10/07/2026
Hey Cuties! Time to address something.
After MANY inquiries - I have decided to make a post updating folks on what's going on with my menu. You guys are missing your jalapeno cheddar bread.. and I miss making it!
Early September, the DATCP received a complaint from another local baker regarding my jalapeno cheddar bread and my buttercream frosting. Cath's Crumb and Crust follows Wisconsin's Cottage Bakery Law. My bakery must fall within a certain hydration level in order to be considered "non-hazardous," and able to be sold from a home kitchen. The way DATCP determines if your recipes are "non-hazardous," is by sampling each dough.
The recipes I was following for my jalapeno cheddar bread and my buttercreams were recipes other trusted home bakers in Wisconsin submitted to DATCP, got approved, and then shared with the rest of the Wisconsin Cottage Bakery Community so they could also safely sell these products.
With the complaint came a cease and desist for any bakery containing fresh produce, cheese, or bakery topped with buttercream frosting. Until I submit and pay to have samples of each of my products containing these items, I am unable to legally sell them. Unfortunately, as a small business with no huge overhead, I am not able to eat the cost of testing every dough made with cheese/produce.
You will see A LOT of other bakers out there offering bakery with these inclusions - they are not doing anything wrong - they just haven't tripped someone's trigger into reporting them.
I removed over half my menu. I have spent weeks recipe testing and building my menu back up to where it is and will continue to come back bigger and better than I was before. They can take my buttercream and my cheese, but they can't take my love for baking for yall.
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