Do you have a sweet tooth for Italian cookies, scones, muffins, brownies, coffee cakes, cheese cakes, chocolate truffles, and cream puffs? Whatever your fancy is, today you have access to old world bake shoppes, without having to stand on long queues or travel long distances for your cherished desserts. For these days we have a host of online stores of various cake manufacturing and retailing houses specializing in fresh baked cookies, cakes and more, shipped across the US. Some of these even have worldwide delivery services. Some also expand their repertoire with dessert catering for special functions, where they custom decorate cakes and pastries with ideas and pictures from the customers, adding tantalizing flavors and luscious fruit fillings.

Whether you're looking for a delicious breakfast relaxation with butter cookies or cannoli, a quick lunch bite with mouth-watering cheese cakes or dinner enhancement with rich cream and chocolate pastries, the wonderful assortment of baked goods are there for you, embellished with luscious flavors and colors of fresh fruit, tempting both the eye and the palate. Many of the stores also allow you to combine the classic taste of butter cream with your personal choice of delectable frostings, fillings and cake layers, of which they provide a listing. They begin their pledge of service to you with the preliminary consultation where you are provided with a complete overview of their services and a sampling of their dessert items. Whether it is cannoli, the Sicilian delicacy with the traditional ricotta cheese combined with rich burgundy wine, or cheese cakes of the old-fashioned Italian variety, these online stores make every item easily available all over the US and Canada.

The scrumptious pastries from these online stores tempt even the strictest calorie counter! They also claim to use only the best butter, rich cream and other tantalizing combinations, resulting in delightful butter cookies and luxurious cakes made as the perfect fit for your holiday diet. A time-honored tradition of celebrations, the Italian cookies and butter cookies are made by world-class Pastry Shoppes in and around America. Daring to be delicately divine and uniquely different than the ordinary chocolate chip, the Italian cookies have an elegance all their own, in what they present a perfect amalgamation of classic Italian essence and the "new age" sophisticated baking techniques. Americans seem to have truly developed an "obsession" towards purchasing these cookies from online stores flooding the search engines of the web world. Most of these stores claim that their baked goods help you decrease fat content by 25-50% as they use low-calorie ingredients. Researches show that these gourmet baked goods, cakes and cookies are not only easy to store, but also remain fresh for months. However, some use preservatives to store the baked items; so make sure to get your cookies or cannoli, cheese cakes or coffee cakes fresh and in one piece, prior to placing your order online to be shipped to your home.

Lopa Bhattacharya is a content writer/developer working on websites for overseas/Indian clientele. Has worked for various corporate website projects, CD-Rom presentations, brochures, flyers and other communication materials on varied themes ranging from travel, hotel industry, photography, web design and software development to US-based clubs and network communities. Was previously an editorial associate for a news, culture and entertainment portal based on the life and times of Kolkata.