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| - We stopped here on the Thursday before Easter when we were in Squirrel Hill for dinner. We had plans to go to a friend's house after dinner for drinks so I thought that it would be a nice idea to bring some dessert. We purchased an assortment of 4 cupcakes (red velvet, classic yellow with chocolate icing, vegan chocolate, and a vegan chocolate hostess), a package of 3 sugar cookies that were decorated for Easter, and a small, 2-serving glazed bundt cake. As others have mentioned, the prices are not listed anywhere so we had to ask the employee how much each item cost so that we could budget our purchases and even with that we spent $28 which was maybe a little pricey but expected given the location and specialty of gluten-free desserts.
When we arrived at my friend's house, we cut the cupcakes into 4 sections so that everyone could have a taste. I found them to be too sweet and very dry. It seemed that in order to make up for the lack of animal products and gluten they use a lot of sugar and unhealthy ingredients, which was disappointing along with how dry the cupcakes and the bundt cake were. We ate the 3 sugar cookies over the weekend and again, the cookies were extremely dry as were the cupcakes and overly sweet so it felt like it wasn't even worth the calories to eat something so sugar laden that didn't satisfy because of the lack of moisture. I think that it is great that they offer some vegan and all gluten free products, but I have had better from Whole Foods and other local small bakeries and have made healthy versions myself with high quality ingredients that were moister and less laden with sugar. It's unlikely that I will return when there are other bakeries in the area that do a better job or when I can make it myself in a healthier way.
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