The Sweetest Things @ Dempsey

Before I got married, many of my friends and family will unanimously testify that I was a hardcore dessert addict, the kind that thrived on cakes for dinner, sweet endings for all occasions and the dessert counters for buffets.
After marriage, I was 'metamorphed', re-educated, both by imitation and reinforcement techniques, to have a more balanced (not healthy, but letting all types of food have equal fighting chance) way of eating. I must have been a repressed food obsession on trotters. All the years of attempted control and dietary exclusions giving way to eat all, eat interesting and eat good.

Anyway, from time to time, my inner creature of habit resurfaces with a vengeance and I once again succour for sweets and cakes aplenty. Fortunately for me and unfortunate for poor hubby, on the night of one of these episodes, we were within walking distance of instant gratification - Dempsey Road.

The sticky date pudding at the PS cafe has been reiterated countless of times by my sister to be quite yummilicious. So off we went, along the serene and dimly-lit path towards the glass house of the PS cafe. Tucked quietly within it's own green pastures and walk-way, a few steps in and you come upon a literal 'glass-house' where privacy is a state-of-mind for diners.
The eatery is split into two sections: the main diner area and the lounging drinks and dessert area. Needless to say, the main area was packed, hence we packed ourselves lazily on the lounging sofas which were quiet comfortable too and orders our desserts.

To say the sticky date pudding was rich, is an understatement. But it was so good. Served piping hot with a generous scoop of old-fashion vanilla, the tantalizing hot caramel sauce dripping off the chopped pecans and delicious brown back of the pudding cake caused me several harsh tones to hurry up with the photo-taking.

Wash it down with some hot ginger and mint tea, soothe the dulling pains of any work day.

Another haunt for a pretty decent selection of cakes and desserts will have to be Barracks.

Yes, yes, slap on my on face, I said I wasn't coming back. But to be fair entirely, we have to try the desserts first before we give the absolute rating right?

To maximise the experience, we ordered 3 cakes to share around, but mainly it was the natural call of greediness. I mean, how on earth were they expecting us to choose only 1 from a wide variety of at least 10?! Each sounding as good, if not, better as we go down the list. So we ordered the strawberry shortcake, the apple and pecan tart with butterscotch and the peanut butter cake with lemon frosting. One at a time:

Strawberry shortcake - The soft sponge lightly dusted with icing sugar was well paired with the warm strawberry coulis and the crisply baked tart-base. I like.
Apple butterscotch cake - As sweet as the name sounds, this cake, strangely was only moderately tooth-aching. The pairing of apple and butterscotch and the occasional pecan crunch was quite pleasant and a distinct difference from the strawberry cake, hence neither dampening the highlights of either.

Peanut Butter cake - This four layer cake alternates each layer - vanilla and chocolate - is only mildly reminiscent of peanut butter. This is probably a wise decision as too heavy on the spread would have been to overpowering and "je-lat". The lemon frosting was a little too out-of-place for me, but was well received with my dining companion, so I guess it can be a hit or a miss.

2 kg heavier with far too much sugar and butter, I think we explored most of the cake-possibilities within Dempsey. Anything sweeter, would probably be found in the B & J house just round the corner. Anyway, cake craving fixed, time to get on with life...