Cupcake Affair

When I heard about Cupcake Affair, I was very curious and excited. Cupcakes remind me of the good old times in Covent Garden, London and the cupcake shops where I used to go on some weekends.

Cupcake Affair offers a range of cupcake flavours in two size, regular and mini.

I have been to this place twice and tried several flavors so far. My favourites are Gigolo (Amaretto Cake with Marzipan & Amaretto Topping)  & the Cinnamon and Apple Cake with vanilla topping with is named as the "Special of the Month". The cakes are soft, moist and tasty. The frostings are just perfect, creamy and light.

 Gigolo - Amaretto Cake with Marzipan & Amaretto Topping

The shop has clean decor and accessories. The cupcakes are displayed in a fridge which is faced as you walk in. They also have funny names for the cupcakes, such as Monica Lewinsky, Marilyn Monroe, Casanova, Romeo & Juliet, etc.

The prices are 5.90CHF for the regular-size cupcakes and 3.50CHF for the minis.

I haven't tasted any of the mini-size ones yet but I am very curious about the Tonka (Tonka bean cake with rose flavoured topping ) and Salt'n Caramel (Chai flavoured cake with caramel topping with Fleur de Sel).  Nex time, I will get my usual regular-size ones for take away and these two to try immediately over the white fluffy mat outside the shop :-)

So, what’s our final take on Cupcake Affair? It’s definitely worth a visit, especially if you love to mix and match your flavors.

Cupcake Affair
Spitalgasse 12
8001 Zürich
+41 (0) 76 461 _ 04 64

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Cakefriends

Cakefriends is a cafe/pastry shop close to Bellevue and Niederdorfstr in Zurich.

We've already been to this place multiple times and finally decide to share our opinions about it.

Cakefriends is decorated nicely, mostly in white, with newish style cool furtinure. The environment is quite cosy, you really feel comfortable there. There are around 20 seats. They also do take away.

 The menu books go into a pocket inside the table 

This morning, we were there again for breakfast. First we had croissants with butter(floralp brand) and raspberry jam. The jam and butter were nice, the croissant as well. The croissants were not warm today but if you get lucky and get them when still warm (like we did couple of weeks ago), try not to eat your fingers with it. After the croissants, we had some caramel/walnut cake. The cake was not bad either. It comes in two pieces and with some chocolate cream which complements the cake nicely. The cake was baked nicely, it was not dry and it still had that slight humid consistence which I really like in my cake. We had some tea along with our food, the tea was good quality. We ordered the 75 cl lazy dazy(early grey) which comes in a glass tea can, it was quite nice. Tea comes with rock candy. For 3 croissants, 2 portions of butter & jam, 1 portion of caramel cake and 75 cl we paid 28 francs.

The food selection you can find in Cakefriends is large I would say. (For german speakers: Here is the menu here is the menu) They have all sorts of normal cakes. On top of that they have muffins,tarts,cakes with cream, quiches, salads, sandwiches, even a daily soup. Most of the stuff is good and price is reasonable for Zurich. The place is quite popular, on weekends you might have difficult time finding a free table.

 My personal favorite food in this place is the latte machiato muffin. If you are close to Bellevue/Niederdorf Zurich, go visit this place, you will probably like it.

Cake Friends
Torgasse 3
8001 Zürich
044 262 28 08

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