Last week, we celebrated a tremendous career milestone for the other
travel bunnie. After work on Tuesday, I brought a surprise cake home to
have for dessert. The cake was specially made by Michel’s Patisserie according
to my instructions. Sounds fancy, right? Launched just recently, Michel’s Patisserie
is now offering the opportunity to their customers to design their
own surprise cakes. I jumped at the review opportunity.
Having tasted the Mortal Sin cake by Michel’s Patisserie, I had quite
high expectations for this surprise cake, but I’d be lying if I said that I wasn't amazed when I was presented with the finished product. With just five
simple steps, my specially made cake looked just like it was straight
out of a Gourmet Traveller photo shoot. The ordering process was a breeze.
Starting off with choosing the base size, I ordered a small ($24.90) with
chocolate sponge, however you have the option to choose a tiered cake if that
tickles your fancy (trust me, I thought about it, but then remembered that my
personal trainer might not be pleased). I think the hardest part of the whole
ordering process was deciding on what topping to have. When you
have options like rocky road, chocolate delight, chocolate malt, choc sparkle,
and the list goes on, you can understand my dilemma. I settled for a
berry topping ($10 extra), and they were so generous with the berries! Do you
know how expensive they are these days? The cake was then finished with
chocolate plaques neatly placed on the side and wrapped with a perfectly
tied purple bow.
The cake tasted so good. The sponge was airy and chocolaty without being
too sweet. The layers of chocolate sponge were separated by vanilla cream and
just a thin layer of strawberry jam, which added freshness to the rich texture
of the cake. I know this sounds really bad, but we managed to smash the entire
cake that night. It was a guilty pleasure that we simply couldn’t resist.
Disclaimer: the cake was provided to the bunnies free of charge courtesy
of Michel’s Patisserie, however my opinion is as always, my own.
