Diplomat Bakery

Hello foodie brothers and sisters! It was a lovely Saturday afternoon and why not spend it eating cake! Michael and I grew up in Richmond and we both know there are many Chinese bakeries in Richmond, but we feel that there aren't a lot of Western bakeries around to get a good carrot cake when we want one. Don't get us wrong, we love our pineapple buns as much as the next person but wheres a good a good a red velvet when you need one?

Last year a gal pal had mentioned to me Diplomat Bakery located at 6111 London Rd., It is along the Richmond dyke area by the London Heritage Farm. I feel it is always so hard to come to this bakery because they open for only limited hours during the day. So we better rush our day in order to make it to the place for a slice of cake. I just only wish they opened late at night like all the dessert places, it boils my blood just the thought they close during the day.

But their baked goods is all worth it when you get to taste the little sweet devils. I went for there for the very first time last summer and got a red velvet cupcake and it tasted divine! My favourite part was the cream cheese frosting on top. Yum! Now whenever I go I never know what to get because everything look so delicious.

Tiramisu

This time I had a sweet tooth for something really chocolatey. The cakes are not expensive at all. It's around $4 a slice, and cakes varies in prices by what kind of cake it is. Michael right off the bat knew what he wanted to get and I was just so indecisive! everything looked so good, I didn't know what to get. Since I was being such a complex person, let's start with Michael, he got the Tiramisu and he thought everything came together  very well but the cake was a bit too small. He also thought it took some time to order since Diplomat seemed like they could use more staff, judging from how busy it was.

Chocolate mousse cake

I finally made an executive decision and got the triple chocolate mousse cake. I know it sounds really sweet but surprisingly it was far from super sweet.  I actually thought I may regret this one, but I wasn't disappointed. It was a light mousse cake with different layers of dark, milk, and white chocolate. The cream chocolate glaze exterior was spectacular it was creamy and chocolatey and went well in the creamy mousse interior. There was a hint of chocolate sponge layer but I didn't mind it all because the mousse was just so good.

I love having a good cup of black coffee when I enjoy my desserts, so of course Michael and I got to enjoy our coffees to balance out the sweet cakes. It went down so smoothly. Coffee and chocolate, can there be any better combination?

Diplomat Bakery has been well recognized for their sweet treats but our problem with this little bakery is that we thought they weren't that service savvy. There was a long line up so it would have been nice to have more staff working or faster working staff.


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