Sweet Impressions

Excellent food! We ordered from here when I was co-​running Fun Lunch for my kid’s school and they never disappointed. Cute merchandise too!
Was disappointed this summer when I came in to buy some treats before a party though… staff were unfriendly and unenthusuastic when I asked for their help. If I hadn’t had the Fun Lunch experience, I probably would never return.

Sweet Impressions had its first location in St. Boniface on Tache but has recently moved (Nov 2011) to Stafford Avenue, in a stripmall behind the Price Choppers. The store/​decorating/​bakery has moved into quite a very large space. They sell a small assortment of bakery accessories (like cookie cutters), retro aprons for women and kids, lots of pre-​packaged decorated sugar cookies, regular cookies, a small decorating classroom and of courses cupcakes. They even make mini cupcakes and regular cakes for weddings and other celebrations but that has to be ordered in advance. This is a 100% nut/​peanut free bakery.
So onto the cupcakes! They are made from scratch and cost $ 3/​each. The flavours change daily so check out their website but chocolate and vanilla flavours are available Tues to Sun. The cake itself has a dry exterior but a surprisingly non-​dry interior. The cake isn’t super moist but is moist enough so definitely best eaten the day of or the next day. The cake is at the right level of sweetness for me, which means it probably isn’t sweet enough for some but I find that it works well to balance off the generous amount of frosting. There’s also a cute smiley face sugar cookie topped on each cupcake which gives it a nice distinction from other cupcake places. The cookie was cute but way too sweet… the cookie and the icing was like sugar overload — too much. Good cupcake.
I didn’t find the service too warm or informative when I asked about a few things. Overall, decent bakery with good hours and a cute retro décor.

This cute new little shop sure has delicious cupcakes. I checked this place out over the weekend after hearing a lot of advertising for the place. I wasn’t quite sold on the hype. The cupcakes really were delicious, I must say. But at almost $ 3.00 a piece, I would have much rather spent $ 8.00 on an awesome piece of cake at Baked Expectations.
I do like them because they do custom orders and everything is made fresh daily. Pricey, but definitely worth it!