The Sugar Tooth Fairy

It's J again, writing to you about another delicious find in the cupcake world.  Our focus this time is The Sugar Tooth Fairy.  G first told me about Tania, who bakes from the Beaches, back when she was studying at Queens.  She spoke very highly of Tania's creations and insisted that I give them a try.

I finally took G's advice a few months back and ordered a dozen of alcoholic, yes - alcoholic!, cupcakes alongside a half dozen gluten free selection for a friend's birthday party.  To be honest, my memory is a bit hazy as there were a few too many drinks consumed that night but I do recall being blown away at how delicious these cupcakes here, as were the other guests.  In fact, as proof, my other half who has been gluten free for several years now was so amazed, he ate three of the gluten free cupcakes!! What I do recall is that Tania's cupcakes were consistently moist and flavourful, wheat or no where.  

My Aussie friend, S, was visited from Van-city during the Easter long weekend and seeing that it was her first time visiting our beautiful city of Toronto, I thought what better way to be introduced to the city than go on a food tour! We indulged in Jamaican beef patties, Trinidadian doubles, north Indian samosas and other ethnic foods, only to top it off with an order of two dozen mini cupcakes from The Sugar Tooth Fairy. 

The order:

• Cookies & cream
• Donut delight (chocolate base and chocolate/vanilla frosting variety) 
• Red velvet
• French toast

The review:

• The cookies & cream was definitely my favourite.  I give it a full 10/10!  The cake tasted just like a cookies and cream ice cream bar.  Not too sweet, moist and filled with cookie flavour.  The icing was smooth, light and delicious! 
• Tania's creativity knows no bounds.  Seriously, who thinks of putting a donut on top of a cupcake?! The cupcake base was very chocolatey.  If you've read our past posts, you would know that G's biggest issue with chocolate bases is that they often don't taste like chocolate.  Bakers tend to overcompensate with sugar and sometimes, the cake winds up dry and flakey.  This cupcake was none of these things.  Both the vanilla and chocolate frostings were simple, yet fulfilling.  The donut itself didn't quite taste like a donut but I give an A for effort.  The icing tasted like mom's homemade icing which I was a fan of.  Overall,  9/10.
• Red velvet is usually my go-to flavour so my standards are pretty high on this one.  I give this cupcake a 9/10.  While I can't fault the base, the icing was a bit on the oily side.  Aside from that, great cupcake!
• French toast cupcake for breakfast? Yeah, that happened! I didn't quite know what to expect with this one but did it ever blow my expectations out of the water.  Tania nailed the flavour on this one.  While it was a bit too sweet for my palette, there is no doubt that this cupcake tasted just like french toast.  

So you're all probably wondering, did she really eat two dozen mini cupcakes?? The answer is, no, no I did not! In spite of the objections voiced by my taste buds, I ended up sharing most of my cupcakes with friends and family.  However, you can bet your dollar that I will be ordering from The Sugar Tooth Fairy in the future as there are many other flavours that I want to try.  

Cheers,

- J

Dough Hook Bakery

Greetings fellow cupcake lovers!

It's been so long since our last post, you're probably accumulating doubts about our devotion to the quest to find the best cupcakes in Ontario.  Fear not, as the quest continues!!

A long-time friend of mine has finally decided to take the plunge and start up his own bakery after years of coaxing from family, friends and coworkers.  In fact, G and I were asked to sample one of his newer creations, candy bar cupcakes, prior to his decision to open shop.  Marc not only invited us to taste this yummy treat, he also extended an invite for us to observe the entire baking process.

G took note to the quality of ingredients used in the cupcakes, from homemade salted caramel to real fleur de sel, Marc took no shortcuts in the kitchen!

all prepped for baking!

 The cake was of a brown butter base.  Simple, yet flavourful.  Moist and just the right amount of sweetness, even for me.  The frosting was comprised of a chocolate peanut butter butter cream.  G was besides herself, claiming that it was the perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter.  At times, some buttercream frostings fall short as they are too buttery but for G, the texture was just right.

Salivating already? I haven't even gotten to the best part! Marc injected the cupcakes with his homemade salted caramel filling, which was also carefully drizzled on top of the frosting and topped off with just a sprinkle of peanuts.  At first taste, we all agreed that the caramel filling did not ooze out, as we had expected, but according to G, the one day old cupcake did the trick.

G and C enjoying a taste of the homemade salted caramel

oozing with goodness

topped off with peanut butter chocolate frosting

finishing touches!

Overall, G and I really loved this cupcake. To be honest, it was a bit on the sweet side for me but that should be expected when eating something called the candy bar cupcake!!  The combination of flavours really did resemble that of a Snickers bar.

nothing left but to enjoy!

Well done Marc! You too can indulge in these delightful cupcakes as Marc fills his orders on a request basis.  Visit Dough Hook Bakery for more info!

Cheers,

- J