Satisfy your candy tooth cravings with guilt-free desserts by Boon Keng MRT Skinny Cakes

I frequent Boon Keng fairly often. And each time I stroll previous, I’m hit by a wafting presence of chocolate aroma and aromatic bakes. Every single time with out fail, I look with keen eyes resisting my urge to seize a bake. Trust me once I say that I face great problem rebelling towards my candy tooth as a result of, ultimately, you’ll discover me located within the retailer selecting my subsequent cake to attempt. Situated simply on the left of Boon Keng MRT (Exit A) sits Skinny Cakes— a small bakery promoting low-sugar dessert choices.

On most days, the pleasant retailer assistant inside the shop would name out to you to welcome you into the shop, asking when you’d like to check out its bakes. Most of the time, I fall into the lure. Its vibrant signage has an alluring attraction, and I’m embraced by its comforting and no-fuss inside.

Peeking from proper to left, what presents is its compelling U-shaped show of cake alternatives, adopted by their yoghurt muffins and their home-baked brownie cookies. It’s as if the bakes are supplying you with one large scrumptious hug— a chocolate-smelling one at that too. The complete seamless expertise of alternatives is kind of fascinating. As a buyer who frequents bakeries, I don’t see bakeries which are smaller in measurement which are as organised as they’re.

A brown picket panel behind hides their in-house bakery, they usually have their partitions embellished with quotes that encourages your buy. One consists of: “Less sugar ’cause you are sweet enough”. Thanks for being a supporter of my love for sweets.

Joey, the proprietor, shared about her inspiration behind Skinny Cakes. Specialising in bakes that target well being, they supply a myriad of choices that fulfill your each day sweet-tooth indulgence with out compromising on high quality and style.

What I attempted at Skinny Cakes

Baffled by the big selection of alternatives, I opted for his or her best-selling muffins: the Flourless Chocolate Mousse (S$6.90), Ondeh Ondeh (S$6.80), Japanese Rare Tofu Cheese (S$5.90), and Raspberry Rose Cream Cheese (S$6.90).

Let’s begin off with my favorite, the Flourless Chocolate Mousse.

Enrobed in an expensive layer of Valhorna darkish chocolate, the Flourless Chocolate Mousse has a clean velvety texture, with a sprinkle of raspberry bits that neutralises the chocolatey style. Upon my first mouthful, the cake melted right into a wealthy divine chocolate style. It left me feeling guilt-free, and that is one thing that I’ve by no means skilled with chocolate muffins. I feel that is an expertise I can’t even put into phrases.

If you imagine that one’s chocolate cake shouldn’t be too candy, then that is the one for you. With no added sugar and flour, its sweetness is just derived from the pure flavours of the chocolate. If you’ve tried Chocolate Origin’s Dark Chocolate Cake, this has a touch of semblance to it. It’s wealthy in flavour and steals your coronary heart upon first chunk.

Moving on to their Ondeh Ondeh Cake, an choice beloved by the older era and those that are patriotic to native flavours. Alternating between layers of gula melaka Bavarian cream and a pandan-based mostly sponge cake, it’s topped off with toasted coconuts flakes for that added texture and coconut flavour.

I attempted consuming this cake like how I do with my kueh lapis. Layer after layer, I used to be stunned by the way it wasn’t overpoweringly candy. Skinny Cakes actually does maintain its phrase by making guilty-free choices indefinitely leaving me guilt-free.

Next, I had the Japanese Rare Tofu Cheese Cake! Looks may be deceiving when your cake actually seems like silken tofu. Plot twist! The cake is certainly made out of fifty% actual tofu, so no marvel it seems precisely the identical.

My first chunk gave me the impression of chilly beancurd. It was solely seconds after that the notes of cheese got here in. Taste clever, it’s not precisely tacky because the tofu subsides the creaminess of how cheese would often be.

The jelly-like layer above the sponge cake was silky clean, like a hybrid of agar agar and regular cheesecakes. Much much less creamier as in comparison with all of the cheesecakes on the market, this serves as a lighter model for a lot of who would possibly discover cheesecakes too heavy on your liking!

Last however not least, the Fresh Lemon Tart (S$6.90). Its attractive piping units it up completely for Instagram tales. However lovely it’d look on the skin, the within shouldn’t be misleading and it tastes completely scrumptious as effectively.

Every chunk contained a steadiness of flavours between sweetness and tanginess. As it’s made out of actual lemons (inclusive of its lemon pores and skin), Skinny Cake’s clean lemon curd wasn’t overly cloying or bitter. As for the crust, it acted completely as an outer layer to provide the tart an important chunk. Like cookies which are merely addictive, this tart left me wanting extra!

Final ideas

This image commemorates my pure ecstasy after bringing residence a field of those muffins. If you already know me effectively, I take pleasure in desserts with a ardour. And very shortly after I introduced these residence, on the exact same evening, I demolished all of it. Skinny Cake’s complete unfold doesn’t lack in style, and they’re all a lot lighter choices compared to typical desserts, making it very simple to eat!

All in all, it’s superb how Skinny Cakes is ready to retain the style of genuine flavours with the incorporation of actual elements as an alternative of flavourings or extra and pointless sugar. They present how indulging in desserts shouldn’t go away you feeling guilt-ridden or make you need to rely your energy.

Skinny Cakes, you might have gotten your self a loyal buyer.

Expected harm: S$6 – S$8 per pax

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