Did the ‘great princess’ really utter this infamous phrase or Rousseau simply made it up to cover his arse? Until this day, it remains a scholarly mystery… meanwhile, in our household, we simply dug in and ate our cake!
“Exotic & Intense blend of Beetroot, Pistachio & Chocolate layered Chiffon with Apricot Compote, Fresh Cream and crowned with Dark & White Chocolate Cake with Hand-painted Sugar Butterfly”
Such is the seductive description for Mrs B’s Cakery‘s Madame Butterfly on her website.
Madame Butterfly Signature Cake
Source: Mrs B’s Cakery Website
Enthralled by the descriptions?
Now, just wait ’til you see the Grande Dame arriving in the most gorgeous and stylish packaging – cue in the luxurious Hermés burnt-orange paper bag and a rich charcoal coloured box adorned with exotic butterflies. As one opens up the cupboard box, one is teased by the words, “Love at First Bite” printed on the inside cover … and further poked playfully by the romanticism of Tiffany blues and staid banker’s black-and-white zebra stripes.
Much anticipation on the merry arrival of the Cake in Hermes-y burnt orange carry bag
If if this doesn’t make your heart flutter, I don’t know what will…
Madame Butterfly
Well, silly me, a bite of the CAKE of course…
Stick in a birthday sparkler (that came with the cake) and LET THE PARTY BEGIN!
Madame Butterfly in its sparkling glory
The cake is an adventurous play in textures – nutty sablés biscuit base, 3 layers of unconventionally flavoured chiffon cake combo in beetroot, pistachio and chocolate sandwiched by cream and apricot compote further imparting a ‘lil tartiness (no pun intended) to the cake.
The heart of the cake is cream with apricots.
A pretty dense cake
Taste-wise, a rather bland tasting cake suitable for the health-conscious and those without a sweeth-tooth. Tangy apricots and smooth butter cream gel the different flavoured layers – although one could not discern the different flavours in the chiffon layers.
At a whooping $580 for 500g. This is a DARN EXPENSIVE! Then again, the chocolate sugar painted butterfly is worth its weight in gold (pun intended)
Hand-painted Chocolate Butterfly
Verdict? The cake delivered in every aspect Ms Gokson envisioned – from the chic whimsical packaging right down to the tiniest dieter‘s morsel!
Now, what would you expect from the Ms Bonnie Gokson? THE style icon and trend-setter in Hong Kong (according to Hong Kong Tatler mag)!
If you are near Admiralty, do drop in at the newly-minted Queen of Confections’ bright and cheerful cakery Pacific Place.
Cheerio! 😘
Cakery: Check out the colourful unicorn head!
Cakery: Butterflies and teapots, and everything sweet
Sitting Alfresco in the Mall
Out For a Long Lunch 
Nice post! I was almost tempted to try their modernized mooncakes but couldn’t quite convince myself to purchase them..
Yes, I fell in love with the overall packaging and presentation… But deep down, my true love is the Swiss roll from Maxim’s!! 😱
I’ll have to give that a try 🙂
I like them chilled – so the cream hardens a bit. For $10 (if I remember correctly), a fantastic deal!
I love it, I’m currently looking for some idea’s for my husband’s bday and since he’s scared of a butteflies and moths that would be perfect haha 🙂 bit pricy but I would nomm it 🙂 and those colors… I’m really in love 🙂
Wow! Looking forward to see your post on the birthday cake!