Doughnut,
Top Pot
Seattle may be best known as the birth place of Starbucks and for the 12th Man, but it has quite a few sweets to offer to visitors and residents alike. I swept through the city on a business trip, and managed to sample some of Seattle’s sugary selections while in town.
Top Pot. Touted for it’s hand-forged doughnuts, it is no surprise that this local shop made the list. While I preferred raised as a child, cake are my go-to these days and though I made the switch, my love of sprinkles has remained consistent. The chocolate icing was a sweet balance to the salty-sweet cake dough. And the sprinkles? The perfect complement.
Chocolate Box. Located about a half-mile off of Pike’s Place, this wonderland has cakes, cookies, macaroons, and a wide variety of chocolates and wines available for tasting and purchase. They had a small selection of cupcakes available from Pinkabella, and I tried the snickerdoodle. It was moist and dense with a strong cinnamon profile. I would give another a try, though I would probably try to seek out one of the bakery’s locations to see the full cupcake spread.
Cupcakes,
Yellow Leaf
Cupcake Royale. Blackberries were in season while I was visiting, so the blackberry buckle was a natural choice. A substantial mound of blackberry-flavored frosting greeted me – it wasn’t until my second bite that I reached the delicate, fluffy cake below. It was delicious, a wonderful combination of vanilla and natural blackberry flavor fused together in a small, delightful package. This experience, combined with the cupcakery’s encouragement to practice “Random Acts of Kindness,” makes this institution “king” in my book.
Yellow Leaf Cupcakes. This small shop, which refers to itself as a “micro bakery,” manages to pack a large variety of cupcakes in a small space. I gave two a try: chocolate pomegranate and passionfruit guava. The chocolate pomegranate lacked the distinct flavor of the fruit, which I imagine is hard to capture naturally. The cake was unremarkable – neither dry nor too moist, but not memorable either. The passionfruit curd of the second cupcake was wonderfully tart and sweet, though the frosting was flavorless with the consistency of shortening.
I was pleasantly pleased with the few treats I managed to taste while in town, and I look forward to trying several more on my next visit to The Emerald City.
Until next time,
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