Let me start this by saying that this place totally exceeded all my expectations. I actually had very low expectations to be honest, but ultimately I am already talking with my other half about when we can come back and try more of their offerings as we just really liked their cakes.
So bit of background, its my other halfs birthday and she had a craving for a mielle cake. I jumped on google, searched around and found Sweet Planet. Reviews seemed mixed, but I never let that deter me from giving a place a chance. Their website is clean and simple, with an online ordering system. To be honest I found their website to be a bit sketchy and I wasnt sure if it was legit! So I called the place and spoke to someone to confirm that they would be able to make the cake in the time frame I needed. When I called the person just said hello, answered my question very briefly and we hung up.
It was a very "matter of fact" conversation, no pleasantries or friendliness. About as neutral as you can get.
Getting here, we had to drive around the entire building as there is actually two cake places both starting with SWEET. I think the first one I saw was sweet CHASE, but I was looking for sweet PLANET.
Store front had some colorful window coverings and a simple "open" sign.
Opening the door you immediately are facing a register and a big white wall behind. I heard someone yell out "HELLO" from the back and we started our conversation from there with an order number. I was in and out in 2 minutes, again no pleasantries - Just fast and efficient.
Now the cake - Delicious is probably the most appropriate word. The cake came in a plain white box, and wasnt exactly instagram worthy in appearance but it was acceptable.
So all this combined, my expectations were low but I am always hopeful to discover hidden gems.
This was a hidden gem.
We got a strawberry mielle crepe cake - The strawberries tasted nice and fresh au naturel. There was no weird sugary glazing on top, just plain old sweet strawberries. Through out the cake there was also diced strawberries. The crepe was super melt in your mouth thin. The star of the show was all that fresh hand whipped cream goodness!
You could definitely tell the cream was freshly hand whipped, light, fluffy and not overly sugary with a very clean tasty finish.
I have had other cakes where it leaves a bit of a after taste where you need to wash it down with some water or something, but this was just plain tasty.
If I had a friend that was a pastry chef and I asked for a mielle cake - This is what I would picture getting. Well done and tasty with no frills.
Bottom line, we will be back and I have no problems recommending this place. It definitely gets the job done :) read more