Sweet Obsessions
Coffee dacquoise and lemon dacquoise
In Vancouver, there is a cozy coffee and pastry shop called Sweet Obsessions. When a friend recently spotted some gluten-free desserts there, I ventured over to the shop right away. I walked away with two kinds of goodies: two dacquoises in coffee and lemon flavours, and a slice of black and white mousse cake.
The dacquoises, made with alternating layers of icing and meringue, were creamy and fresh. The coffee flavoured one wasn’t as flavourful as I would have liked (I hoped for a dacquoise version of Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Coffee Coffee ice cream), but the lemon one was delicious. The meringue was crispy and the icing was buttery and lemony and so good.
Nevertheless, my favourite purchase was the black and white mousse cake.
Black and white mousse cake
This is the best mousse cake I’ve ever had. The white chocolate mouse was really airy and melted right away in my mouth, whereas the dark chocolate mousse was denser and a bit fudgy. The two layers complemented each other, and neither were too sweet. I think I had an Emile moment (you know, in Ratatouille, when he eats cheese and strawberries together and suddenly, fireworks start exploding in the sky).
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Sweet Obsession
2611 West 16th Avenue
Vancouver,BC V6K 3C2
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