Bread, Pies and Bakery Counters: Six Shuswap Stops for Fresh Baking

Details were checked on October 19, 2026. Bakery selection, custom-order capacity and seasonal hours can change. Use the linked directory profiles to contact each business before travelling for a particular item.

Fresh baking is one of the easiest ways to turn an ordinary errand into something worth looking forward to. Around the Shuswap, that might mean a savoury pie for lunch in downtown Salmon Arm, a loaf and a bag of produce from a farm market, cinnamon buns from a community grocery store or a custom cake ordered close to home.

This guide brings together six active bakery and market counters across five Shuswap communities. It is designed to help you choose the right stop—not to send you driving around the entire lake in one day. Pick the section nearest you, check what is available, and leave room for the item that was not on your list.

Start with the kind of baking you need

A dedicated bakery is useful when the baking itself is the destination. A farm market or full-service grocer makes more sense when you also need produce, deli food or the rest of the week’s groceries. For special occasions, the important question is not simply who makes cakes; it is how much notice the bakery needs and whether it can take another order.

• For sweet and savoury pies: begin with Shuswap Pie Company in downtown Salmon Arm.
• For baking plus produce and local food: DeMille’s Farm Market combines the bakery counter with a larger farm-market shop.
• For bread, pastries, doughnuts and custom cakes in the South Shuswap: choose the Village Grocer location closest to you.
• For a one-stop North Shuswap errand: Scotch Creek Market combines its bakery with grocery, deli and other everyday services.
• For fresh baking and custom cake decorating in Sicamous: Askew’s Foods has an in-store bakery.

Salmon Arm: make pie the main event

Shuswap Pie Company’s downtown Salmon Arm bakery and café is the most focused stop in this guide. Its published menu includes savoury pies such as chicken pot pie, steak and stout, sausage with apple and sage, and a vegan curried vegetable pie. Sweet pies, muffins and butter tarts sit alongside soups, sandwiches, salads and coffee.

The useful part is flexibility. You can stop for lunch or a slice, take a whole pie home, or look for selected frozen pies to bake later. Because a particular flavour may sell out or rotate, call ahead if one item is the reason for your visit. The bakery is at 331 Alexander Street NE, which makes it an easy addition to other downtown errands.

Salmon Arm: pair fresh baking with a farm-market shop

At the west end of town, DeMille’s Farm Market & Orchard is a broader food stop. The market’s official information lists fresh-baked goods alongside seasonal produce, locally raised meats and specialty foods from British Columbia and Canadian producers.

This is a practical choice when you want baking without making a bakery-only trip. Its kitchen and bakery also prepare made-from-scratch catering items, including dessert platters, sandwiches on sourdough or multigrain bread, soups, salads and fresh buns. Catering availability is limited, so an event order needs a conversation rather than a last-minute assumption. DeMille’s is located at 3710 10 Avenue SW.

Families may also see the farm animals while they are there, but treat that as an extra rather than a promise attached to every visit; seasonal activities can change.

South Shuswap: choose between two full bakery counters

Village Grocer operates two distinct stores in the South Shuswap, and both have in-store bakery departments. The company lists bread, buns, pastries, doughnuts, scones, cakes and premium desserts among the daily bakery selection, with custom cakes available by advance order.

Sorrento Village Grocer, at 1249 Trans-Canada Highway, works well for travellers passing through Sorrento or residents combining a bakery stop with groceries, deli food and produce. This location also handles Purolator drop-off and pickup, which can make it a particularly efficient errand.

Blind Bay Village Grocer, at 2798 Balmoral Road, serves the Blind Bay side of the South Shuswap. Its property also includes a Canada Post outlet and Shell gas station. For specialty cakes, the Blind Bay bakery asks for at least 48 hours’ notice and substantially more time for wedding cakes. That is a minimum, not a guarantee of availability, so contact the bakery before settling on a pickup date.

The two stores share a broad bakery approach, but they are separate physical locations. Check the correct directory profile before calling or planning your route.

North Shuswap: add baking to an everyday supply stop

Scotch Creek Market is the practical North Shuswap entry in this guide. Located at 3877 Squilax–Anglemont Road, it combines a bakery with a full-service deli, meat and produce departments, everyday groceries, fuel, postal service and a private liquor store.

That mix matters in cooler months, when a special drive for one pastry may be less appealing than a single well-planned supply run. The market confirms that it has a bakery, but it does not publish a durable daily product list. If you need a particular loaf, dessert or quantity, ask before you leave home rather than relying on an old social post or photo.

Sicamous: an in-store bakery with custom cake decorating

Askew’s Foods in Sicamous gives residents and Highway 1 travellers a full grocery shop with bakery, deli, meat and produce departments at 436 Main Street. Askew’s promotes fresh baking made in store, carries products from local and regional suppliers, and lists custom cake decorating at the Sicamous bakery.

This is a useful stop when the shopping list extends beyond bread or dessert. Grocery delivery is also available from the Sicamous store by arrangement, but availability and service details should be confirmed directly. As with any grocery bakery, the exact fresh-baked selection can vary between locations and from one day to the next.

Order ahead when the item matters

A bakery counter is at its best when you can browse, but some trips need more certainty. Before ordering a birthday cake, a meeting platter or several dozen buns, have these details ready:

• the pickup date and a flexible pickup window;
• the number of people you need to serve;
• your preferred flavour, size and decoration;
• any allergy or dietary information that must be discussed with the bakery;
• whether substitutions are acceptable; and
• a phone number the bakery can use if the order changes.

Do not treat a general “gluten-free,” “dairy-free” or “nut-free” option as confirmation that a product is appropriate for a severe allergy. Ask the business directly about ingredients, preparation practices and cross-contact before ordering.

Build a short route, not a marathon

If you are in Salmon Arm, Shuswap Pie Company and DeMille’s can anchor two very different kinds of stops: one downtown and pie-focused, the other a farm market on the west side of town. In the South Shuswap, choose Sorrento or Blind Bay Village Grocer based on the rest of your errands. Scotch Creek Market and Askew’s Sicamous are best treated as community hubs in their own areas rather than add-ons to a single long loop.

Bring a reusable bag or box that will keep delicate baking level in the car, and remember that cream-filled or other perishable items may need to stay cool. On wet or icy days, let road conditions decide how ambitious the outing should be.

If a warm drink belongs beside the baking, continue with The Shuswap Loop’s cooler-weather coffee guide. Or keep this list simple: choose one nearby counter, check today’s selection and bring home something made a little closer to home.