I love sweets. Cupcakes, ice cream, gelato, crème brûlée, you name it, I love it. Ever since I went to college in NYC, my friends and I have searched for the best of the best that dessert has to offer. When the cupcake craze hit NYC and the little cakes became trendy, more and more shops opened in cities everywhere. So needless to say my friends and I were always on the search for the perfect cupcake.
Montreal has a lot to offer to sweet-tooth foodies like myself. There are plenty of patisseries, bakeries, dessert cafes, and cupcake shops to choose from. One of my favorites however is a small local bakery, owned by one woman. She calls her work a one woman show. She works on her own, baking and handling the register. The kitchen is out front so you see exactly how the cakes are made.
It may sound corny but the cakes taste like they’ve been made with lots of love.
Reema Singh is the owner/founder of Cocoa Locale, and she is located on Avenue Du Parc, just north of Avenue du Mont-Royale. Some of the cupcake (and cake) flavors I tasted were, strawberry, vanilla, lemon with coconut, chocolate chai, and chocolate mint (all really yummy although I think lemon with coconut was my favorite). The cake is moist and tastes homemade because well they are. The shop is her home afterall, she is the only one baking. There are regulars who come in and greet Reema asking her questions only a friend would know. I left my camera in the shop and called. She answered and remembered who we were and kindly put aside my camera for me to pick up. The baked creations she decorates with a small flower, a nice touch if you ask me.
The shop is cute, decorated with vintage photographs. Oh and the best part. There is a swing!
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