Simply Epicureous

   Simply Epicureous

                            

                                          Brownie Cake lower right (Erin Pembroke/April 7, 2013)

Erin Pembroke

Freelance Writer

April 8, 2012 | 4 p.m.

HOLLYWOOD, Florida - Tasty morsels for the soul of epicureans can be found at Chocolada. Chocolada is a café and a bakery in which people can either eat breakfast or lunch or choose to take their desserts to go with them. Among these options, the desserts are the most highly recommended. One such dessert that is highly prized and named after the café is the Chocolada.

The Chocolada is a very intense, creamy and rich chocolate mousse brownie with hints of hazelnut that merely add to the dessert’s outstanding taste. This dessert is not only palatable but leaves your taste-buds always wanting to return to taste it. It is recommended that the consumer drink plenty of water with this or a cup of milk because it is very sweet. On a scale of 1 being the worst and five being the best, the Chocolada deserves a rating of 5 stars and may even surpass the rating scale of excellence because of its pleasing saporific taste.

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The next dessert, the Rich Chocolate Ganche is similar to the Chocolada but with a bit of a difference. The Rich Chocolate Ganche is also creamy, rich and intense in taste but without the hazelnut. Unlike the Chocolada, nothing else is added to enhance the taste. Using the same rating scale above, the Rich Chocolate Ganche is rated 4 stars and not 5 because of the lack of an extra added flavor such as hazelnut, almond or vanilla.

            Contrary to the desserts stated above, the Amaretto Cake is strong, bold and soft. It reminds one of biscotti and is suggested to eat this with an espresso, latte or a cappuccino to enhance the taste. The Amaretto Cake does not need any additional flavors and does fine on its own. Using the same scale above, the Amaretto Cake is rated 3 stars because of the bold and powerful acquired taste in which the dessert may be too strong for most to handle.

 Lastly, fourth treat is the Tiramisu. The Tiramisu is creamy and milky and comes with a cookie at the top. It also has a sponge-cake at the bottom of the dish. The consumer may taste the Mascarpone cheese and/or the sweet condense milk and hints of cinnamon that is sprinkled on top. Unfortunately, the rating of the Tiramisu is low. It is rated 2 stars out of 5 because it lacked the espresso or coffee liquor and mocha taste. However, the mocha can be tasted in its similar counter-part, the Tiramisu Cake.