Sweet Couture

I think Sweet Couture makes wonderful cupcakes! The red velvet cake and chocolate are sublime; they do need to work on the German Chocolate it’s really more chocolate with coconut rather than the traditional coconut pecan frosting that makes this particular dessert so unique. Fortunately for us, who love all things sweet and tasty, that is their only shortcoming. The presentation is lovely and I often find myself salivating while eagerly waiting to pick my cupcake and make my dash back to my desk to devour the sinful delight. The frosting and sponge are equally delicious; I have had many a cupcake where the one or the other is out of balance. But with Sweet Couture every bite is a delight!
My only bone of contention is that they never seem to have the mini cupcakes! I think it is dishonest to advertise but only offer the treats by the box and rarely individually. I love cupcakes, my waistline does not. Sometimes I don’t want a full sugar filled confection, just a taste. So please Sweet Couture either stop advertising that you have mini-​cupcakes or make them regularly available for individual purchase. Personally I’d prefer the latter because then I could eat a mini cupcake everyday with no feelings of guilty rather than a big cupcake every once in a while.

Sweet Couture has just opened near my work and I have to walk past it at least twice a day, every day and it’s so tempting to buy a cake (or two… or three!!!). So far I’ve only stopped twice and managed to try out their cupcakes and bought a medium chocolate cake for a birthday. The cupcakes are light and airy, and there is a wide variety of flavours (my personal favourite is peanut butter!!!). The chocolate cake was just right — not too rich and just enough chocolate. Given the prices, it’s definitely a treat, but that’s OK since I’m not sure I want cake more often than occasionally anyway.