If you're looking for a cake / pastry that's truly exquisite and has the 'wow' factor, forget the store-bought variety that probably sits in chillers for a while and may / may not be laden with preservatives. Manila's best desserts are usually homemade or from small specialty shops, freshly baked only upon order. Since they are homemade, they are usually not very well advertised and become known purely from word-of-mouth - and that's how you know it's good. You would need to place your orders a few days to a week in advance, and you would have to pick up the goodies yourself. However, with a little preparation, it is well worth your while and soon your friends will be ooh-ing and aah-ing at your dessert finds as well.
Here are some of our personal favorites:
Dessert du Jour by Mara de la Rama
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Gateau Crepe
I've brought this cake to countless dinner parties with different groups of people, and the verdict is always the same. It is soooo good. It's a very light cake, not too sweet or cloying. Made of layers and layers of paper thin french crepes. Adults love it, kids love it, even your grandparents will love it. No wonder hers is one of the most requested contact numbers in my phone book.
Php 1200.00
Ecology Village, Dasmarinas Village Side, Gate 5, EDSA
For orders, call
0917-8116272 806-9511
Park Avenue Desserts
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12 Days of Christmas
In this box, you get not one but TWELVE mini cakes in TWELVE different flavors. All cakes are works of art, meticulously composed and decorated the way you would find them in high-end hotels. Bring this to any party and watch the look on your friends' faces go from amazement to lust and back again. They look almost too good to eat! But do eat them because that's when you'll truly appreciate the magic within each wonderful creation. Who knew something that looks so good actually tastes even better?
Php 1800.00
#7 Maga Center, G/F Paseo de Magallanes Commercial Center, Makati City
For orders call 8526141
Gigi Gaerlan
White Chocolate Matcha Cookies
Imagine a white chocolate coin tucked inside a yummy, freshly baked green tea cookie. The custaroons put Gigi on Manila's dessert map but this is I think one of the yummiest cookies ever invented.
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Custaroons
Everybody loves Gigi's Custaroons. Everybody. The elegant gift boxes sure lift the wow factor up a notch. Place your orders early as her kitchen gets really full.
For orders, call 0918-8282929
www.custaroons.com
The Custaroonery
Parking lot of the St. Pio Chapel Compound
188 E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., Bagumbayan, Quezon City
8 Temple Drive, Greenmeadows Subdv., Phase 3, Quezon City
47 Tomas Arguelles St., Sta. Mesa, Manila
Forget Me Not Specialty Cakes
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Dulce de Leche Cheesecake
Not too sweet, not too dense, just right. This cake is like a really good friend, comforting and familiar. Perfect with a cup of coffee.
9-inch Cake Php 995.00
928 Arnaiz Ave., Makati City
869-5333
60 Broadway Ave., New Manila, Quezon City
723-2776
Vargas Kitchen
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5 x 8 Php 400.00
3 x 7 Php 260.00
Readily available in kiosks at Rustan's Supermarket Makati, Rustan's Supermarket Rockwell, South Supermarket Alabang
Katey Qs by Olive Isidro
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Sticky English Toffee Pudding
Dense, sweet and utterly sinful. Christmas is, after all, a time to celebrate and indulge a little. Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Worth every calorie.
7 inch Round Cake Php 475.00
Loaf Size
(minimum 2 orders) Php 350.00
10 inch Bundt Php 1000.00
For orders, contact
0917-8191808
olive.isidro@gmail.com
Enjoy!
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