Blue Magnolia

I've been teaching this boy tuition for two and a half years already. Just opposite from where he stays is this row of shophouses. While whiling my time away waiting for my buses home, there was this particular store which I took notice of. It was a grooming place for dogs. Being a dog-owner, I love to see white fluffy dogs being groomed. Unfortunately, this store didn't last long. Then came Blue Magnolia. It replaced the grooming shop and looked rather interesting to me. I always had half a mind to try it since it looked rather intriguing. But the white minimalist design of the store always made me hesistate. It kind of scared me off as I didn't dare to step in for fear of disturbing the tranquil quiet in there.

And then I stumbled upon some reviews of Blue Magnolia and suprisingly, it was a rather popular cake shop.

MacPherson Road
It is situated along MacPherson Road, along the many private houses there.

External view of Blue Magnolia shop
It's siutated at the right most of a row of shophouses. Recently they revamped the layout of the shop and it seemed much more welcoming than before. Just be sure to note though, that the shop is mainly for customers to take-away the cakes. It's usually better to pre-order your pastries before going, but for the mini pastries, they did have enough on that day for walk-in customers.

The box- pretty nice design, though my designer sister felt it lacked uniqueness. Designers are perpetually fussy creatures aren't they?
Anyway, I decided to purchase a box of 9 pastries. It consists of a variety of mini tarts and cakes.

Behold my gorgeous pastries!
From Top (left to right): Chocolate Almond Creampuff, Opera cake, Chocolate fudge cake
Middle: Molten Chocolate cake, New York Cheesecake, Blueberry cheesecake
Bottom: Azuki Greentea cake, Rocky Road cake, Opera cake (repeated)

In order of the pastries eaten:

Opera Cake
This cake was rather forgettable unfortunately. The chocolate was ok, but it was the cream in between the layers that turned me off. It tasted of cheap butter cream used in cheap cakes. I personally prefer the fresh cream used in other cake shops like Four leaves and Crystal Jade Bakeries. Cream should always be fresh and light, not oily and buttery. 2/5

Another shot of the Opera cake

Chocolate Almond cream puff
Again, I hate the cream they used in their cakes. In this cream puff they used a sizeable amount of cream and that totally put me off. I would head down for Beard Papa anytime then to choose this. 2/5

Rocky Roadcake
I would say that the saving grace of this cakeshop is their chocolate series. The rocky road cake was really delicious and yummy because the heavy fudge texture went really well with the marshmellows. I liked the fudge used here. Perhaps the strength of this cake came about as a result of there not being any butter cream present. 3/5

Azuki Green Tea cake
It had a rather refreshing taste, but unfortunately again, the butter cream within the layers totally spoilt it for me. 2.5/5

Molten Chocolate cake
I liked this the best out of the whole lot of pastries. I read somewhere that the chocolate used by this cakeshop is of top-notch chocolate. Again, 'no cream' equated good news for me. I liked the thick smooth chocolatey texture of this "cake". While to some, it might be just a whole mash of chocolate goo, it was totally delightful and totally sinful for me. 3.5/5

New YorkCheesecake
This wasn't too bad either but nothing spectacular. 3/5

It has a nice base that complements its taste.

Blueberry cake
Again, the cream didn't justify the otherwise sour-sweet blueberry filling. 2.5/5

Another shot of the blueberry cake.

Chocolate fudge cake
Somehow this cake tasted just like a typical average brownie. Nothign special again. 2.5/5

Verdict: I spent $14.20 for the box of 9 pastries. While the idea of marketing small pastries in bite-sizes to consumers is a rather ingenious idea (because greedy people like me can try a whole load of varieties without being all bloated), I would say that the pastries were quite disappointing. The chocolate and the cheesecakes were the best. On the whole, the cakes were mediocre and did not made much of an impression on me. Rather forgettable I must add. I definitely wouldn't go all the way out for these cakes. The cakes that had cream in them were really very disappointing for me. Still, I liked the Molten chocolate cake and that would be the only justification for me, in going all the way out for those cakes. Perhaps their tarts and cookies are better, because I read somewhere that they were marketing their chinese new year cookies at a major fair. Let me know then if you ever try it. There were many other mini pastries I didn't try too. Maybe if I ever needed a quick fix for my sweet tooth after teaching...

Vist their website for more information! Click here to place your online orders!
I would recommend calling ahead before making that trip down all the way. ;)

Blue Magnolia
Contact no: (+65) 62844227
439 MachPherson Road
Operating Hours: Tue-Fri (11am-8pm), Sat-Sun (9am-5pm)
Closed on Monday

Email: sales@bluemag.net

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