Sweet Boutique

Bakery: Sweet Boutique 
Address: 471 Jevlan Dr, Woodbridge ON 
Website: http://www.sweetboutique.ca/
Style: Italian 
Price: $$ 

Sweet Boutique is the third and final bakery I got to sample when the brother went to Woodbridge last week and brought back a few boxes of treats. These guys are certainly the fanciest -- judging by their over-the-top, red and gold packaging (apparently the worker couldn't handle it and the manager was called in) they could even add 'the pasticceria with bling' as a subtitle -- and the ones worthiest of the title of a real deal pasticceria, with plenty of pastries and cakes to choose from. To no doubt further enhance this uh, fanciness, the pastries (at $1.75 each) were all quite tiny. Actually, they were literally bite-size and it was a little difficult to really savour them. Splitting them so that everyone can try a little of everything (for the sake of the Cake Tour and a fairer opinion, this is often the case) was impossible. However, the mini pastries *do* allow you to try multiple varieties without feeling too guilty. ;)

Presented on a golden platter (included with purchase :D), the brother picked out four different pastries: an eclair (not sure what to call it), a rum baba, a zeppola, and an eensy weensy cannolino. And it turns out that a lot of the online reviews are right with this one (making a list for the brother of bakery locations, this place regularly came up as the best in Woodbridge): Sweet Boutique makes some good pastries. It's a bit of a shame that they came a little too long after the Great Zeppola Challenge.. maybe next year. Nevertheless, there were rave reviews from everywhere here as well. Despite the size, the zeppola had a healthy dose of amarena cherries and cream, the cannoli were likewise excellent as was the eclair (filled not with white cream, but with chocolate). And that rum baba! Whoa, that was indeed a notable treat. ^.^ The tray underneath it was wet with excess liquor! It was literally soaking.

Yes, Sweet Boutique is definitely worth a visit and came out as champion in the three-bakery trial (though Emily's came up a very, very close second).

Rating: ***1/2