Taste Test: Former Bachelor Canada star Brad Smith picks Toronto’s best chocolate cake

Chopped Canada host and former star of The Bachelor Brad Smith came by Post City to sample 10 of the cityโ€™s most luscious and rich chocolate cakes. Which divine dessert is top tier? Find out here.

WINNER
Phippsย Desserts,ย 1875 Leslieย St., Unit 21, $30.95
โ€œItโ€™s very nostalgic. The texture is beautiful, and it melts in your mouth,โ€ says Smith.

RUNNER-UP
Bobbette & Belle, 3347 Yongeย St., $55
โ€œThis icing is on a different level. This one crosses the thin line between old school and technically nice and beautiful.โ€


A decadentย chocolate creation from Nadรจge Patisserie (IMAGE: CJ BAEK)

Pur noir
Nadรจge, 1099 Yongeย St., $36
โ€œOh wow, this one is good in small amounts, very rich and very delicious. Itโ€™s like the cake version of a Ferrero Rocher.โ€

Hazelnut cakelet
Dufflet, 2638 Yongeย St., $15
โ€œThis is a great merge between chocolate and vanilla flavours,โ€ says Smith. โ€œThe hazelnut is a little bit drowned out though.โ€

Black forestย 
Grodzinski, 3437 Bathurstย St., $23.50
โ€œItโ€™s a delicious black forest cake. Itโ€™s really moist and really rich, even in the cake,โ€ he says. โ€œThe ganache on top is not for me.โ€

Harlequin
Wandaโ€™s Pie in the Sky,ย 287 Augustaย Ave., $30
โ€œThe buttercream is off the charts, the sugar is right on, and the cake is really moist.โ€


An eye-pleasing dessert from Amadeus Patisserie (IMAGE: CJ BAEK)

Signature
Amadeus, 7380 Bathurstย St., $33
โ€œEsthetically from all of them, this was the most beautifully done. The caramel is nice and the hazelnut combines well.โ€

Chocolate tornado
Chocolada, 180 Steelesย Ave. W. $29
โ€œItโ€™s really good. You can taste the rum in the custard, but itโ€™s not overpowering. The mousse is very delicate and not too sweet.โ€

Double chocolate
Dessert Lady, 12 Cumberlandย St., $42
โ€œThis hazelnut icing is how itโ€™s supposed to be done,โ€ he says. โ€œIt tastes amazing, and the cake is really nice and moist.โ€

Classic
Yummy Stuff, 1660 Queen St. W., $25
โ€œThis tastes like the classic Duncan Hines devilโ€™s food chocolate cake. I feel like my sister made this for me,โ€ says Smith.

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