Molten Chocolate Cakes @ 3 Inch Sin

Who can resist molten chocolate cakes? Intense chocolaty cakes with gooey centers that flow out upon biting. Infuse them with rum, baileys or cognac and you have a winning combination. I first came across molten or lava chocolate cake at Aunt Lucy's house. Baked at around 200 degree Celsius, these cakes are cooked on the outside and undercooked on the inside. Its tricky ensuring the success of these. Failure to master the temperature and timing of the baking process results in cakes which are too undercooked or overcooked. So imagine my delight when I discovered that 3 inch sin mass produces these delightful treats. They have two branches - one at millenia walk and another at cluny court. After our french food fiesta at Saveur, eric and I headed down to millenia walk for some sweet desserts.

Check out their molten chocolate cake with baileys. Dusted lightly with icing sugar, it makes such a cute little dessert. 

Here is the original flavour. I love this best. The baileys one was too sweet for me.

I love my chocolate but two persons sharing two intense cakes after lunch was too much for us. We were left incredibly thirsty after the dessert session. We didn't finish our cakes either. Having two 3 inch cakes was a little of an overkill for us. 

Overall, I think three inch sin is a great dessert place but its cakes aren't to die for. Its passable, something interesting for chocolate lovers but I would save my bucks for better places.

Salted Caramel

So there, I finally took the trouble to travel down to thompson to try the famous Salted Caramel. The three scoops of ice cream are Horlicks with Tim Tam, Earl Grey and Lychee. I throroughly enjoyed horlicks with tim tam. It was sweet but not sickeningly or overly sweet. The crunchiness of tim tams added gave the horlicks a great texture - not just the usual smooth ice cream. I like the yummy chocolately crunch. Yums. 

Earl Grey was weird. I honestly though I'd enjoyed it- I love earl grey tea. The first taste registered an almost peppery taste in my mouth, then the sweetness hits u. Unique and weird. Not my cup of tea.

Lychee sorbet was absolutely refreshing. A great complement to the creaminess of the previous flavours. The sorbet was full bodied and not watery. It was really good.

A side note: I tried their famous salted caramel ice cream too. It was way too salty for my liking. The saltiness lingers in your mouth after a bite.Unappealing, and so we didn't order it.

Cupcake Engineer

I love eating cupcakes. They look so pretty sitting on the trays in the shop, tanalising everyone who passes by. While perusing food blogs, I began to develop a craving for cupcakes over good friday. It was good fortune that I have to pass by Cupcake Engineer at cluny court on the way to church.

I couldn't help but pop in and bought myself a citrusy lemon curd cupcake. The lemon cake was light and airy with a well blend of sweetness. Infused with a small amount of curd in the middle, the sweetness of the cake and the tangy lemon curd blended very well together. It was very yummy. Just felt that a $4 a cupcake, it was a tad expensive. When asked what their best seller is, the 'assistant engineer' couldn't give me a definite answer but replied that they change their flavours frequently so its best to check out their shop or website regularly.

They will make such pretty gifts for girlfriends.

I will be back to try more flavours. Just not too frequently because of the price.

Desserts at Ann Siang Hill and Duxton

Yay mids are finally over. I got back my Macro paper and I did averagely well. The paper was a killer so am glad i scored around average marks. whew.

I have been drinking lots of carrot and celery juice. Somehow they help me sleep better. Read that its good for nervous system. The guys were so cute. They went up to the juice auntie today and said, 'i'll have whatever she (pointing to me) is having.' They ended up making faces after drinking my juice. haha

We skipped lessons today and went down to tanjong pagar for a mini food/dessert hunt.



Although this is the last place we headed too, I shall start this post by saying..I love sake. It goes down  so smoothly and warms up and throat and belly. A very comforting social drink. We had sake at a japanese restaurant whose food was passable and forgettable before heading to Five for beers. The drinks at Five are the standard beers, we didn't have anything exciting to blog about.



Our favourite dessert place for the day was this french/Jap patisserie -Flor located at Duxton hill. I've wanted to try this place for ages. The cakes were so unique and somewhat resembled a strudel cake with tasty flaky pastry. Thumbs up! I did not manage to try their famous strawberry shortcake unfortunately. We choose one of their most popular cakes, their waguri millefuille, which was really delicious with a nice blend of creme and pastry.



Here's the famous kki at 7 Ann siang hill. The pretty cakes were rich in flavour and expensive. From the top left is Tiramisu, Little Red riding hood (dark chocolate with raspberry) and Emily champage cake. My favourite was the dark chocolate cake. It was intensely chocolately enough.

Though kki is a cute place to hang out, I am not sure if i will head back there unless i am there for dinner. The cakes while lovely and delectable are not as unique as Flor's. And Antionette at Manadarin Gallery serves similar cakes at similar prices at a more accessible location.