It’s the Icing On the Cake

I went to this bakery to get a specialty cake for my Dad’s birthday. Although it was decorated super cute, the cake itself was horrible!!! So dry and very dense vanilla cake. I asked for vanilla cake with raspberries & whip cream layers. I got one layer with some raspberries and icing instead of whip cream. It was disappointing when paying a good amount of money for the cake.

Cute little bakery. I have been walking past this place for years, but never noticed it until a few weeks ago. Do yourself a favour and skip the cupcakes, they are fine really, but the squares are spectacular. They make probably the best date square I’ve ever eaten. My husband loves the brownies, they aren’t too sweet or covered in icing. Also have had a smores brownie that was really good too. Today my daughter had some Rice Krispie treat on a stick thing, she was quite happy with it. Very reasonably priced as well, all in for the 3 squares was only $ 7.50.

Without realizing that I drive by this place everyday on the way home, I finally discovered it when I redeemed one of those team buy vouchers.
I ordered an assorted box of cupcakes. I found the cupcakes to be way too sweet and the box that they came in are not ideal if you’re going to be transporting these. It’s just basically a cardboard cake box — not your usual muffin-​like plastic container that holds your cupcakes in place. The cake base however, is quite moist.
They weren’t bad cupcakes, but I’ve had better

Tried the raspberry cupcake today. I usually hate raspberry, so you can imagine how shocked I was when it actually tasted amazing. So moist and delicious; I’ve never had anything like it before. The icing didn’t have that gross synthetic taste that raspberry usually has. It was perfectly sweet and slightly tangy. I’m drooling right now just thinking about it.
Anyways, after devouring that perfect little cupcake, I detoured 3 blocks just to order another two of the same.
That being said, the other flavours just don’t cut it. The icing tastes a little gritty and artificial. Leaves a weird aftertaste. Also, the portion size leaves much to be desired considering the price.

The final destination on my cupcake crawl proved to be an expensive one. I would give 2.5 stars if I could, but I can’t, so I’m rounding down.
I’ll start with the cupcakes: they only had vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, which I found odd. However, the vanilla cupcake had pink icing, so I was sold. The cupcake was okay — it was pretty average to me, although it was large in size. The icing was decent and the cake was slightly stale. I got there late in the day, so it’s possible they’d been baked earlier in the day or the day prior. All in all, it was a decent cupcake, but nothing to write home about.
I had a little issue with leaving my sunglasses at the store, and trying to get someone to return my calls and emails. Needless to say when I finally got someone to call me back, they said that «someone must have picked them up; that they wear prescription glasses and couldn’t wear sunglasses». Note to self: don’t ogle cupcakes while you have expensive sunglasses in hand. :(

I’ve learned the trick to Icing On The Cake: avoid the cupcakes and head straight for the bars in the display case! I ordered a caramel chocolate square ($ 2.50 including tax) and it was cavity-​inducing (ie: great). It had a layer of melted chocolate chips in the centre that was still gooey, a nice crust and then oozing caramel slathered on top. In spite of these wet ingredients it was still fairly compact and not too messy. If you’re a fan of Caramilk bars you’ll fall in love with this square!

I went into this [deliciously smelling] bakery with not-​so high hopes having heard mixed reviews about the place. But this bakery trip was all about my trying a cupcake (more on that later).
The baker/​artist/​owner (?) didn’t make me feel welcome with an non-​verbal attitude that did not really match the delightful confections they produce. I clearly interrupted her artistry as she was in the middle of piping a cake but no offence, you have an open door, expect customers to wander into your establishment and order something. Thing is though, the mixed reviews I heard earlier were mainly about the quality of decorating. I heard nothing but good things about the staff… maybe I caught them on a bad day.
I do like the setting of the place. Kind of my ideal bakery if I ever decide to open one: very clean, open space with treats on display and bakers and decorators busy at work in the back.
Now, let’s have a date with this aforementioned cupcake, shall we?
I got the vanilla cupcake. It was possibly the lightest and fluffiest cake I’ve ever had the pleasure of putting in my mouth. As for the frosting, though it paired well with the cake, also very light, it had that waxy after-​texture you find common with most grocery store baked cakes, but less crunchy with the sugar. A heavier buttercream would not have worked with the lightness of their cake so they definitely made the right choice.