Which would you prefer -prune cake, black forest or death by chocolate? These are just among the many specialty cakes Sweet Treats Bakeshop at Amigo Plaza Mall has to offer. My taste memories of Sweet Treats date back in the late 80s when the hotel/mall was opened and it was under the tutelage of Chef Maridel Uygongco.
Salads are the first that comes to mind upon the mention of their old shop plus their very popular death by chocolate cake. Aside from their "standing room only" restaurant, they have this bakeshop that finally found it palce in the center of the old mall. Hmmm, bichocoy, spanish bread, penny roll and more. When the hotel and mall had some facelift a few years ago, Sweet Treats jumped from one location to another until they finally found their current locations now.
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Choco Chip Cookies |
A special food tasting session was arranged by Sweet Treats for the members of the Iloilo Bloggers a few before Christmas. And I instantly loved their brazo de mercedes - not so sweet yet delicious filling without the starchy aftertaste. For PhP45, you get a large slice that's good eough for two.
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Brazo de Mercedes |
As always, their Death by Chocolate was a blissful gastronomic experience. It played on different textures of chocolate - smooth, crunchy, etc., on every bite!
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Death by Chocolate |
Other "sweet treats" were also as good as we devoured (that's exactly what we did) the Mud Bar (brownie and mousse), silvanas and pavlovas.
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Mud Bar |
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Silvanas |
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Pavlova |
We also dropped by their store and it brought memories with pan de siosa, penny roll, bichocoy and spanish bread amogn others.
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Pan de Siosa |
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Penny Roll |
Yet my new favorite at Sweet Treats is their Calzone - a discovery shared a blogger. I really was hooked into then ever since the first time I tried it, that one time I bought around six pieces for I also shared them. It's hard to find it everyday since the process in making is very tedious compared to their other products.
But that won't stop and I guess it'll give me more than enough reason to visit Sweet Treats Bakeshop again and again...