Sunshine Spice Bakery & Cafe — Restaurant in Idaho

Sunshine Spice Bakery & Cafe

On 3/18/21, I visited this Afghan bakery, located in Boise. They have a coffee and tea menu that includes Turkish coffee and Cardamom Latte’s. In addition to baked goods, they have a small menu that consists of: dumpling, avocado tuna salad, traditional soup, avocado toast and stuffed bread.

I bought the following:

Saffron Pudding ($6) - I love saffron and pudding, so this was the item that I was most excited to try. I found it disappointing. The pudding wasn’t as firm as one expects a pudding to be. I didn’t care for the flavor. Though I prefer desserts that are not overly sweet, it could have benefited from the addition of a little more sugar. The flavor is hard to describe. It didn’t have much flavor and the little that it did, wasn’t one I cared for. The top of the pudding was saffron colored, but it didn’t have much of a saffron flavor.

Coffee Orange Financier ($3) - A financier is a small French almond cake that is baked in a mold. It is supposed to be light and moist with a crisp, exterior. I liked the combination of the orange flavored cake and the coffee butter cream frosting, but the cake texture was heavy and dry. If you purchase one, I recommend asking how freshly baked they are.

Saffron Cookie ($1.75) - Like the saffron pudding, the cookie could’ve benefited from the addition of some extra sugar. It was dry and had little flavor.

I would like to revisit this bakery and try some other items, but my first visit was disappointing. — at...

I live nowhere close to Sunshine Spice Bakery, but oh my, is it worth the drive? Absolutely! I live on the other side of the state and this bakery would be well worth visiting again and again!

The interior is spotless inside with beautifully curated art on the walls which complement the beautiful artistic pastries created lovingly by the sisters who run the business.

We sampled several kinds of pastries and I had the cardamom coffee while my friend tried the saffron tea and Turkish coffee. It is a delight to eat things that look beautiful and are presented so well. (Check my photos to see the gorgeous way the Turkish coffee was presented!)

The stand out star for me was the hazelnut choux with craquelin, stuffed to the heavens with chocolate cream with whipped cream on top (my only suggestion would be to candy the hazelnuts that go on top, but that is just a minor detail). The choux should really come with a warning label! Make sure to have plenty of napkins available because it gorgeously filthy and full of cream, and it will go everywhere if you’re not careful!

I also had the stuffed bread (crispy thinly fried bread with potatoes, tomatoes, and onions with spicy garlicky chutney on the side).

Do try this delightful bakery! You will not be...

It is not pleasant to enjoy afternoon tea in this shop, and the price of desserts is far higher than their quality. The taste and taste of all the cakes are not satisfactory. The cake here is not even as good as the doughnut shop here. The mousse cake(which is the opera cake) is as hard as stone. Also, There is almost no moisture in the lemon cake. I feel like I'm chewing volcanic ash.

The attitude of the waiter is puzzling. I ordered a cup of their signature coffee, Turkish coffee. I don't know Turkey, but obviously, I asked the clerk a question with interest: "I've heard that Turkish coffee can be used as a fortune teller. Can you teach me what to do?" I'm sure my attitude is very good, and I didn't make any rude attitude towards the shop assistant. But the clerk's answer surprised me so much that she told me, "if you don't understand, don't do it." After saying this, she left without looking at me.

What I want to say is that since you use Turkish coffee as your Specialty Dish, you should take it seriously. If you want to use your culture to make money, you should do it well. The coffee cup is really beautiful, but this product has no value at all.

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