Dolcini by Joseph

Bakery: Dolcini by Joseph Inc.
Address: 10462 Islington Ave, Kleinburg ON (one other location)
Website: http://www.dolcini.ca/
Style: European, Italian 
Price: $$$

(Yet) another hiking trip, yet another Cake Tour. ;) This time, the brother went to Kleinburg, a northwestern offshoot of Vaughan, and brought back two lovely treats from Dolcini, a fancier patisserie where unique desserts seem to border on works of art. ^^ The name, however, seemed so familiar that the first thing I did when my brother brought back the box was run and check if I hadn't already reviewed their other North York location. Nope. As such, I have no idea where this deja vu came from, unless, that is, I'd put it down on a past to-visit list and had never had the opportunity to try it out.

Nonetheless, I did get my chance this time! :) Dolcini is, like said above, certainly more of a cake/pastry shop than a bakery, but I'm sure that doesn't bother anyone, with several individual and larger desserts, many of which resemble multi-layered mousse cakes. It's not overtly clear what anything is, in terms of flavour, and there are no prices (to help matters, the brother can't remember how much he paid, only that the place on the whole screamed "expensive"... and yet he doesn't remember how much it came to. *rolls eyes*); he picked out one chocolatey one -- which turned out to be a cheesecake -- and one lighter one, this ending up being a citrus mousse.

The first: this was more or less a chocolate cheesecake coated in chocolate and then topped with chunks of walnuts and a layer of dulce de leche. Don't forget the drizzle of what seems to be white chocolate on top. In taste, this was very good, but, the description alone being enough of an indication, this was RICH (Yes, in capitals ;D) and two samplers pointed out that it was also too sweet. In terms of size, it didn't look like that big, but I'm not sure how one person could wolf this down in one go unless they were in the midst of some mental crisis (LOL) and needed a lot of indulgence. Certainly not for the calorie-conscious, that's for sure... but then again, you wouldn't be here if you were~~ ;P

The second cake up for trying proved to be a sort of grapefruit mousse with white cake in the middle and... it was delicious! Mmmm... everyone went crazy for this one and the purchaser said that it was like biting into a piece of fresh fruit, that's how intense the flavour was. Not too sweet with a little bit of citrus tanginess, this was incredibly good. In fact, I'd trade the chocolate cheesecake in for another one of these!

And thus, despite the somewhat cheesy name (dolcini = little sweets), this place proved that they take those little sweets seriously -- fantastic find!    

Rating: ***1/2