Sweet Life Patisserie

Catherine Reinhart and her sister Cheryl started The Sweet Life in 1993, creating wedding and birthday cakes in their converted-garage bakery in the Whiteaker neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon. In 1999, they opened their bakery and pastry shop on Monroe Street. The bakery quickly outgrew the shop, and was moved nearby to a custom-built spacious kitchen in 2004. An extensive remodel of the shop into a cafe followed later that same year.

These days, a team of bakers and decorators turn out pastries around the clock. Sweet Life's cakes, pastries and desserts are lovingly hand-made from scratch, using both traditional French and classic American techniques. The cafe's cases are full of desserts, cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, gelato and sweet and savory breakfast and lunch pastries. The bright and bustling atmosphere attracts gregarious customers who don't mind waiting shoulder-to-shoulder with other dessert fans on busy weekend nights. The adept baristas help guide people through the dazzling array of options. They will also make a fine latte or a pot of organic tea to go with dessert.

The sisters work daily behind the scenes, dreaming up fabulous desserts and finding new ways to make their business more community and earth-friendly. Check out the links to media coverage to read more about the The Sweet Life!

Placing Special Orders
We request 48 hours for special orders.

Please call us at (541) 683-5676 to place an order,
between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm.

For wedding cakes, please leave a message
at our wedding salon (541) 686-2633.

Animal product-free
We can make many of our desserts without eggs, dairy or animal products.

Wheat-free and gluten-free cakes
We can make most of our cakes using spelt flour or gluten-free flour mix for an extra charge. All of our fillings and frostings are wheat and gluten-free with the exception of custards.

Alternative sweeteners
We can make certain cakes with Sue Sweet (an all-natural and diabetic-friendly sweetener) for an extra charge.

Allergen Disclaimer
If you have a severe allergy to dairy, soy, wheat, eggs, corn, chocolate or nuts, please be aware that we use these products in our bakery and we cannot guarantee the absence of these allergens in any pastry or dessert.

Press:

"At Sweet Life, sisters who have spent 16 years growing a hugely popular bakery...",
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/eugene_sisters_bake_a_successf.html

In November 2006 Sweet Life installed 2 Solar Electric and 2 Solar Water Heating systems...
http://www.aesrenew.com/sweetlife.html

They founded Sweet Life Patisserie on the belief that it should be different from traditional American bakeries that rely on shortening and box mixes to turn out their products.
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/~russial/cyberj/atwork/pages/griffin_01.html

"I really enjoy the process of making something from scratch and watching the process happen"
http://www.dailyemerald.com/magazine/a-taste-of-the-sweet-life-1.1109386#5

In this episode, Susan sits down with Catherine and Q from Sweet Life Patisserie
http://vividweddingfilms.com/blog/2009/12/your-day-in-focus-sweet-life-patisserie-wedding-cake-tips/

The Marionberry Pie of Sweet Life
http://www.antsaint.com/ant/2005/07/the_marionberry.html

"We're going out West."
http://special.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/special/dash/19971407-44/story.csp

In honor of Oregon's 150th birthday, Sweet Life Patisserie in Eugene drummed up a very special birthday tart
http://www.traveloregon.com/Travel-Oregon-Magazine/Travel-Oregon-E-Newsletter-Recipes/Recipe-of-the-Month.aspx

"The best thing about our cakes is that they are as delicious inside as they are beautiful on the outside."
http://www.dailyemerald.com/2.2409/eugene-patisserie-offers-specialty-nuptial-cake-1.226913

Go ahead — put your money where your mouth is!
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2006/04/27/chow/features.html

A purely decadent existence
http://www.dailyemerald.com/2.2365/a-purely-decadent-existence-1.201494

Get ready for the ultimate sugar high.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Get+ready+for+the+ultimate+sugar+high.-a0169151531

Awards:

-8 years running: Best Bakery. Eugene weekly

-Register Guard Reader's Choice Best Dessert Place 2010
http://forums.registerguard.com/advertising/rc_results_food.html

Lifetime Achievement Award — the first ever of which goes to Sweet Life Pâtisserie
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2006/10/26/coverstory5.html

Oregon Bride Magazine Reader's Choice Best Wedding Cakes in the Willamette Valley, 4 years running.