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2013-12-22
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I had a half day off work on Thursday and I decided to do some shopping in Wan Chai, throughout the whole day I was just shopping and eating, then shop again and eat again, ahhh life is gooood~~ This neat little cake shop caught my eye as I was walking down Queen's Road East, upon seeing the shop name I remembered that a friend of mine bought me dessert here once around 2 years ago, but I knew that this place was known for its cupcakes so I decided to give them a try! Glancing around the glass
This neat little cake shop caught my eye as I was walking down Queen's Road East, upon seeing the shop name I remembered that a friend of mine bought me dessert here once around 2 years ago, but I knew that this place was known for its cupcakes so I decided to give them a try! Glancing around the glass cabinet full of cupcakes, I noticed that there were still plenty of options left around 4pm. I chose 3 flavours, red velvet, luscious chocolate and oreo. I picked up 2 chocolate ones because I wasn't really interested in flavours like carrot and lemon. Because I was carrying a lot from shopping , I asked the lady there if I could pay first and pick up the cupcakes later and she said yes. I came back around 7pm and saw that they only have the chocolate cupcakes left, causing several potential customers to walk out empty handed! Good thing I came here early to reserve them
Anyways I thought the design of the packaging was quite simple yet effective, though I may have rocking the bag to and fro too much and one of my cupcakes flipped over when I got home .. T-T
I tried the red velvet first as it was the one that flipped over, I was surprised at how moist the cake was, usually cupcakes whether bought or homemade seem to possess that floury texture that I hate, it was also pretty soft and oily to the touch, I wonder what's the secret ingredient? The cream cheese icing wasn't too sweet and contrasted nicely with the cake, the cocoa flavour in the cake could however be stronger. I can't tell whether the red colour is food colouring or they actually used the natural tinting method with vinegar, but overall I think their red velvet is one of the best I've tried!
Because the box says keep at room temperature, I figured it would be alright if I bought the chocolate one back to office tomorrow for breakfast. Kudos to Sift because the cupcake tasted just as moist and the icing retained its shape! First bite into it and I winced at how sweet the icing was, it had a pretty rich chocolate flavour but it was far too sweet, even eating it with the cake it was still too sweet! I usually don't like cupcake icings too much because they usually taste like icing sugar+butter, I think Sift's cupcakes have pretty decent icing flavours but certainly need to lower the sugar content.
I didn't try the oreo so no comment on that, though the person who tried it also said it was too sweet.
I will definitely come back for the red velvet cupcake, possibly one of the best in hk!
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