Pantler's Strawberry Shortcake

I'm not into desserts, or fancy cakes. I really don't mind good cakes. But I don't have much opportunity to taste them. I'm too lazy to stalk the home bakers, and I don't get cravings for cake often. Once in a while, I'll look for good cake at the commercial bakeries/patisserie. 

I used to love Henri Charpentier's strawberry shortcake, all the way at their first outlet in Dempsey. I ate SO MUCH. Hahaha. Then the outlets grew and the cake got sweeter, and I didn't like after a while. After tasting a few done by the various patissiers and bakeries, I made do with Rive Gauche's. But that meant I don't eat it often. Maybe once in three months or so. Then I discovered Pantler. Now, I've pledged new allegiance to Pantler's strawberry shortcake. (Till the kitchen tinkles with the recipe again.) 🍰

Pantler has a lovely space, and a rather pleasant patio for the dog to wait while we get takeout boxes. Luckily we have been stopping at the patissier for quick coffees and cake for the past few weeks. It hasn't even been a month since we moved out of P2HA and we're now back to it, with no dining-in allowed, and social gatherings down to two. THIS WHOLE THING SUCKS. 

That morning, along with the dog's morning walk, we hopped in to Pantler. She loves being out and about with us, and running errands too. She likes feeling important. Hahaha. It was a really hot morning. We stopped for coffee, and one cake. We also got two boxes of cakes to-go. One box was for the friends'. I gamely tried Pantler's 'Ivory', and decided that I like it too. It's a cheesecake mousse with fig jam, and sablé. It's oddly light and savory more than sweet. 

However, because I ate three cakes under 24 hours (¾ of an Opera, a Strawberry Shortcake and ¾ of an Ivory), I had the most terrible runs in the middle of the night. It was so bad that I had to pop two dhamotils and four charcoal pills within six hours. I'm not lactose-intolerant, but the body doesn't seem to like all that butter and cream and such. So it purged. THREE CAKES. At least I didn't vomit. Okay there, no more cakes till September.