and chocolate covered pretzels.
In addition to baked goods, The Iced Whisk will also serve Korean-inspired drinks called ades. Similar to Italian sodas, they’re made with fruit syrup or juice mixed with sparkling water, and are popular in Korea during the summer.
“Ours are going to stand out a little bit because we’re going to be using fresh fruit, which isn't standard,” Kmetz says. “That’ll enhance the flavor a little bit more, so we’re excited about having those at our store.”
The drinks are inspired by their heritage, as both Angela and Joseph are half Korean.
The bakery will open in a tiny space with just over 800 square feet. It was previously occupied by a tutoring business, and it’s being renovated to add a kitchen and small lobby with a couple tables, plus an Instagram-able photo wall.
After The Iced Whisk opens, they hope to continue vending at local farmers markets, where they've developed a following. It depends on how busy they get.
“We’re hoping it’ll be well received, and it can be a fun little spot for a quick dessert,” Angela says.
Casey Thompson at a DIFFA event in 2016.
Photo by Shana Anderson
