Some time ago - the original owners of Poul's Bakery sold out and closed > > They used to have an amazing Lemon Flaky pastry there. The new place is nothing like that which Poul Johansen and Fred Hyde had. > > Any chance someone has the recipe to this amazing delight? > > Here is the story > > Pouls Bakery, a fixture in Orange for 62 years, has closed. > > The Danish bakeryis relocating to Tustin later this fall. The move is bittersweet, but necessary after Pouls was unable to negotiate renewal of its lease, owner Ayliz Guclu said. The bakery,known for its gourmet cookies, strudels, danishes and Swedish princess cakes, has operated on Tustin Street since 1960. > > The first bakery was founded by Poul Johansen in 1955 in Old Towne. The Danish-born baker opened a second Pouls on East Chapman Avenue. > > When he opened the Tustin Street location, he closed the other shops and consolidated operations on the busy street, a key thoroughfare in Orange. After he retired in 1975, Johansen sold his bakery to fellow Dane Fred Hyde who operated the store for more than
30 years. About five years after Hyde passed away, Guclu said employees kept the bakery going before closing it in 2011. > > Guclu, whos been in the hospitality business since 2007, bought the bakery from the previous owners along with the original recipes. She reopened it in 2012. > > In a 2012 interview, she said she had never set foot into the bakery until after it closed. The former manager of an Irvine restaurant, she had a dream of launching her own business. > > She was set to open a store in Aliso Viejo when she came across a for sale ad for Pouls equipment. Guclu became fascinated with Pouls history. > > People were sad. They were devastated it closed, Guclu told the Register in 2012.The more she read, the more determined she became to forget the South County location and do something really unexpected. She secured the Pouls name and its recipes. > > She said she brought back many of the classic specialties that disappeared from the bakery case after Hyde passed away including the famed Swedish princess cake, Angel cookies, and cheese breads > > Even though the Tustin location is half the size of the Orange shop, Guclu said Pouls fans can expect the same assortment of Danish goods. > View the attachments for this post at:
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