never trust a skinny cupcake baker blitz

NEVER TRUST A SKINNY CUPCAKE BAKER BLITZ UPGRADE

Frozen blueberries that bleed all over the white frosting? How hard would it be to use a few fresh ones? Still the taste is great, but let me warn you, the texture is a little funny! I’m still trying to put my finger on what it reminds me of. The Blueberry Tofu is hands down, the ugliest cupcake I have ever seen, but gets points for originality and flavor. If I had wanted a fruit cup, I wouldn’t be here. While I was impressed with the all-male teams’ work (almost anything would be an improvement over the last baker), of course I have a few quibbles and after careful consideration my complaint would be that the cupcakes could benefit from the delicate hand of a woman.įor example on the Pear-Vanilla cupcake, a large quarter of a poached pear dwarfs the cupcake below. Top row L to R: Tea Cranberry Violette, Blueberry Tofu, Chocolate Ganacheīottom row: Chocolate Ginger, Pear-Vanilla, Carrot I take just about all my out-of-town guests to the Basilica and with two kiddos to lug around now, for sure we’ll need a pit stop that has A/C and a bathroom, though you can be sure that if I have any say in the matter, we’ll be getting Bilboquet ice cream all around and skipping the cupcakes.ħ83 Avenue Mont-Royal Est. At Les Glaceurs the cake was bad enough that, without the toppings, these cupcakes just might be worse than Cho’cola’s Betty Crocker specimens.įinal answer? Sure, I’ll probably be back. (We liked the peanut butter especially) But in my opinion, the frosting and various toppings should take a back seat to the star of the show, the cake, and not outshine them. The cake part of every cupcake was dry and mostly flavorless, while the icings took a lead role and kept us licking our fingers. However, as we kept tasting I started noticing a pattern.

The color is a little alarming, but I am a sucker for cream cheese icing. It disappeared in a twinkle and I found it more appealing than the chocolate, perhaps because I had no expectations. Les Glaceurs tops theirs with a cream cheese frosting and it looks pretty cute. I went for the Red Velvet next as I had never had this southern specialty and was eager to see what all the fuss was about. It was nowhere near chocolaty enough, most certainly would never cut it for one of my cravings, was dry and completely forgettable.

NEVER TRUST A SKINNY CUPCAKE BAKER BLITZ UPGRADE

I found myself mentally admonishing the kitchen to upgrade their brand of chocolate, or add more, or something. While they have location, location, location (literally a stone’s throw from the Notre Dame Basilica) and the appearance of everything going for them (cool decor, beautiful presentation, clean bathrooms) they are a perfect example of how when you scratch a little deeper than surface, things aren’t so pretty. Fortunately Les Glaceurs sells Bilboquet ice cream though, and that in itself is a big draw. I have to say I’m sorry guys, because with Olive et Gourmando just down the hill, we’ve haven’t really been holding our breath for a cupcake joint in the Old Port. Our tour started with the new kids on the block:Ĥ53, rue St-Sulpice, Vieux-Montreal, 514.504.469, Open since: September ’07 Price per cupcake: $2.85 Seating: yes I would be happy to return as I am always game for sweets!) a fresh, knee-weakeningly-good cupcake from Cho’cola or the opposite from Itsi-bitsi. ( Note: if you have experienced something different than I have at either of these places please let me know. Yeah, I know that is totally vague, but like I suggested before, read the first cupcake review for details. In brief, Cho’cola: bad to very bad and Itsi Bitsi: good to pretty good. We did not return to two places that I reviewed last year, Cho’cola and Itsi Bitsi, as I had been informed from many sources that things remained the same at each establishment.

There wasn’t a crumb leftover as things got polished off lickety split be they good or bad! Hmm, guys certainly have a different metabolism than girls!

We were a different bunch this time around for the tasting blitz: instead of a group of girls, we were three guys, the two tots and myself. Noah checks out the gorgeous presentation of cupcakes at Les Glaceurs

Never trust a skinny cupcake baker blitz