Kiss Cake moved from their old John/Leslie location to Times Square, right next to Hug Sushi. With Ruelo and DaanGo also in the same plaza, looks like Times Square is becoming the go-to place if you are looking for overpriced cakes!
The cakes from Kiss don't have the same visual WOW factor compared to the cakes from Ruelo, DaanGo, or Duo. Perhaps the custom-order cakes are more impressive, but the ones that they had on display were visually meh...
We decided to try their Tiramisu and Matcha moon cake.
The Tiramisu here is by no means your typical Italian dessert that nonna makes. I liked that it is not overly sweet and their sponge cake is very light and fluffy. However, it has no coffee-flavor, no texture, and overly plain. Instead of mascarpone and sabyayon, it tasted like just ordinary whipped heavy cream. So although I wouldn't say it tasted bad, I found it to be very single-dimensional and didn't have any of the complex flavor profiles a really well-made tiramisu would have. Wouldn't recommend.
The Matcha moon cake was quite delicious. Again, not overly sweet which I really liked. Unfortunately, the one we got had a solid center and didn't ooze out like we were told. Perhaps this batch was overcooked. Still quite delicious, but very pricey for that tiny one-biter.
Overall, I'm on the fence with Kiss cakes. I wasn't impressed with their selection of cakes on display and although I liked the Matcha moon cake, I definitely wouldn't get the Tiramisu again. For this price, I would rather stick with Ruelo/Duo followed by DaanGo. read more