Yellow cupcake with hazelnut buttercream frosting and milk chocolate fillingPrice: $3.55
Weight: 3 1/8 oz (89g)
Value: $1.136/oz
Frosting Smooth, light and creamy; no graininess. Just the right amount of flavor. Rating 9.0/10
Cake Moist and rich, with a flavorful filling. Rating 9.5/10
Overall This cupcake has an excellent combination of flavors. Normally I try to get a chocolate cupcake with plain vanilla frosting so that my comparisons are meaningful. However, Bittersweet did not have any chocolate cupcakes this day, but when it comes to cupcakes, I happily take what I can get.
When the clerk at the shop told me it was hazelnut with milk chocolate buttercream, I assumed that the cake was hazelnut flavored and the frosting was milk chocolate (though I thought the color was a little light even for milk chocolate). So when I bit into the frosting and tasted hazelnut, I was a little puzzled. It wasn't until I bit into the cake that I discovered the (surprise!) milk chocolate buttercream filling.
I'm usually skeptical of pricey cupcakes. I have a rule of thumb that says the most expensive and/or the best-looking cupcakes are usually the most disappointing in terms of taste (see Sarah's and Café Bombon). However, this cupcake was, as the saying goes, the exception that proves the rule. I was thoroughly pleased and impressed, and it got extra credit for cleverly hiding the chocolate buttercream . Overall Rating 9.25/10.0
3 comments:
Their Tarts and great too - and they sell vanilla anglaise (ask for it and they put it in a coffee cup to go).
You'll have to try Bennison's on Davis in Evanston. Great price - good cupcakes.
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