Happy Easter and Happy Birthday to Dessert By Candy! Today I'm celebrating the third anniversary of my blog except that it is a little dorky excuse for a celebration...so I'm celebrating Easter instead.
On this special day, I visited Brick Street Bakery in the Distrillery District for some much-sought-after hot cross buns. If you only know hot cross buns by its supermarket counterpart, you must try one from a good bakery. These hot cross buns are deeply flavourful from both the sweet spices and dried fruit, as well as the bread itself. The top is glazed with a sticky glaze which gives the bun a little caramel flavour. The best part of all was the crunchy cross. Too bad I'll have to wait another year until I can tastes these delicious bread again.
Chocolate boutiques are tremendously fun to visit around Easter time because every chocolatier would fill his shop to the brim with all kinds of whimsical chocolate eggs, bunnies, and chicks. Soma is no exception. I marvelled at the metre tall chocolate egg on the display. For $225, you can call it your own! However, I went for something a little less dramatic. I enjoyed a piece of their limited edition bunny truffle filled with pistachio paste. It was a joy to bite into a truffle with properly tempered snappy dark chocolate shell. The pistachio paste was smooth and rich...like a marzipan but only better. Highly recommended for all you pistachio fans out there!
