Showing posts with label Simply Cakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simply Cakes. Show all posts
8 May 2014
Lady M - Deeply in love with the green tea mille crepe!
Having high tea is always such a blissful affair, especially when something 'green tea' is on the menu. Yes! I finally tried the signature green tea mille crepe after eyeing it for quite a long time. It was love at first taste and my friend couldn't agree more. Layers of thin crepe spread with green tea flavored cream, stacked vertically upwards and forming the lovely structure of the 'cake'. Soft, creamy and yet not overpowered by the bitterness of the green tea, many people would easily be seduced by a single slice. I would go crazy with joy if I had the whole cake by myself!
The red velvet cake took me by surprise and I did not expect it to taste so yummy! The chocolate sponge was coarse, not exactly dense but not dry while the sour cream cheese frosting was extremely rich! The sourness balanced the sweetness and the combination was simple yet super filling.
Last but not least, we tried the strawberry shortcake. The overwhelming amount of cream and its collapsing state did not impress us at all. The plain sponge was not exactly fluffy and the cream kept forcing itself out every time our fork poked into the cake. It still tasted decent but just too messy.
I seriously don't get one point - Why other people can place their cake in front of them for over half an hour while ours disappeared into our stomach within minutes? #gluttons
7 May 2014
Hatter Street Bakehouse & Cafe - Might be back next time...
Once again my pictures have been piling up due to my frequent cafe visits for the past 2 weeks. I have been
deprived of desserts ever since I started working in the culinary field and I turned to buying bubble milk tea to satisfy my sugar cravings. #Backtoarmydays when I had a large size cup of bubble milk tea every weekend when I booked out! Sugar addiction really drains my money. Anyway, I had some desserts with my friend along Hougang, a neighborhood cafe!
I sort of randomly picked 3 different cakes to share with my friend and his little daughter since the all the cakes looked rather mundane to me. The white chocolate brownie arrived with a scope of vanilla ice cream, drizzled with butterscotch sauce. Somehow the texture of the brownie was rather dense and similar to kueh bingka ubi (a Malay kueh made from tapioca), only without the chewy element. The white chocolate sweetness could be felt and thankfully the ice cream neutralized it from being overly sweet.
My friend's daughter wanted the oreo chocolate cheesecake which I guessed was a standard choice for kids (because of the oreo). A double layer cake with a straightforward taste which I interpreted as being flat.
Last but not least, I tried the chocolate cake which I felt rather ordinary too. The chocolate was not as rich and sinful as I hoped it would be. Despite not enjoying myself, I must applaud that their cakes were heading towards the inventive direction and the staffs were really friendly and willing to describe their cakes to me.
I heard from a friend that their smoked saw dust (panna cotta) and waffle with ice cream were their signatures. Maybe I had made a wrong choice of desserts...
22 Feb 2014
Maison Kaiser - A filling high tea set
28 Jan 2014
Secret Recipe Cakes - Take-away from JB
I missed out posting some Secret Recipe Cakes which I 'smuggled' (brought) back to Singapore when I visited Johor Bahru City Square some time back. No harm bringing back some cakes for the next day's breakfast right? Durian Cake with alternating layers of plain sponge and durian flavored 'paste'. I guessed one of the trademark of Secret Recipe Cakes would be the excessive amount of cream (filling or coating). My other JB posts can be found here (Sushi King), here (KSL City Street Food) and here (Bear Paw Cafe)! |
9 Jan 2014
Cake Spade - Light but still heavy
6 Jan 2014
Rive Gauche Patisserie - X'mas Potluck 2013 at Vivocity Skypark
A group shot before ending this post! Too dark to capture any good shots already... |
2 Sept 2013
12 Cupcakes - Just another 3 of it
Another shot of the trio of cupcakes! Luckily the buttercream did not smudge too badly yet! |