Thistle's Summit

Thistle's Summit Iowa’s 1st Vegan/ GF bakery 🌈
Snacks. Magic. Killer baked goods
✨ Thurs- Sun 10am-4pm✨
340 SW 5th St #122

See y’all Saturday and Sunday this week for an extra special Mother’s Day pop up. Peep our stories for the menu and a t...
05/09/2026

See y’all Saturday and Sunday this week for an extra special Mother’s Day pop up. Peep our stories for the menu and a table tour. Saturday and Sunday 8am-1pm/ sell out. Can’t wait to see you! Let’s celebrate some moms.

Saturday AND Sunday pop ups this week for Mother’s Day!⁣⁣Join us for our favorite way to start a Saturday. Posting up at...
05/06/2026

Saturday AND Sunday pop ups this week for Mother’s Day!⁣
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Join us for our favorite way to start a Saturday. Posting up at Daisy Chain 8am-Sell out. Usually right around noon is when we sell out. We will be hanging with
Menu for Saturday ⁣
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Mall Cookie Slices (V + GF)⁣
Cinny Roll 6 pack/ Singles (V+ GF)⁣
Miso Scallion Scones (V+ GF)⁣
Jam Bars (V + GF)⁣
Sourdough Loaves (V)⁣
Sourdough English Muffins (Sometimes)⁣
Old School Cinny Rolls, Singles + 6 packs⁣
Granola (Sometimes V+ GF)⁣
Rotating Croissant- Ramp Everything and White Chocolate Matcha⁣
Rotating Cookie/ Bar- Lemon Brownie⁣
Homemade Jams- Rhubarb and Strawberry Rhubarb this week!!⁣
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🖤 Also extra special this week catch us this Sunday at Daisy Chain too!! It’s Mother’s Day, and no better way to celebrate the people you love than with TS treats. We will have cinnamon rolls both conventional and gluten free + vegan, flower boquets, mama mall cookies (see last slide) and whatever else we can bake. We know some of yall (ahem… men) are a little late to the party, so come though Sunday AM starting at 8am. Snag a coffee from and some rolls and flowers from us. Instant breakfast in bed.⁣
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Can’t make it to our pop ups? Retail partners get fully stocked Friday AM. Happy to serve you wherever you find us! ⁣

See ya this week!!

and I hatched a plan earlier this year that we’ve been keeping from you. At the time we were weighing if we wanted to ...
04/28/2026

and I hatched a plan earlier this year that we’ve been keeping from you. At the time we were weighing if we wanted to do local farmers markets.
Daniel, the owner of suggested we could post up weekly at Daisy instead. Less rain out dates, less chaos of the market, less volatility, better hours and more people that are our actual customers and friends and frankly, better dogs. I said what I said.
This Saturday (and almost every Saturday from now though end of
August) you can catch us at
8am-2pm or sell out.
We’ve tested these Saturdays out the past few months with our cinnamon roll Saturday program and y’all have been loving it. And we are having so much fun. Which frankly is the most imprortant thing to me anymore.
My standing menu is posted on the next screen. My hope is that you will come buy some weekly staples, like sourdough, granola, jam bars ect and find some fun surprises along the way too. No Saturday is complete without a coffee from daisychaincoffee and we’d like to think a TS treat too!
Honored to be your baker. Can’t wait to see yall on this Saturday and many more.
Vegan and gluten free options are marked menu last screen.

Happy almost 4/20! ⁣⁣These are a throw back to last year’s celebration at the shop. These cut out cookies were such a hi...
04/19/2026

Happy almost 4/20! ⁣
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These are a throw back to last year’s celebration at the shop. These cut out cookies were such a hit! Truly one of my very favorite holidays to celebrate with you all.⁣
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For the holiday this year we are offering a flash sale on OCPs 6 packs and 12 packs, details can be found in our story. DM to order. Orders close at 8pm 4/19. Pick up 8am-6pm 4/20.⁣
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Grateful every day for cannabis and plant medicine. No one should be in jail for w**d. All records should be expunged. ⁣
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Happy to be your stoner snack dealer!⁣
Love ya, mean it. Happy Holidaze 💨😮‍💨💨

Fresh OCPs (Oatmeal Cream Pies if you aren’t into the whole brevity thing) drop every Friday morning at our retail partn...
04/18/2026

Fresh OCPs (Oatmeal Cream Pies if you aren’t into the whole brevity thing) drop every Friday morning at our retail partners. Vegan, gluten free. Classic flavors steeped in nostalgia made the old fashioned way. Like your granny would, but better. Stop by any of our friends below to get the goods!






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Want to see your name on this list? Get in touch! We are always looking for retail partners throughout the metro and beyond. We want our people to be able to get the best damn gluten free goods around right in their neighborhoods!

Cake work lately. Absolutely love it when my clients give me a theme and then let me run with creative freedom. I’ve nev...
04/12/2026

Cake work lately. Absolutely love it when my clients give me a theme and then let me run with creative freedom. I’ve never followed hard and fast rules very well, it’s one of the reasons I work for myself 😂 Frankly, I think maybe now I’m too feral to ever do it again.⁣
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If you’ve never commissioned a custom cake before, I’m happy to walk you through the process. It all starts with a form on our website (link in bio) to get in contact. Unless it’s a holiday or a Sunday you’ll hear from us within about 24 hours with our availability. On the website you will find flavors, sizes and shapes, too. It’s helpful if you have an idea about these things when reaching out, however, we can always guide you to a cake that will fit your needs. ⁣
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From there we love to know a little bit about the person we are making the cake for. Do they love tulips? The outdoors? Lots of color? Simple elegance? If you have inspiration photos we love that too, but can also run with just a little bit of information too. We don’t copy other cakers designs, and if you would like a carbon copy of something you found on Pinterest- we are very much not your bakery. Happy to be inspired, but need space for my creative brain to run free. I still hand design every single cake from scratch. ⁣
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We also don’t do character work like Disney, dinosaurs, princesses, or fondant. Hard no on cop dogs too. (Tbh cops in general). ⁣
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Sometimes we aren’t your baker, and that’s okay. We have lots of very talented bakers in Des Moines that we are happy to send you to. ⁣
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Right now our cake menu is all gluten free and vegan, but we are happy to talk about conventional cakes too. Tbh our cake is so good that most people can’t tell a difference anyway. ⁣
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The process is very painless. And very tasty. That’s our promise to you. ⁣
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We look forward to creating an edible work of art for your next occasion. ⁣
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Love ya! ⁣

Take us back to last Saturday ⁣⁣It was poppin, y’all! We love to do it and we are going to keep doing it. Next cinnamon ...
04/11/2026

Take us back to last Saturday ⁣
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It was poppin, y’all! We love to do it and we are going to keep doing it. Next cinnamon roll Saturday 5/2 and extra special pop up 5/10 for Mother’s Day. Love ya big. Thank for letting us feed you! 😘

New kitchen tour in stills⁣⁣My kitchen is very rarely still. It’s more often than not, she is perfect ballet of timing, ...
03/22/2026

New kitchen tour in stills⁣
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My kitchen is very rarely still. It’s more often than not, she is perfect ballet of timing, speed racks wheeling across the tile, a mixer or an oven humming in the background and people doing what they do best. And what’s even more beautiful is that she’s all mine. As of early March, I own entirely the means of production of my own brand, a goal I have been working towards for years. And one that is essential for bakers to remain profitable. ⁣
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For those of you who have been here for a while you know that I have worked out of a shared use commercial kitchen since 2022. Lots of long years of very difficult conditions, that have included hauling equipment, ingredients and product, lots and lots of hauling- nearly every day- to my retail partners, and to my now closed store front. Those conditions also included paying double rent on a store front and a kitchen (in hopes a new location would materialize), paying well above minimum wage to an incredible team all while still trying to live off a baker’s salary. ⁣
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It was hard. Very hard. I didn’t talk often about how hard it was because it didn’t seem to serve good hospitality. I believe that you all deserve to walk into a beautiful space with friendly helpful faces and have an excellent experience, the cost to me physically, my sanity and pocket book were not relevant to that mission. But trust me when I say, this s**t was not for the weak and under no uncertain terms, absolutely ran my life. Would never recommend building a brand as I have.⁣
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In October, I made the decision to eliminate what no longer served me, the store front and the shared use kitchen, and to embark on building my own commercial kitchen in my basement. It is a decision that upon making I wondered why it had taken me so long to come to this conclusion. My commute is portrayed in one of the slides- it’s blissful and can be done with a cup of coffee in hand. Everything about this space feels right, though I am still learning her. ⁣
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I’m absolutely delighted to share her with you. She is functional beyond measure with storage to spare and room to grow. And most importantly, she’s all mine. ⁣
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🖤 M

Why be simple when you could be stunning? ✨⁣⁣Swipe to see this baby in all her glory. To be fair we love simple cakes to...
03/18/2026

Why be simple when you could be stunning? ✨⁣
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Swipe to see this baby in all her glory. To be fair we love simple cakes too. 😘 But when you get handed the Barbie Miami dream house color palette you have to put on a show. ⁣
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I recently read another caker say that a cake may be the only piece of custom art that people commission in their whole life. And while I had never thought about it that way, it is absolutely true. It is an honor to make this edible art for you. From the color scheme to the flavors and everywhere in between we want to wow you. ⁣
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We’ve updated our website with a full gallery of cakes, a mission statement on our ethos of cake decorating and design and of course a full menu of offerings. Ready to book your custom cake? Get in touch. Link in bio. We can’t wait to serve you some edible art. 😘⁣
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Happy pi day 🥧 from the TS Pie archives!Been slinging pies since 2020. Tag us in your Pi day celebrations! 🖤 ya!
03/14/2026

Happy pi day 🥧 from the TS Pie archives!
Been slinging pies since 2020. Tag us in your Pi day celebrations! 🖤 ya!

Address

340 Southwest 5th Street #122
Des Moines, IA
52314

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+13195353832

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