It's the Icing on the Cake

Bakery: It's the Icing on the Cake 
Address: 1238 Queen St E, Toronto ON
Website: http://itstheicingonthecake.ca/
Style: North American, Cakes
Price: $$ 

The final stop of a one-day Leslieville tour, Icing on the Cake, as the name somewhat gives away, is predominantly a cake shop. As with many cake places, just taking a look at the website alone would give the impression that all they do is custom cakes; however, their cotton candy pink store does offer a considerable selection of what I would call bakery classics: they have cookies, tarts and squares. Yes, there are still several flavours of cupcakes, but there are options for those that both cupcake-inclined and not. :P

 From the selection of squares, including brownies and some sort of apple crumble squares, I picked out the berry crumble ($2.75). This is the sort of homestyle cake I like, hence why I didn't hesitate in choosing it: simple and straightforward with different berries on a shortbread bottom and a nice amount of crumble on top. However, taking my first bite, I was a little disappointed at how it ended up being drier than I expected; not sure whether it was the proportions, dough style, or freshness. There was maybe too much dough compared to the other components, since the fruit should have helped, or the top was a little too baked, which dried out the fruit not covered by any crumble. Being a lover of crumble, some more of that would have been appreciated as well. Crumble is, as everyone should know, a wonderful thing. ;) Overall, I feel like, no matter how pretty their cakes are in photos, their other stuff could be better.

Rating: **