Advantages of Riding the Bus, part two: cake
If I hadn’t found myself at the Tacoma Doma bus station with time on my hands and the craving for a latte on my mind, I wouldn’t have found a reason to look around for a place to get some coffee and therefore would not have encountered Celebrity Cake Studio [CCS site] at Freighthouse Square. As it happens, I did, and I’m glad because cake is one of my favorite things and Celebrity Cake Studios does cake right.
The shop attached to the bakery is bright and inviting and the service was friendly and helpful. I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t get my latte decaffeinated, but, hey, they’re not a coffee shop, they’re a cake shop. And what a cake shop! Choosing which slice of cake I wanted was an actual challenge because there were a large and wide variety of cake options from which to choose, each and every one of them looking appealing. Even the chocolate–and I am no fan of chocolate cake. Ultimately I chose a white cake with a raspberry ribbon and was glad of it, but I have a feeling I would have been happy with any of my choices. The cake was moist and flavorful, the filling was tasty without overpowering the rest of the cake and the frosting was light and frothy.
It might seem a small point, but I appreciated getting my to go slice packaged in a small box: if you’ve ever been given a slice of cake in a bag, you’ll know why. I carried my box all the way up to Seattle before eating it and it survived being bounced around as I walked back to the bus stop, got on the bus, rode all the way up to Seattle, got off and took another bus home without any damage.
You don’t have to go all the way to Tacoma to get it: their cakes are sold at area Metropolitan Markets and Thriftways. If you’re going to Tacoma anyway, though, you might as well head down to another location that sells Celebrity Cake Studio cakes, the Point Defiance Zoo, and have your cake and eat it at the zoo.
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White cake with the raspberry ribbon is the scourge of the cake world! The damn thing shows up at countless weddings, anniversary’s and the like. I for one am sick of that damn cake and wish it to be banned from production in all bakeries!
OK, I feel better now, go back to eating your cake and thank you for your time.
Tony,
So you’re saying I can have your piece?
Awesome!