Financier Patisserie… again

I’ve written about Financier Patisserie for lunch in the past, finding it palatable and pleasant though not a must-eat.  I haven’t actually been back for lunch, mostly because I prefer bringing my lunch as often as possible, but I found myself on cake-duty last week and so I returned to the glorious glass case at Financier that houses an assortment of gorgeous cakes.

My darling coworker – one of the most genuinely sweet women you’ll ever meet, slightly off the path but in that lovable way that endears her to you – recently turned “I really don’t know how old she is” and of course, the girls in my group had to get together and throw her a little party.  I was put in charge of procuring a cake (yes, that’s what cake-duty is, who knew?).  Immediately, my thoughts turned to Financier.

Well, this is what I got.

Chocolate flourless cake with a raspberry jam overlay (hidden underneath the chocolate petals).

Judging by my coworker’s raves, it was a wise choice.  The dense, moist, almost mousse-like texture of the cake against the smoothly sweet, slightly sticky quality of the raspberry jam was perfect for a late afternoon snack.  Everyone came to tell me how good a job I did picking the cake (!) and I kind of felt proud that I’d blindly picked the one I thought looked good in the case, without ever having tasted the cake.

The 7″ size was $20, and was well sized for a small office birthday gathering (we generally only allot for our immediate group, 6 grown women). 

Yvo says: It was tasty enough that I’d definitely get the next birthday cake from here, if I were on cake-duty again (I won’t be; my birthday is the next one coming).  The fudginess is something you have to like though, some people don’t like flourless chocolate cake for this very reason.
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