The service, location and interior of Sweet Lorraine's is great! 5 stars. It's so welcoming inside, although it's oddly quiet (background music might be nice). I tried a lot of the sweets, but unfortunately wasn't super impressed. \n\nSWEET LORRAINE - This is a combo item with a brownie on bottom and a chocolate chip cookie on top. It was so dry and hard I found it almost inedible. In fact, 3/4 of it is still sitting on my counter with no takers. I could tell that the flavors were nice, but it was either overcooked or too stale. I actually really love crispy brownies and cookies, but not so hard that I can't cut it with a sharp knife. While this was touted as one of their specialties, I'd skip it.\n\nTRES LECHES CUPCAKE - Also proclaimed a specialty of this bakery, I was excited to try it. I found it wet and bland. My brother thought it was good and tasted like Cinnamon Toast Cruch cereal, but I didn't get that. The cake part is pretty wet and liquid-y, as one would expect from a Leche cake. The \"frosting\" was either a marshmallow or merengue. Interesting, but not amazing.\n\nLEMON BAR - This was actually perfect. 5 Stars. Tart and sweet, with a rich buttery crust. If you like lemon bars, get this. It's great. And best eaten cold.\n\nCOOKIE - Unfortunately, the best thing I had from here was a cookie that I didn't photograph and can't remember the flavor. It had pecans, like their version of a pecan sandie. It was so good I couldn't stop myself from stuffing it in my face like I was starving. \n\nCUPCAKES - \nSTRAWBERRY with GANACHE FILLING and CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM - Generally, I didn't think the buttercream frostings were very flavorful. They were light and creamy, but didn't have the rich butter flavor I like in a good buttercream frosting. The strawberry flavor was indiscernible and the ganache was too small of an amount to taste. Not a fan of this flavor. Although I will admit that all of the cupcakes I tried were soft and fresh. Which unfortunately is sometimes unusual at cupcakeries. \n\nPASSIONFRUIT with BUTTERCREAM FROSTING - Again, the buttercream was tasteless, but the passionfruit cake was really tasty! Tart and citrusy, the flavor of the cake really shone. \n\nRED VELVET with WHITE CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING - The cake was not memorable, but the frosting was very good. I'd love to get a passionfruit cupcake with this white chocolate cream cheese frosting. If I had, maybe I'd have given 5 stars. \n\nLEMON BLUEBERRY MUFFIN - The flavors were really great. I definitely tasted the lemon, and the fresh blueberries popped. But it was hard. :/ The whole muffin was dense and hard. I was not tempted to eat a second bite. \n\nBecause the service was so nice and the interior was so welcoming, and because I can tell this is a local shop that I'd love to support, I will be back to try a few different items. Hopefully I will find a few that I can't live without.
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