The Med & Brasserie 1010

I sat for 2 hours at The Med located at 1002 Walnut Street in Boulder Colorado staring at a tray of dessert (photo above) that was eyeing me through the whole dinner. After inhaling tapas, it was time to choose which dessert to devour for our girls night. We all decided on a Lemon Strawberry Cheesecake. It tasted like a fluffy lemon creamy cloud on top of a crunchy graham cracker crust. The side of strawberry sauce was good, but just a little bit too overwhelming for me, I could of done with out it personally. They got that big smile on my face when i noticed the tiny rod of white chocolate on the side of the plate! Oh my weakness for white chocolate! 

Time for dessert #2, and this one we got from Brasserie 1010 (literally across the street from The Med). We  picked up their Dacquoise, which was an almond meringue, pistachio butter cream, yogurt mousse & fresh strawberries. We took it to a friends place to give our belly a rest and get ready for this tantalizing dessert. It was Fan-f%#@ing-tastic! It was nutty, yet extremely light and refreshing! This dessert is most definitely one of those you dream about, then break down in tears when you realize you are snowed in or your car has broken down. 

His name is Jon Peot...

 I am warning you now world...DO NOT EAT DESSERT WITH THIS GUY. He will find the most tasty thing and drop it on the floor into a pile of cat fur. I give you all permission to add him on facebook, find him on the street or stand outside of his house with a picket sign and remind him that party fouls cannot be made involving dessert. You may drop beer or spaghetti, but NOT tasty goodness. He is a Violator and he will be prosecuted!!!

Spruce Confections

Located right off the every-so-famous walking strip of Pearl Street in Boulder Colorado, is the little bakery Spruce Confections. People ranging from businessmen, to the nature loving hippies sat outside in the sun eating warm baked good and iced coffee’s. Their cases were lined with cookies, cupcakes, cakes, and other delicious edibles. I got a lemon poppy seed cupcake and a chocolate raspberry cupcake. 

The cupcakes came in individual plastic containers (which is nice so they don’t get their flavors all over the other one J). Both of the cupcakes had a light and airy frosting, with a hint of their main flavor (lemon or raspberry) that was piped on it a fun-twirlly way. The cake part itself was SO dry!! They tasted like they had been left in the case for about 3 days. The flavor of the lemon poppy was good, but I couldn’t get past the dryness to even try to enjoy it. The chocolate cake…also dry…just was not a good chocolate cake. It unfortunately did nothing for my taste buds what so ever.

I loved how the cupcakes looked, and the whole bakery itself was pretty darn cute….but the cupcakes are a pass. Don’t bother…walk a couple blocks down and go to Tees & Cakes instead!

But Tora surely LOVED her doggy bone I got her! J

Sharmane's Bake Shoppe :(

I hate these reviews the most. But, I want to enjoy every bite of something I devour, I want to be eating the last crumb and be looking for another. This adorable little Boulder, Colorado bakery unfortunately, had me pushing the cupcakes away after the second bite…shocked I even took a second!

One cupcake I got was a Chocolate Ginger cupcake with Caramel Buttercream. The cake tasted (and even the texture) like it was a sweet bread. It was heavy and extremely dense cake, if you could even call it cake. It would have been a decent bread….Ill give them that. The swirled high frosting had very little flavor at all. I also got a Gluten Free Vanilla Caramel cupcake. The cake was okay as it was not a bread texture like the first; it was “okay for gluten free”. And this is where I have a problem with what I just said. I strongly believe every dessert should be great whether it’s gluten-free, sugarfree, or vegan. I hate when people say “Its good for gluten-free.” NO!!! it should be good all the time!! If you cant make it great, don’t make it at all!

I was bummed; I really wanted to like this place. This bakery was so cute, and her cakes were decorated beautifully (extremely beautiful!!!), but man, they just did not taste good!

L

Boulder's Erhard's European Bakery

Located in Boulder, Colorado, Erhard’s European Bakery has deliciously warm smells pouring out their doors. I found this place by surprise, I was actually running another errand and saw their big “Bakery” sign and couldn’t resist going in. They had European desserts, breads, European treats I couldn’t even pronounce, and even lunch options. I, of course with a sweet tooth that is always craving more sugar, got a Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake bar.

It had an extremely fluffy cheesecake filling on top of a dense white cake with raspberry filling dipped in a chocolate ganache. The extremely rich pastry was so good. I kept taking “just one more bite” till it was all gone! I would love to go back and try their other pastries and lunch menu, because I’m sure their traditional European treats are to die for, as my mouth was watering all over the floor just looking at them.

Tee & Cakes

Mr. Pat Milbery and I headed to the lovely Boulder, Colorado this weekend and hit up the Pearl Street bakery Tee & Cakes. They have a fun and original assortment of cupcake flavors such as Coca Cola, Cookies and Cream and Chocolate and Bacon!! They also serve cookies, brownies, doughnuts, bagels and coffee. I love the whole feel of this bakery, the counter girls are super rad, the walls are covered with urban art, a great place to even just relax and read a book.

Strawberry Milkshake Cupcake, strawberry cake with a strawberry/cream flavor icing and a cookie “straw”. It really does taste a lot like a strawberry milkshake! The super fluffy cake was had a very light hint of strawberry. The strawberry icing was good, though, tasted a bit artificial.

The Salted Caramel Cupcake is a chocolate cake with a caramel icing sprinkled with sea salt. I don’t like caramel but Pat insisted. It was actually pretty good, the sweet carmel with the salty kick is so tasty and complimentary of each other.! The icing almost had a similar flavor to a Violet Crumble (Aussie candy that is a honey comb covered in chocolate), and if you don’t know, thats a great thing! 

Mr. Pat Milbery with the cake pop and Salted Caramel cupcake!

The Cake Pop was a chocolate covered vanilla cake ball with mixed with mini chocolate chips. I have had a cake ball before, but this one was a very wet, thick consistency, almost like a mushy banana. The chocolate was just blah. This just was NOT my favorite dessert ever.

If you are ever in Boulder, go by this place...devour...and let me know what you think :)