Flavor Review: Strawberry Vanilla from The Chocolate
Flavor: Strawberry Vanilla
Made of: Their popular Kitty-Katrina vanilla cake topped with melt-in-your-mouth strawberry buttercream and topped with a fresh blueberry for good measure.
Where: The Chocolate Dessert Cafe (both locations, though I think this is making a special appearance at the Orem store for just this weekend. I think it’s a staple in West Jordan.)
How Much? $2.25
A cupcake that is more cake than frosting…
Twenty Five Main Cafe & Cupcake Parlor is one cupcake location in Utah that I don’t give near enough attention to on this blog. Yet, I often find myself craving their vanilla strawberry cupcake on occasion and then proceed to justify a trip down to St. George to satisfy the call.
I’ve had nothing but pleasant experiences at Twenty Five Main. I adored the owners and the unique atmosphere they created at Twenty Five, I loved breakfast and lunch…try anything they recommend, but most of all I loved that darn vanilla-strawberry cupcake.
Joey Dye, one of the owners of Twenty Five Main, says that they didn’t try to reinvent wheel with their cupcakes. They stick to classics and just make them good. So you won’t find any crazy, frilly, over-the-top flavors…you’ll just find classics that are done well.
The biggest thing that stood out to me when trying their cupcakes was Twenty Five Main’s approach to frosting. Take a look! There is not a lot of frosting. This is seriously uncommon in the cupcake world. Like really uncommon. And as a frosting-lover I usually turn my back on a cupcake that doesn’t have at least a 2:1 frosting to cupcake ratio. After all, you can’t ever have too much frosting, right?
Wrong.
At least in Twenty Five Main’s case. It just works for them. My honest-to-goodness, first reaction was that this (Vanilla Strawberry) cupcake was just that, really good cake that had been made in muffin tins. For some reason I imagined a seasoned wedding cake maker that had leftover batter and didn’t want to waste it. Maybe that would explain the controlled amount of frosting. Who knows. Their vanilla cake is moist and much lighter than most cupcakes. It had a very delicate flavor. (It must have more egg whites.) The frosting was pure and fresh and used real strawberries.
When your neck of the woods in Utah starts to get cold or you get a hankering to get away for a weekend to St. George, make sure you head over to Twenty Five Main in St. George. I highly recommend the Vanilla-Strawberry, Vanilla-Raspberry or plain Vanilla cupcake. You’ll enjoy it.
Twenty Five Main Cafe and Cupcakes
Mon – Thurs 8am to 9pm
Friday and Saturday 8am to 10pm
25 N. Main Street – St. George, UT 84770
435-628-7110
contact@twentyfivemain.com
Brotherly Love at The Chocolate
It’s not every day that The Chocolate Dessert Cafe adds a new item to their menu. In fact, this is the first permanent addition to the two-year old bakery’s repertoire.
The Chocolate Dessert Cafe in Orem is a dessert lovers dream. It’s located in a quaint historic home on Orem’s State Street, and the cottage is filled with jazzy music, relaxing colors, sweet smells and friendly staff. The warmth and passion for sweet treats shines through on The Chocolate’s menu.
At the Chocolate, vanilla is not just called vanilla, and dark chocolate definitely not dark chocolate. The owner, Ange Christiansen, pays homage to important people in her life and career through each cake’s name. She has named cakes after her husband (The Husband), her best friend (The Dottie) her bakery mentor (The Veronika) and other people or places that have inspired her lifelong dream of creating cakes by the slice.
“Ever since the bakery cafe opened I’ve been getting grief from my three older brothers,” Christiansen said. “They keep wondering when they will have ‘their’ cake.”
Christiansen finally nailed down a new cake flavor and name which she dedicated to her three older brothers. The new treat is aptly titled “The Brothers.”
And it’s quite fitting. The whipped cream cake is topped with three different berries both tart and sweet: strawberry, blackberry and raspberry. “Three berries for three brothers,” Christensen continued.
The cake is perfect for summer: light and refreshing. It’s reminiscent of strawberry shortcake, but with a bit more refinement. And there is a secret ingredient to The Brothers that Christiansen will never reveal.
As for the three namesakes, they are happy to find their place on their kid sister’s menu.
Like all layer cakes sold at the bakery, customers can purchase The Brothers by the slice ($4.49), and in a Mini Cake (5-inches) for $13 inside the bakery. The cake is also available in a celebration size by special order ($40). The Brothers has also been translated into cupcake form, which is casually known by the nickname of Berry Licious. The individual-sized treat has the same components as its big brother but instead of layering berries and whipped cream and garnishing with toasted coconut the Berry Licious is filled with a fresh strawberry and topped with a generous portion of satiny whipped cream then crowned with a raspberry and blackberry.
Depending on how you eat your cupcake, you may or may not notice that when it is cut in half the fresh red strawberry forms a heart shape. Perhaps a sweet symbol of love from a sister to her brothers? Maybe.
The Brothers will be the newest rotating cake flavor at the dessert cafe. It’s available for purchase on Mondays and Tuesdays, or for pre-order any day of the week. Berry Licious will be available through special order only. You may want to put in a call for it now, it would make the perfect summer dessert for any event.
The Chocolate Dessert Cafe
212 South State in Orem
Hours: Monday – Thursday 10am-8pm, Friday-Saturday 10am-11pm
**Ladies Night: EVERY WEDNESDAY from 8pm-11pm
Web: http://thechocolatedc.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thechoco
Twitter:http://twitter.com/TheChoco
Blog: http://www.thechocolatedc.com/blog/
More Utah Loves Cupake posts about The Chocolate Dessert Cafe in Orem, Utah:
New Cake and Cupcake Flavor at The Chocolate Dessert Cafe in Orem
Cookies and Cream Cupcake from The Chocolate Dessert Cafe
The Chocolate Dessert Cafe: Vanilla Vanilla Cupcake (Review)
Wednesday Night is Ladies Night at The Chocolate
The Perfect Cupcake Scene
Mirror Mirror on the wall (Peppermint Cupcake)
Photo Tour of The Chocolate Cupcake Cart at University Mall (Orem, Utah)
My Two Favorite Cupcake Flavors at The Chocolate
On my other blog, Project Domestication as of late:
Tuesdays with Dorie: Chewy, Chunky Blondies
Support Local: CSA with Jacob’s Cove
Lo Jolla Groves Restaurant (Provo, Utah) – Review
{Strawberry} Cupcake Shortcakes
In hopes to help get me through the ugly January that exists on state street in Utah, I bring you the cupcake shortcake. I found this on Real Mom Kitchen and it looks delicious…and easy!
Here’s what you need:
Cupcake Shortcakes
Cupcakes, prepared from a box cake mix (I like the golden vanilla flavor, but white and yellow also work)
sweetened whipped cream
strawberries
sugar
Now head on over to Real Mom Kitchen to see how you make it!
My Birthday Cupcakes
Remember voting for my birthday cupcake earlier this month?
Cupcake Chic‘s Neapolitan Cupcake won! They were delicious.
I have to tell you…these are my absolute favorite cupcakes in Utah right now. …and have been since I first tried them months ago.
Mini Strawberry Marscapone Cupcake
the glaze/frosting on this mini strawberry marscapone looks delish!
originally uploaded by flickr user Hailieheartscupcakes
recipe was from Giada!
About
hi. my name is becky.
i love utah and i love cupcakes.
it really is just that simple.
this blog is a place where utah and cupcakes come together.
i scope out all the latest cupcake news in utah. visit utah cupcakeries. review cupcake bakeries and cupcake-related items. i post cupcake recipes and ideas from other utah cupcake enthusiasts. i also travel to eat cupcakes and tell you about my adventures.
i hope you will join me in this journey. i can’t tell you how much i love to support local, how much i love eating quality cupcakes, meeting fun and interesting bakery owners and seeing their stores succeed and um…having fun!
cupcakes are here to stay! they are a tradition and not a trend!
join our flickr group, email me the latest on your cupcake baking and cupcake seeking adventures…we are bound to have a great time.
I also blog at Project Domestication — where you can see my personal baking adventures!
-becky
***For more about my story and love of cupcakes, read my guest blog post on Cupcakes Take The Cake!***
I contribute to the Sweet Life!
Chocolate Caramel Cupcake
Vanilla Cupcake Week
