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| - On paper, this place is the perfect place to satisfy my mid-work day sugar craving. It's small, close by and very pretty to look at. Alas, it just does not deliver.
I've tried this place a few times. The first time I went I got a cronut which is a croissant/donut hybrid. It was delicious. This experience prompted me to try this place again and again, but since that day, I haven't seen another cronut in the case. I guess it went the way of the dodo bird and New Coke.
The second time I went, I got a red velvet donut because it just looked so damn delicious. It was grossly lacking. Looks are deceiving because it looks like a donut that is filled in the middle with some delicious surprise but it's not. Its a cake ring donut that was dry, stale and UNsurprising. It's topped with what looked like a tasty blob of cream cheese frosting, but upon biting into it, I discovered this was a gelatinous mass of something that was trying to taste like cream cheese frosting. The consistency was like a stale flan. The whole dry glob just came off of the donut. Maybe this is what the donuts are like in prison? Extremely disappointing. I think it's important to mention that they make their donuts in the morning and serve them ALL DAY without making fresh ones. (I asked)
The third time I went, I got an oversized sugar cookie with m&m pieces in it. Sounds good in theory, right? It was aight. Tasted good but it was a little too crumbly for my taste. I like soft gooey cookies and this was not.
The next time I went, I decided to try the boston creme cupcake. Not only did it let me down, it let down the whole city from which it's named. The cupcake was top heavy with an extremely thick hard fudge while the cupcake itself was dry and crumbly so the whole thing ended up falling apart while I tried to eat it. I believe the frosting and cake parts of a cupcake should be in living in harmony, not plotting against each other. I shouldn't have to eat the parts separately. Good God, this is America.
Bottom line, if I'm going to consume a Mama June amount of calories, I want it to be worth it. Corner Cakes is definitely not worth it.
Unless you spot a cronut.
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