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2013-12-27
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I have read alot of positive reviews about this new bakery and decided to check it out.The Audacious Cakery (TAC) located themselves at Everton, which I like the quaint environment. It is not easily spotted from the main road, but managed to find them with the help of the virtual googlemap (http://goo.gl/maps/9HEB7); stumbled on it when I was planning my trip there.TAC chose a shabby chic theme for their shop design. I like the soft and clean line interior design with distressed furniture and fi
The Audacious Cakery (TAC) located themselves at Everton, which I like the quaint environment. It is not easily spotted from the main road, but managed to find them with the help of the virtual googlemap (http://goo.gl/maps/9HEB7); stumbled on it when I was planning my trip there.
TAC chose a shabby chic theme for their shop design. I like the soft and clean line interior design with distressed furniture and finishing to match.
When I entered the shop, I was greeted by this friendly young man who requested me politely to wait a minute before he can serve me as he was attending to other customers. It works well for me as I was spoilt for choice with the selections of cakes, cupcakes and macarons – all beautifully crafted; it feels like I was in an art gallery.
The young man seeing that I had trouble selecting the pastries, assisted by “walking” me through each item. In the end, I bought six cakes and six cupcakes; the macarons were all reserved
Cakes
Foret Noir (Black Forest) – Gentlemen’s (my) favourite. This is how a black forest cake should be executed – right balance of dark chocolate, kirsh vanilla cream and kirsh soaked cherries
Monet – Lady’s (my wife) favourite. This is one of the most complex cakes I ever tasted. A bite gives three flavours playing in my mouth. The bitterness from the Brut, the sweetness from the orange and the sourness from the red currants and raspberry compote.
Exotique – Gentlemen’s second favourite! Indeed it is an exotic cake – Asian flavour in French pastry form. Do not be put off by the coconut mousse, there is a reason the chef added it to the flavour pairing.
Strawberry Shortcake – Another well executed cake. Luscious strawberries, light vanilla cream and light sponge.
Zacharie – Another well balanced cake with the mango passionfruit compote to play down the heaviness of cream cheese and the ginger biscuit base gives the spice to the third dimension of flavour.
Faith – I like the balanced flavour of the green tea; not too over-powering that leaves either a bitter after taste or powdery feel.
Cupcakes
Think the cupcakes have been overshadowed by the cakes and macarons. The cupcakes by TAC are the best I have tasted! This should be how cupcakes should be made – the right buttercream to cake ratio, light (and not overly sweet) buttercream and moist cake base.
Gentlemen’s favourite of is the Black Sesame cupcake while Lady’s favourite is the Lemon Raspberry.
TAC shall be my place to go whenever I need a dessert fix. They have hit all the right notes – pastries should look good to the eyes and taste equally good when eaten. I hope they continue to produce more well executed cakes like Tiramisu and Carrot Cake.
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