Chocolate Cakes
Chocolate cakeCalgary
(Dec.04.06)
Even if Betty isn't your first or middle name, you know great cake when you bite into it. And the most decadent, to-not-diet-for flavour of all: Chocolate. So lick your lips and ignore your hips as we present to you the Best Of chocolate cake that Calgary has to offer...
- Most moist: Crave Cookies and Cupcakes
1107 Kensington Rd. N.W.; 403-270-2728
Using their perfected cupcake batter, these cakes are heaven for those who love their confections ultra-moist. Try the Crave-O-Licious chocolate cake with creamy butter icing and chocolate shavings. 6”-14”: $30 - $100.
- Chocolate ganache: Deer Valley Bakery
Deer Valley Shopping Center; 403-278-3188
This torte has three layers of soft chocolate sponge cake, laced with raspberry purée in-between all the chocolaty goodness and is smothered with a gooey chocolate ganache topping. Torte: $24.
- Pairing of nuts and chocolate: Eiffel Tower Bakery
1013 17 Ave. S.W.; 403-244-0103
The Royale cake is truly fit for royalty, so indulge — almond sponge cake is interlaced with a layer of crunchy hazelnuts and drenched with a rich chocolate butter-cream icing that truly melts in your mouth. If you've ever imagined what a Ferrero Rocher chocolate would taste like as cake, this cake is imagination come to life. 6-person size: $24.
- Chocolate overload: City Bakery
906 1 Ave N.E.; 403-263-8578
For those of us obsessed with the dark stuff, try the incredibly sinful triple-layer chocolate cake. Imagine a moist chocolate cake bottom, smooth and velvety chocolate mousse center, with a rich, dark melted chocolate serving as the icing. (Ahhh...) Cost: $25.
- White chocolate: Brulée
722 11 Ave. S.W.; 403-261-3064
We're a little partial to the delicate taste of white chocolate and even more so to Brulée's white chocolate berry cake, complete with a soft lemony sponge cake, white chocolate icing and a hearty helping of artfully placed white chocolate shavings. Oh, and don't forget the delightful topping of fresh raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Cake: $35.
by Michaelle LeManne