🌈 Sweet, Sour, and PROUD: A Rainbow Sourdough Loaf for Pride 2025 in Lynchburg

STUpendous
Jun 6
2 min read

🏳️‍🌈 A Taste of Pride, Baked with Rainbow Sourdough Love in Proud Lynchburg, Virginia

If you're looking for a way to celebrate Pride Month 2025 that’s heartfelt, flavorful, and unapologetically bold—this is it. STUpendous Sourdough’s newest creation, “Sweet, Sour, and PROUD,” is a colorful, rainbow drizzled sourdough loaf made right here in Lynchburg, Virginia. It’s more than bread—it’s a declaration: “I’m gay. I’m proud. I’m here.”

This loaf doesn’t whisper. It shouts joyfully with every rainbow icing stripe and golden turbinado flake. And it does so with the warm, slow-fermented hug only sourdough can offer.

🎉 Why This Loaf Matters

Pride isn’t just about parades—it’s about showing up fully, loudly, and deliciously. Whether you’re out and proud, questioning, a lifelong ally, or simply ready to support your local LGBTQ+ community in Lynchburg, this loaf is a sweet way to say, “I see you. I’m with you.”

“I wanted something festive, but easy to make again and again,” says the baker behind STUpendous Sourdough. “This loaf is for everyone who’s ever been told to tone it down. We’re turning it up—with rainbow icing and sourdough tang.”

🍞 What Makes It “Sweet, Sour, and PROUD”?

Sweet: A lightly enriched sourdough base with hints of honey and vanilla
Sour: The familiar depth and tang from a vibrant, healthy starter
Proud: A full spectrum of rainbow icing, drizzled boldly across the top
Sparkle: Golden turbinado sugar flakes that catch the light just right

This isn’t just a dessert—it’s a statement loaf.

🧡 Handmade in Lynchburg, Virginia

In a town where traditions run deep, being different can be bold. That’s why this loaf is baked with intentional pride. Each one is made by hand in a local cottage kitchen, wrapped with care, and set out in our Leavened Locker for 24/7 pickup. Whether you’re grabbing one before a cookout or surprising someone who needs to feel seen, it’s more than a snack. It’s a slice of solidarity.

✨ Celebrate With Us

You can grab a Sweet, Sour, and PROUD loaf every week through June (and maybe longer if demand keeps growing). We're also offering Pride Month specials at our Monday bake sales at Charley's in Lynchburg, VA. Come for lunch, stay for the rainbow carbs.

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🏳️‍🌈 From One Queer Baker to You

Being out is personal. So is sourdough. Both take time, courage, patience, and a whole lot of gut instinct. From this baker’s queer heart to your hands, thanks for supporting local, handmade, LGBT-positive baking in Virginia.

Because yes—I'm gay, I'm proud, and I'm still rising.