Frangipane Patisserie

Frangipane Patisserie is a small bakery and they have one of the best macaron. However, they say they do not always have macaron. I tried macaron and I loved it and I went back to Frangipane Patisserie and they did not have macaron. I tired a couple different kinds of cookies and pastries. All are good. They do not have seats and tables to eat there, but I was standing inside the shop to have a cup of coffee. Coffee was good. This is a sort of hidden nice bakery to me.

Beautiful bakery in the Annex. Their hours can be a bit random (for a while, they were only open Thursday-​Saturday or something), but absolutely delish. I especially like the gruyère tart, which is only about $ 5 I think, and makes a filling lunch in addition to tasting amazing. They also do excellent pâtes-​de-​fruits when it is not too hot. So lovely.

Wonderful cakes to order for special occasions. I do enjoy home baking, but super dainty cakes aren’t my thing and sometimes you want to go pro. After tasting a truly delicious cake at one of my granny’s birthday celebrations years back and being tipped off by a family member, I started using Frangipane myself. I have never been disappointed and the guests typically look pleased as well.
In terms of presentation, the cakes always have delightfully decorative filigree on them. Most importantly, however, is what’s inside the cake and they are filled with quality tasting ingredients. The cakes are rich, but the texture and feel is perfect and not too heavy-​feeling. You can order custom cakes, but my usuals are off of the signature menu (see:
). I love the Lemon Poppy Seed («tangy citrus poppy seed cake filled with fresh lemon curd and covered in a white chocolate cream cheese frosting») and the Vanilla Salted Caramel («Madagascar vanilla bean cake, filled with salted caramel buttercream and a drizzle of caramel, finished with salted caramel buttercream»). I plan on ordering the Tropical Cake («Citrus cake filled with passionfruit curd and coconut mousse, covered in toasted Italian meringue») or the Purple Yam cake («Purple yam cake filled with coconut mousse and covered in toasted coconut») for an upcoming occasion.
They are priced differently according to size, starting at $ 35 and serving around 8 – 10 people and ranging to a few hundred dollars and serving around 60 people.

Came here for the first time for Macaron Day. This is the whole reason that I’ve even heard of the place. The girl at the counter said they have been around for ten years! They had salted caramel, salted pistachio and mango-​passionfruit for their complimentary macaron. I liked the fact that they still had complimentary macarons left, since Macaron Day was a huge flop at other cafés for me. It was nicely wrapped so I could choose to eat it on the go or take it home with me. I did notice it was a much smaller size than your average macaron though, but I guess that is not to be unexpected. In terms of friendliness, they are so-​so. Could work on that. Additionally, I noticed they had many other baked goods in-​stock.

came on a sunday afternoon. tried the nutella, strawberry and salted caramel macaroon. it was stale.

Frangipane is pricey and the individual items are on the smallish side. If you were wanting a snack that was equivalent to a full-​sized dessert, you would need to buy about 5 items, priced between 1 – 2 $ each.
That being said, they have excellent baked goods and very good truffles. The pecan diamonds, sour cherry squares, and chocolate covered Florentines are tasty. They have a gluten free chocolate cookie that is also quite good.
The truffles are very good, but they are a bit small and don’t necessarily stand out. I tried the salted caramel truffle and neither salt or caramel stood out in the truffle. Still delicious, just not a show stopper.
They also have a selection of cakes and offer cakes by the slice.
Before making the trip, check their hours. They are not open early in the week.
This is definitely worth trying.

Be warned that the dairy free (meringue) icing can be much too cloying (i.e., sickly sweet), especially when paired with the carrot cake (do not recommend this pairing at all). I know dairy-​free icing sounds like a contradiction in terms, but I’m hoping the folks at Frangipane can come up with something better in future. I have faith!

Delicious. Not too sweet. Pricy (but totally worth it).
I bought the vanilla salted caramel 3 layer cake. I’d get it again in a heart beat, but am also tempted to try something new.

Incredibly delicious, skillfully made, top quality cakes and pies. Of course, they are kind of pricey and their hours can vary a bit — but for special occasions, it is well worth going out of your way to get the best!

Since I live so close and walk by Frangipane everday, I should get an award for limiting my visits here to twice a month — it’s really not so hard since they are closed Mondays and Tuesdays and open @ 10am.
It’s a bright small shop full of glass shelves with pretty pastries and chocolates. The price is high, but you’re paying for quality.
Came in today cuz their Oh-​So-​flavourful coffee cakes were beckoning me on my walk home. The lady at the counter was not the usual girl, I think she might be the owner/​pastry chef — she was friendly and informative. I inquired more about the cakes — $ 36 for a whole one or $ 18 for half or a small bundt size, they can last if properly frozen and order a day or two ahead — good to know since I buy 2 slices everytime I come in.
Their croissants are also fluffy, crunchy, buttery and yummy. Luckily they were selling frozen ones at 50% off. I got a bag to reheat at home for breakfast.
This place is worth a visit if you’re in the area… Or just go out of you’re way to try it ;D
They get the –1 star cuz of their wierd hours and they sometimes run out of croissants & coffee cakes before I get there.

While I love the ginger molasses cookies (chewy inside and topped with sugar) and the triple ginger coffee cake (moist but not sticky), but there is always at least one staff member who treats customers with disdain.
While I have not been on the receiving end such appalling service, witnessing several such incidents over 6+ visits, is uncomfortable and clearly indicates that this kind of apalling behaviour is condoned by the owner (s).
When asked for a bakery recommendation, who wants to say «The cakes are really good, but the staff can be quite rude.»? And to the counter staff, may I suggest a career change (or at the very least, b*tching about customers in the back where they can’t hear you.)

I’m usually a good planner. My only kryptonite is not enough sleep. I barely had any sleep for the past week and realized last night that I needed a cake for today’s staff meeting. Slightly panicking, I went on Unilocal to research bakeries close by. Matthew’s Frangipane review had me curious and in learning that it was steps away from Dupont station, I decided on trying there first. I called their line and found out their summer hours meant they opened at 9am. Perfect! I could be late for work on account of delicious cake, right? I sent a prayer to the cake gods that they would have something for me in the morning.
I was camped outside Frangipane by 8:45am and they opened promptly at 9. I went in and let the salesperson, Janine, know of my dilemma. To my delight, she was extremely accomodating. They have some cakes that are frozen overnight and she offered me two of those. I bought one large lemon poppyseed cake and a similar small cake to fulfill my request.
My co-​workers loved the cake and there were many clean paper plates at the end of the meeting. It was light and refreshing without being too sweet. It was definitely worth the money. Most of the managers took the name and address of the bakery. I definitely plan on using them again. I’ll just get more sleep before I do.
NOTE: Don’t be like me, kids. If you need a custom cake for around 25 people, order 2 – 3 days in advance.

The Citrus Poppyseed cake at Frangipane is killer. Four layers of lemon poppyseed cake are separated by creamy, tart lemon curd and the whole thing is frosted with a delicious lemon cream cheese icing. Flawlessly presented and topped with a single gooseberry to finish the look. This cake is so fresh and light tasting and isn’t overly sweet, which I find is often the case with store bought cakes.
I didn’t buy this cake so I’m not sure of the price, but I think it was around $ 30. Perhaps a little pricey, but worth the splurge. Probably my favourite cake.

A bit on the pricy side, but things here are delicious. I used to go here for the gruyère tarts when i lived nearby. The sweet tarts are good too. They’re really talented here. We’ve ordered some cakes before and they were quite good, especially the carrot and the lemon poppyseed cakes. Not great value/​bang for buck relative to what you’re getting but delicious if you don’t mind spending lots for something good.

I only tried their tarts, and for $ 7 a small one, I got two different types (sour cherry and port&pear) and cutting small peices it last me a week.
They weren’t exteremely sweet, but you can taste the flavour.

As an avid baker and consumer of cupcakes — I recommend Frangipane. I often find store bought cupcakes to be sickeningly sweet with a disproportionate amount of icing to cake. I bought 6 cupcakes to bring to a friend’s place — chocolate w/​chocolate icing, vanilla with vanilla icing and lemon poppyseed with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd. WOW.
This would be a 5-​star bakery if it weren’t for the prices. I paid about $ 24 for 6 cupcakes (shhh, don’t tell DH). At that price, I can bake several dozen cupcakes at home.