Customers have visited Poul’s Bakery in Costa Mesa, California, for 68 years to buy specialty Danish cakes, cannolis, and angel cookies made from scratch.
However, eggs, which are indispensable for the patisserie’s traditional recipes, reached nearly $7 a dozen last week in California.
“We still have to use eggs,” owner Ayliz Guclu told The Epoch Times.
She said the real-egg recipes are one of the reasons the bakery was named one of the best in Orange County last year by a local newspaper.
“That’s how customers know us,” Guclu added.
Prices started to ease in the Golden State—after a shortage caused the spike last week reaching $6.72 for a dozen large eggs, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)….