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2014-01-12
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The Icing Room is another concept by BreadTalk offering DIY cake decoration services, although they have their own range of cakes and confections which I rather prefer to purchase from. With its pretty, sweet and girly decor and confections, I must say, it certainly impressed on first sight!It is a habit of mine to check out their display of pretty cakes whenever I pass by the area, whether or not I buy anything. But I have tried several of their products before from cakes like the Katherina Tir
It is a habit of mine to check out their display of pretty cakes whenever I pass by the area, whether or not I buy anything. But I have tried several of their products before from cakes like the Katherina Tiramisu to their other ranges of confections like cake pops, macarons, brownies, cupcakes, muffins and biscuit puffs.When I saw this pretty, colourful and fluffy little creation when I passed by one day, I just had to get it to try!
Top Center: "Rainbow Cake" ($5.20)I don't really know the exact name, and neither did the salesgirl when I asked. She just said it was a "rainbow cake" with no specific taste in particular. Indeed, this was rather plain and mild in taste although I thought I detected a hint of berries in some bites. The sponge layers were soft and spongy with cream in between layers which helped to balance the dryness a little. Overall, I found this an okay even though it does look pretty colorful and fluffy!
Bottom Left: Tiramisu Macaron ($1.80)
Bottom Right: Earl Grey & Blueberry Macaron ($1.80)
Each macaron piece cost $1.80 although you can buy 3 for $5.00. The flavour I like best among the macarons at the Icing Room is Chocolate but they didn't have it when I went so I just went with Tiramisu and Earl Grey & Blueberry. The shells were crispy but only just a little chewy. I wasn't too impressed with the Earl Grey macaron as it felt a tad "wet" and the filling was thin but the Tiramisu macaron fared much better with a crispier shell and slightly stronger flavour. These were quite okay but I've tasted better macarons elsewhere.
Chocolate Walnut Muffin ($1.50) This little muffin was quite soft and there was a fair amount of chocolate chips and walnuts in it for the added crunch. There was also a hint of banana and I liked that the muffin was not too sweet. I've also tried the chocolate flavour which I liked as well for its chocolate-y taste. Yummy!
Overall, I think the muffins at the Icing Room were quite decent and worth a try. The cake pops were also not bad - soft, chocolatey and moist on the inside - although the sprinkle topping was a tad sweet for my taste.The cakes here were pretty although taste-wise they were kind of a hit-or-miss for me. In general though, I loved the chocolate ones like the Caprice ($5.80) or Boston Chocolate ($4.20) for the richer taste. I'd definitely get those again!
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