Pauline Manor Bakery & Gardens is a home bakery operating under the Cottage Food Law of Florida. We offer freshly baked sourdough loaves, cinnamon rolls, cookies, crackers, rolls, biscuits, pasta, and cereal, as well as a variety of dried herbs, teas, and seasonings.
Friends local to Cantonment, Florida can order for pickup from our weekly drop menu. Sign up for bake sale notifications here.
If you would like to start your own Sourdough Journey, we can ship you some of "Lola" - our very own starter - as a dehydrated sourdough starter.
Pauline Manor Bakery wasn’t exactly part of the plan—but when you buy a 1908 house that comes with three ovens, the universe is basically handing you a bread starter and saying, “Go for it.” Nestled in Cantonment, Florida, our little cottage food bakery operates right out of a historic home that we’re slowly bringing back to life.
Between the peeling paint on the original tongue-and-groove and creaky floors worn from over 100 years of footsteps, there’s a kind of magic in this place. It turns out, when you mix old-world charm with wild yeast, something pretty special happens.
The heart of Pauline Manor Bakery is sourdough, in all its tangy, chewy, golden-brown glory. It’s the backbone of everything we make, from classic loaves to cinnamon rolls, crispy crackers, and even cookies that stay soft and chewy like your favorite store-bought brand (without all of the weird additives).
Each bake is a slow, intentional process—no shortcuts, no artificial nonsense, just simple ingredients and a lot of love. It’s the kind of food that tastes like home, even if your home has never had a sourdough starter bubbling away on the counter.
Of course, running a bakery inside a century-old house isn’t without its quirks. The kitchen faces east which gives me a beautiful view of the garden... but also means direct sunshine almost all day long. Between the direct sun and three ovens running, the room gets pretty warm during the already-too-hot Florida summer.
The ovens - while much newer than the home of course - have minds of their own, each one with its own personality, quirks, and preferred bake times. It’s part science, part guessing game, but mostly? It’s an adventure. And honestly, that’s the fun of it.
But Pauline Manor Bakery is more than just bread and pastries—it’s a story in the making. A house with a past, a bakery with a future, and me, somewhere in the middle, covered in flour and figuring it out as I go.
Whether you’re here for the sourdough, the restoration updates, or just the chaos of running a bakery inside a historic home, there’s always something happening at Pauline Manor. If you’re ever in Cantonment, come say hi—I’ll be the one covered in flour, happy to share a loaf of sourdough.