Well after reading all the hype, I went down to Society Bakery yesterday afternoon to check it out. The place looked typical of a small shop on Greenville Ave, with a few bakery type decorations around the shop. It’s also connected to a cafe next door. They have a large display case filled with cupcakes and other treats.
I decided to try 4 different cup cakes to bring home. Italian cream, chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. I also snagged a chocolate chip cookie for good measure, since I love those with a passion. The chocolate chip cookie was very good, and soft throughout. I’m not a fan of hard cookies (i.e. Chips Ahoy type).
I took the treats home and ate the Italian cream, when I noticed the size of the actual cup. You know those cupcake baking cups you get from grocery stores to put in pans. Well, this baking cup was about half the size of those, which I found odd. The whole concoction is huge with A LOT of icing on top. I found the ratio of icing to cake to be too large. I like a nice even amount of icing to go with each bite of cake, but they went overboard on the icing. The Italian Cream had bits of walnut on top, which added some much needed texture with the gobs of icing. Flavor was good.
The cupcakes looked great though and very appealing. Taste wise they were a little too sweet, which can probably be attributed to the excessive icing. I snagged a few bites of the chocolate cupcake this morning and it was good. I can’t comment on the other flavors yet, since I haven’t eaten them yet. 4 cupcakes and a chocolate chip cookie ended up being around $13 which is ridiculous, but I splurged just to say I experienced it.
Society Bakery
3426 B Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 827-1411