Saint Honore Cake Shop

There’s a special place in my heart for Saint Honore’s Black Forest cakes. As a child, it was my absolute favorite and my parents would always buy one home for me if they walked past Saint Honore. I haven’t had it in a long time, and now that I think about it, I don’t see Black Forest available as an individual cake very often at Saint Honore anymore. I guess it’s because classic flavors are making way for all the fancy artisanal stuff — what a shame, because their Black Forest cake really is delightful — perfectly creamy with just the right amount of chocolate bits and cherries.
Saint Honore may not make the fanciest cakes in the world, but they’ll do. Another favorite of mine is this mango Swiss roll — the roll itself is really soft and there’s a generous amount of cream within the roll, and the mangoes are really sweet. The chocolate mousse is pretty good as well but tends to be a little too heavy in its chocolate taste for me.
Just like Maxim, Saint Honore has a wonderful website where you can view all the different kinds of cakes and order them online. The online ordering form allows you to personalize the chocolate plate, select which branch to collect at and at what time, or enter your address for it to be delivered to you at an extra cost. In my experience, customer service is great — there was once where I had to get a cake for a friend’s birthday the same day to be had during dinner, and I was looking at the website to check which flavors he may like. I decided on the passionfruit and mango Belgium cake, and I was afraid that it would sell out at the nearest Saint Honore, or worse, that they won’t have it. I called that particular branch and the lady was really nice, telling me that she could keep it for me since it was just 2pm and I didn’t want to go downstairs yet. I asked her if I could come collect it at 6:30pm and she said it wasn’t a problem. This definitely saved me a lot of trouble of having to make an extra trip down!
I know artisanal cakeries are all the rage now, but seriously, give Saint Honore a go. The cakes aren’t too expensive and are of a good quality — none of that looks-​better-​than-​it-​tastes business going on here!