A melding of ecology, botany, agriculture, community food systems, and cooking, Berries and Flour uses many uncommon plant crops in our products, some from local farms, fields, and forests. Each of these Midwest plants has its own story to tell!
By teaching how to recognize, harvest, process, grow, and consume more traditional, regional foods, we encourage folks to eat closer to home. This practice is ever so important considering many of the economic, social, and environmental issues we face today.
We readily collaborate with many individuals and organizations toward food accessibility and justice. We do cooking demos, give edible gardening lectures and foraging workshops. Our predominant “store front” is made up of local farmers markets, and our products can be found in our farm store and in regional stores.
Our wholesale commercial kitchen, permitted by IL Department of Public Health, enables us to produce our own value-added products, but also allows Berries and Flour to operate as a small-scale fruit and vegetable processing facility, and offer kitchen rental for other micro food operations. These activities contribute much-needed components of a strong local food system in Central Illinois!
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Thank you for your patronage and support of regional foods and growers!
-Heidi Leuszler (Owner/Head Chef)
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We are a very small business, so we need 8 days to process, schedule, and make your order. We may be able to make things sooner, but please communicate with us before you place an order.
Our webpage is under construction! Apologies for the inconvenience.
Please email berriesandflour@gmail.com for more information!
Cake
Non-Chocolate
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Cake & Fruit/Herb/Flower
Vanilla or chocolate cake with your choice of icing and filling. Can be made vegan or gluten-free.
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, and milk unless vegan (no eggs or milk, contains soya) or gluten-free (no wheat) options are selected
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Blackberry Honeysuckle
A rich vanilla cake with whole blackberries and a honesuckle glaze. ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, milk
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Blueberry Poppyseed
A moist earl grey tea cake with poppyseeds and whole blueberries, covered in a tart lemon glaze. ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, milk
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Earl Grey Raspberry
Earl grey tea flavored cake, fresh raspberry filling and berries all outlined in earl grey frosting. ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, milk
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Tomatillo
The acidity of the tomatillos (or sometimes green tomatoes) cuts the sweetness and adds moisture to this dense tea cake. Usually, golden raisins and hickory nuts are added, but they can be left out on request. Recommended icing: cream cheese.
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Lemon Elderflower
A delicate sponge cake holds the lemon and soft floral notes of elderflower.
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, milk
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Maple Parsnip
Maple syrup accompanies the light nutmeginess of parsnips, cinnamon and ginger covered with a swath of icing. Recommended icing: cream cheese (sprinkled with orange zest and ginger)/
Can be made with hickory nuts or pecans.
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, tree nuts (almonds, coconut [hickory if selected]), eggs .
Chocolate
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Vanilla
0
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Cream cheese
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Chocolate raspberry ganache
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Salted Honey
0
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Mossy Nettle
Young spring stinging nettle cake topped with salted lemon buttercream, "moss" topping (with sage and pine) and edible flowers.
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Pear, Rosemary, and Chocolate
Everyone raves about this moist, lightly sweetened cake full of pears and chunks of bittersweet chocolate drizzled with a rosemary glaze.
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Pumpkin Spicebush
Pumpkin cake is bright with orange zest, and is adorned with frosting flavored with leaves from the native spicebush. Recommended icing: Cream cheese
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs
Chocolate
0
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Vanilla
0
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Cream cheese
0
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Chocolate raspberry ganache
0
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Salted Honey
0
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Salted Lemon
0
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Rosemary
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Purple Plum Torte
A vanilla cake with half of an italian plum sunk into the center of the cake. It makes a gooey plum center with a crunchy crust on the outside. ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, milk
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Raspberry Vanilla
A luscious vanilla cake swirled with whole raspberries, covered in your choice of icing. ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, milk
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Sweet Pea
Pureed green sugar pea cake adorned with a swirl of sweet pea flower frosting. ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Redbud Honey Cake
Layers of Russian honey cake interspersed with a sour cream whipped topping, redbud flowers, and burnt wildflower honey.
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Chocolate
Drapings of chocolate ganache.... dense dark chocolate cake with fruit, swirls of buttercream... your chocolate dream awaits!
Cake & Fruit/Herb/Flower
Vanilla or chocolate cake with your choice of icing and filling. Can be made vegan or gluten-free.
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, and milk unless vegan (no eggs or milk, contains soya) or gluten-free (no wheat) options are selected
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Chocolate Beet
Grated beets add moisture to this fudgy cake enhanced with cream cheese frosting. ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Cinnamon Cocoa Salted Honey
Dark chocolate cake warmed with lots of cinnamon is draped in your choice of icing. Recommended: salted honey.
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, and milk unless vegan (no eggs or milk, contains soya) or gluten-free (no wheat) options are selected
Chocolate
0
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Vanilla
0
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Cream cheese
0
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Chocolate raspberry ganache
0
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Salted Honey
0
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Chocolate Hickory
Chocolate cake baked with hickory nuts. Can be made vegan or gluten-free.
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, tree nuts (hickory nuts), eggs, milk unless vegan (no eggs or milk, contains soya) or gluten-free (no wheat) options are selected
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Pear, Rosemary, and Chocolate
Everyone raves about this moist, lightly sweetened cake full of pears and chunks of bittersweet chocolate drizzled with a rosemary glaze.
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Chocolate Violet
An American butter chocolate cake with violets and vanilla or chocolate icing.
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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Chocolate Raspberry
A fudgy chocolate cake filled with tart seedless raspberry filling and drenched in a raspberry chocolate ganache.
ALLERGY INFO: Contains wheat, eggs, milk (yogurt)
6" round (8-12 slices)
32
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8" round (9-16 slices)
43
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10" round (12-26 slices)
58
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12" round (15- 36)
74
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