Cocoa Locale — Local services in Montreal

When we moved to Montreal, one of our local friend introduced this cute and dreamy pastry in middle of town🥹🩷. For 2&half years the first pastry shop pop up in my mind for birthday cake is here😍. It's local pastry shop and the baker is really kind and friendly woman with big smile and ready to explain and help you to chose🥰. We tried different types of cakes: Classic Chocolate, Orange & Cardemom, Vanilla & Honey, Rose & Vanilla, Lavender & Honey, all of them are so tasty, soft, creamy, the ratio of cake and icing is amazing, their look is cute and dreamy and simple with reach flavors and combination of flavors will be different every time you go there. I personally love other flavors than chocolate cake here. Doesn't have reservation and it's first come first serve and better to pick up cake within first hours of opening to have various choices, her cake is coming in two different sizes which is small and other one is a bit bigger. It's cash only. My friends always love the cakes I bought for their birthdays from here and they always ask for the address😍. Love this shop with all cakes/cupcakes and cute...

I am super fussy when it comes to chocolate cake. quite a few years ago, A friend of mine celebrated my birthday with a cake from Cocoa Locale. the only thing I remember about that cake was that it was great. so, this year, as I was walking by the wee storefront, I stopped in and had a little chat with Reema Singh, the wonderful baker at Cocoa Locale. she doesn't take reservations, but I told her my story about my previous cake and my fussiness, and told her it was my birthday again, and asked her if she wouldn't save me a small traditional chocolate cake. she said she would. when I came back to pick it up, not only was it the most lovely little chocolate cake you have ever seen, but she remembered who I was and we had another nice little chat. there is a secret ingredient in this cake, that you can't taste when it's cold but when it's at room temperature it sneaks out. this morning, on my real birthday, I had a slice of that beautiful cake and some Lebanese coffee with cardamon. Reema, you know what I'm...

I discovered this little gem over 20 years ago... After moving across the city, I found myself back in the neighborhood a few months ago—and suddenly, I remembered the unforgettable chocolate chai cake! SIMPLY THE BEST. The texture, the flavors—absolutely perfect. Today was my son’s 17th birthday, and that memory came rushing back… so across town I went, hoping for a slice of nostalgia. And there it was—serendipity! The last two traditional chocolate cakes (not chai, but still divine).

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