Cakes, cookies, chocolate, cream and Christmas! After all of the self-discipline you’ve practiced this 12 months, it’s lastly time to indulge. Here are the 10 greatest candy treats and Christmas desserts from throughout the island, compiled in a single place.
Beware, my pals, extreme temptation lies forward!
1. Pistachio Cherries Nougat Log Cake ([email protected] Singapore)
What higher place for a style of la dolce vita than Dolcetto at Regent Singapore? This genuine artisanal Italian bakery and connoisseur mercatino‘s festive desserts are a marvel of culinary and creative creativity.
Topping our checklist is the tricolour Pistachio Cherries Nougat Log Cake (S$78 for Medio, S$148 for Grande) impressed by the Italian flag. It incorporates two inherently Italiano components: pistachio and Amarena cherries. Rich and creamy nougat mousse, fluffy pistachio sponge, tart cherry confit and whipped pistachio ganache, all in a single chew? Truly la dolce vitta!
Chocolate is at all times the protected wager however the Chocolate Caramel Hazelnut Log Cake (S$72 for Medio, S$138 for Grande) is an particularly decadent selection. Dolcetto’s rendition of this Christmas traditional has silky clean Guanaja darkish chocolate mousse round a wealthy caramel crème brûlée centre, all sitting on a crunchy praline feulletine base.
Red alert! For a flurry of disparate however complementary flavours, be careful for the Lime Cream Cheese and Apple Log Cake (S$72 for Medio, S$138 for Grande). Its gentle almond lime sponge, tangy lime curd shortbread and delicate cream cheese mousse make for a trio of irresistibly scrumptious flavours in a single.
All 3 truffles can be found for dine-in and takeaway right here.
2. Festive Afternoon Tea Set (Conrad Centennial Singapore)
The Conrad’s famed Afternoon Tea will get a Christmas makeover to turn out to be the Festive Afternoon Tea, which you’ll take pleasure in at their Lobby Lounge and The Terrace, or have delivered straight to your private home.
Some of those creations are (virtually!) too intricate and creative to eat. This consists of Santa’s Hat (Evocao 72% Whole Fruit Chocolate Mousse) and Sacher and Manjari Ganache Christmas Tree (Yuzu Curd, Azuki Bean and Matcha Mousse). Equally enticimg are Candy Cane (Strawberry Mousse, Wild Strawberry Compôte, Yogurt Crémeux) and Little Baubles (Cassis Crémeux, Milk Chocolate Cassis Mousse and Sacher and Manjari Ganache).
No excessive tea is full with out scones and there are each Classic Scones and Raisin Scones, served the standard method accompanied by Clotted Cream and Strawberry Jam.
There can be a savoury choice on this set. It consists of Duck Rillette with Homemade Piquillo Marmalade, Homemade Basil Cream and cheeses on Tartlet, Skewer of Duo Bread with Smoked Salmon, Avruga Caviar, and Prosciutto Ham on Baguette with accompaniments.
Diners take pleasure in a choice of teas and coffees with their excessive tea.
The Festive Afternoon Tea (from S$49++ per particular person for dine-in, from S$96.30 nett per 2-person set for takeaway) is accessible each day from 23 Nov 2022 to six Jan 2023.
2 Temasek Boulevard, Singapore 038982
+65 6334 8888
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3. Peach Oolong Yule Log Cake (PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering)
Lime on the Go from Lime Restaurant at PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering brings one of the best and sweetest imaginations from their progressive desserts kitchen straight to your private home. Their assortment of Festive Goodies that includes Yuletide desserts is accessible from 15 Nov 2022 to 1 Jan 2023.
This Peach Oolong Yule Log has me dreaming of a white Christmas. No, actually. The pristine white color apart, it appears like a bunch of snowmen having a grand outdated get together!
Fortunately for us, the Peach Oolong Yule Log incorporates extra than simply plain, tasteless snow. White is the theme as white chocolate mousse, white chocolate Feuilletine and the freshest, springiest vanilla sponge create extra luxurious flavour than their most vibrant counterparts.
The Oolong flavour in each decadently extravagant chew doesn’t come from simply any tea however positive Oolong leaves from TWG. The spotlight for me was the peach jam, which gave this traditional Yule log an beautiful contact.
While the Peach Oolong Yule Log was our favorite, the opposite 2 log truffles additionally made an impression. Visually, the putting scarlet hue of the Cherry Pistachio Yule Log is a prelude to the flavourful ecstasy of cherry marmalade infused with amaretto liqueur, pistachio sponge, mascarpone mousse and white chocolate feuilletine that awaits inside.
If you’re a fan of traditional favourites, the Chocolate Pear Yule Log will simply prime your checklist. Sitting atop a crunchy hazelnut base, the supremely delicate chocolate sponge ensconces a voluptuous medley of pear confit and darkish chocolate.
Make one of the best of the Festive Takeaways Exclusive with a 15% early fowl low cost from 15 Nov to 30 Nov 2022 while you pay along with your UOB, Citibank, Amex or DBS bank cards. A 10% low cost is relevant from 1 Dec 2022 to 1 Jan 2023.
Want to show your indulgence into an event? Lime Restaurant’s holiday-inspired Festive Afternoon Tea is a mesmerising parade of dainty treats that can do the trick.
Your candy tooth will thanks for the Reindeer Mont Blanc & Festive Tree Cake, Minted Dark Chocolate Eclair and Traditional Christmas Chocolate Yule Log. There can be Spiced Chocolate Christmas Pudding Flambé, Gingerbread Ice Cream & Orange Anise Star Compote amongst a number of different candy and savoury delicacies.
The Festive Afternoon Tea is accessible each day from 1 Dec 2022 to 2 Jan 2023 at:
S$88 with limitless Bacha espresso and TWG tea
S$102 with limitless Bacha espresso and TWG tea and a couple of glasses of glowing wine
S$122 with limitless Bacha espresso and TWG tea and 1 bottle of glowing wine
S$198 with limitless Bacha espresso and TWG tea and 1 bottle of champagne
For a full checklist of festive affords, opening hours and speak to numbers, refer right here.
3 Upper Pickering Street, Singapore 058289
+65 6809 8888
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4. DIY Gingerbread Merry Round Town Cake (Cold Storage & CS Fresh)
If expertise and longevity are indicators of a great firm, you simply can’t go fallacious with 120-year-old Cold Storage and their new premium grocery store, CS Fresh. Besides their intensive array of in-store seasonal merchandise, the homegrown grocer boasts one of many widest ranges of Christmas merchandise anyplace in Singapore.
Cold Storage’s 2022 ‘Sublime Desserts’ assortment options Log Cakes of various flavours, Bread & Butter Pudding with Custard and likewise a 1-kilogram Pear Frangipane Tart. Our decide of the combination, although, is the DIY Gingerbread Merry Round Town Cake (S$55).
It was a tricky resolution however this cake gained as a result of it embodies the spirit of the season so completely. There’s nothing like the enjoyment and laughter of household and pals coming collectively, and this DIY mission requires all arms on deck!
You get to assemble your personal gingerbread home because the centrepiece, stick gingerbread homes onto the edges, after which add cream to the sponge. Everything you want is delivered as a set that features 3 embellished gingerbread home cookies, 3 plain gingerbread home cookies, cake decorations and icing.
Best of all, this 800 gram cake serves 6 to eight individuals so you’ll be able to all eat the rewards of your labour.
An in depth second was the exquisitely blue and mesmerizingly-shaped Valrhona Blond Cassis Yule Log (S$60). It is an almond sponge cake with cassis confit and cassis crème anglaise on a crunchy Orelys base, topped with Blond chocolate Orelys mousse.
Both merchandise are solely accessible for in-store assortment. You can order these desserts in addition to Turkey, Ham, Roast Meat, Seafood, Entrees, Sides and Wine instantly from Cold Storage. Shop on-line or on the CART cell app and have your bounty delivered or gather it your self at taking part shops.
Please take into account that Cold Storage experiences a excessive quantity of orders in the course of the festive interval so do place your orders early! The final day to put your Christmas meals order is 20 Dec 2022.
For a full checklist of areas, opening hours and speak to numbers, refer right here.
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5. Lychee Champagne Tiramisu Log Cake (Cedele)
Call it ‘Sir-dell’ or ‘Sir-dell-ee’, you’re going to need to name Cedele’s Christmas desserts line-up completely improbable.
Our favorite was the Lychee Champagne Tiramisu Log Cake (S$75). It was extremely gentle and delicate and the contact of Champagne was simply excellent. Together with the lychee compote and whipped mascarpone cream cheese, this was among the best festive truffles I’ve ever tasted.
Imposing and seductive, the newly-minted 9-layer, 7-inch BlackForest Block cake (S$95) is 9 decadent layers of chocolatey mousse, kirsch cream and morello cherry compote. The ‘fence’ of chocolate shards ringing the cake actually appear like forest bushes, too!
Right there from Day 1, twenty-five years in the past, the Flourless Chocolate Log Cake (S$65) has stood the check of time and style. It is moist and tender, although baked with natural unrefined sugar. The log of chocolate truffle within the center is a chocolate lover’s fantasy.
Not simply truffles, there are festive tarts on the Cedele menu, too. Our decide is the Strawberry Maple Mascarpone Tart (S$72) of maple-sweetened mascarpone cheese and strawberry compote in a nutty almond crust, all with a roof of contemporary strawberries.
If there’s time for tea, there must be time for biscotti, too. Cedele’s Biscotti tin (S$32 for 1, S$60 for two) incorporates 7 items every of the twice baked crunchy wonders in Pistachio Almond & Rosemary Sea Salt, Mexican Chocolate Walnut and Cranberry Almond flavours.
You can view Cedele’s full festive menu and place your order instantly right here.
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6. Triple Chocolate Christmas Tree Cake (LUNA)
One of essentially the most profitable homegrown artisanal patisseries, LUNA prides itself on its aesthetically pleasing, delicate desserts. Their pair of 2022 Christmas specialities align completely with that philosophy.
The first is Triple Chocolate Christmas Tree Cake (S$82), formed and colored to invoke pictures of the snow-dusted conifers synonymous with the festive season.
Far from being simply aesthetically-pleasing, it is a masterpiece each in and out. Three layers of chocolate— bitter darkish chocolate mousse, candy caramel milk chocolate mousse, and tangy yoghurt and cream cheese white chocolate— sit atop an almond sponge and crispy feuilletine base. Paradise!
Perfect as a present, the Sweet Celebration Christmas Set (S$39) is a group of 4 festive treats accessible solely as a part of this set. The Hazelnut Paris-Brest, Coffee Chestnut Tart, Orange Cherry Pistachio and Apricot Pear Bauble are every a marvel of creativity in their very own proper, and completely spectacular collectively.
You can place your order instantly at LUNA and go for retailer decide up or islandwide supply.
53 Amoy Street, Singapore 069879
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7. 3D Entremets (Alice Boulangerie)
Homegrown however internationally-renowned Alice Boulangerie makes our checklist with a surprising sequence of 4 3D entremets which might be veritable items of artwork. We don’t use that time period evenly— listed below are the pictures to show it.
First on the checklist is Acorn (S$13), a hyper-realistic creation that may in all probability idiot a chipmunk. Its deep brown shell is 70% darkish chocolate. Removing it and unveil the treasure inside: layers of chocolate mousse, yuzu crémeux, almond dacquoise and almond walnut praline with salted caramel mousse.
It’s time to idiot the Smurfs subsequent. Mushroom (S$9) favours an area palette, utilizing gula melaka Chantilly cream and coconut pastry cream complemented with gula melaka caramel constructed round traditional choux puff.
Striking notes of calamansi crémeux with lime jelly, lime cream cheese and pistachio dacquoise complement mascarpone mousse to create the brilliant and sunny Summer Cheese (S$10).
Geometry meets abstraction in Cocoa Ananas (S$10). Manjari (64% chocolate) chocolate mousse, flourless chocolate sponge, salted crumble base and pecan brownie come collectively in a spiral of bittersweet chocolate and pineapple compote.
Alice Boulangerie’s festive sequence additionally features a new design of the bi-coloured viennoiseries for which the model is understood. Mixed Berries and Coconut (S$7) is white chocolate-glazed pastry ensconcing coconut pastry cream, berry compote and contemporary berries. House-made marshmallows and crimson velvet crumble full the engaging look.
This assortment is accessible in-store from 13 Oct 2022 in restricted portions.
What’s Christmas with out log cake? Alice Boulangerie places a mesmerisingly artistic twist on the traditional with Alice’s Christmas Log Cake (S$85). Taking delight of place on the log is a 3D orange darkish chocolate mousse squirrel. The log itself is moist chocolate flourless sponge layered with chocolate mud biscuit, fruit crémeux, caramelised banana and hazelnut praline crunch.
You can place your order instantly on-line or name +65 8874 3300.
12 Gopeng Street, Icon Village, #01-05/11, Singapore 078877
+65 8874 3300
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8. Starry Night Shortbread Selection Projection Tin (Marks & Spencer)
British retail specialist Marks & Spencer (M&S) brings you a delightfully delectable vary of treats with a whimsical twist.
Nothing embodies this higher than their ever-popular light-up presents, led by the Starry Night Shortbread Selection Projection Tin, 350g (S$44.90). Enjoy a fragile rendition of Deck the Halls as Santa and his reindeer circle above you towards a rotating starry night time. But sure, it’s the delectable all butter and chocolate chip shortbread inside that cements its place on the checklist.
There’s festively-shaped all butter shortbread within the Shortbread Light Up Lantern, 230g (S$29.90) as properly. They are the right addition to any room if you wish to invoke the soothing aura of a starry night time.
All butter mini gingerbread males reside of their Magical Gingerbread Musical House Tin, 115g ($24.90), doling out a festive tune on command.
This one’s sure to be a youngsters’ favorite. Introduce the little ones to beautiful Percy Pig and the idea of saving with the Percy Pig Piggy Bank Post-box (S$14.90). But first, they’ll need to gobble up all of the pink Percy pennies hiding inside!
M&S Chocolate Topple Towers, 390g (S$39.90) make each profitable and dropping enjoyable with blocks of milk, darkish, white and blond chocolate blocks to check your hand-eye coordination.
Your makes an attempt on the tower could also be sabotaged by the Red Mulled Wine (S$29.90), however it is going to be completely price it!
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9. Claus is Comin’ (Swensen’s)
It could be a shock if Swensen’s didn’t make the lower on a listing of candy treats. The desserts specialist has a protracted checklist of candy bombshells to unleash for Christmas.
Get proper into the vacation spirit with the all-new Claus is Comin’ (S$12.63) that blew us away with its terribly artistic idea. Coming at you’re 3 scoops of festive-themed ice cream— Biscoff Cheesecake, S’mores and non-alcoholic Tiramisu ice cream, so even the youngsters can take pleasure in.
Turkey Crackles (S$15.84) is one other deal with created only for Christmas 2022. A turkey drum-sticky of Sticky Chewy Chocolate ice cream tops this cup of indulgence that incorporates a flood of crunchy coco rice drenched in chilly fudge.
Swensen’s additionally has a spread of Christmas Ice Cream Cakes and Log Cakes.
The all-new Speculoos Holiday ($48.00, 500g) is a Biscoff Cheesecake with Speculoos ice cream topped with milk chocolate ganache, contemporary rosemary and walnut. I went to city with this one— the candy, sticky ganache is actually irresistible.
Sweet and easy Merry Giftmas (S$59, 1 kg) is the all-time favorite Sticky Chewy Chocolate Ice Cream. Enchanted Holiday (S$59, 1 kg) is Black Forest Ice Cream and Chocolate Ice Cream topped with darkish cherries, remodeling a traditional flavour to fashionable tastes.
Best of all, Swensen’s members get a 15% low cost on all orders positioned till 11 Dec 2022. You can join their free membership right here.
For a full checklist of areas, opening hours and speak to numbers, refer right here.
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10. Dark Cherry Meringue Log Cake (Awfully Chocolate)
There are log truffles after which there’s the Dark Cherry Meringue Log Cake (S$88) from Awfully Chocolate. It could also be at quantity 10 nevertheless it’s an ideal 10 in our books (and mouths!). Hidden contained in the exquisitely intricate end that makes you not need to not lower it (after some time, my chocolate greed gained out), there’s darkish chocolate diplomat and bitter cherries to infuse a classy tang.
At 9″ and 560g, it’s excellent for 8 to 10 folks… or 2 to three folks like me. Now’s the time to order this slice of paradise— rom 15 Nov to six Dec 2022, all pre-orders of the Dark Cherry Meringue Log Cake will include a free pint of Awfully Chocolate’s Dark Chocolate Hei Ice Cream. This promotion will proceed whereas shares final.
The Yuletide Praline Cake (S$113) is maybe the one contender from Awfully Chocolate that tempted me almost as a lot because the Dark Cherry Meringue Log Cake.
8″ and weighing 2.6kg, this cake was made for sharing its gold-dusted blackberry and bay leaf Christmas toppings. Orders of the Yuletide Praline Cake are additionally eligible for the free pint of chocolate promotion.
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