Sin Desserts
200 Allens Ave, Providence RI
Tasting Experience
We were asked to choose four flavors ahead of time to taste at our appointment. We met Jen at the tasting. She was a little on the serious side. She kept talking to John even though Iwas the one who had opinions on our cake. When the tasting was done, she wrapped our leftovers for us to take home. On our way out, Jen shook John’s hand and said “Nice meeting you.” Then I leaned towards her to shook her hand and said “Nice meeting you,” but she didn’t say anything back.
Cake
We tasted Devil’s Food with raspberry filling, Malted Chocolate, Red Velvet with cream cheese filling, and Princess Cake. The Red Velvet and Princess Cake were a little dry. The Malted Chocolate was too rich for me. I loved the Devil’s Food the most. The buttercream frosting was light and delicious. To get a quote, we decided on Devil’s Food with strawberry (fresh strawberries mixed with jam) filling. Click here for a list of their flavors plus descriptions.
Customer Service
I haven’t really dealt much with their customer service. But it took them 3 days to reply to my initial inquiry.
Additional Info
It’s hard to find Sin Desserts coz there’s no big sign on the store. It is located in a building at the corner of Allens Ave and Public St. Park in the parking lot with the wrought iron fence at the corner of the intersection. The entrance to Sin Desserts is on the first floor by the mailboxes of the building across the parking lot.
Price Quote
Jen was supposed to email us the price quote a few days after our tasting. But we already found our baker the day after so I wasn’t able to get the quote. It was my fault, I should have waited for the price quote first. But their prices started at $4/slice.
Other Bakers
Cake Tasting #2: Corby Cakes and Cookies, Cranston RI
Cake Tasting #3: Diane’s Delectables, Warwick RI
Cake Tasting #4: Konditor Meister, Braintree MA
Cake Tasting #5: Montilio’s Bakery, Quincy MA
Glad I read this. A lot of people seem to really like Sin, but I thought Jen was downright unfriendly and she made me uncomfortable. I didn’t think I could get a great sense of her cakes by trying the cupcakes either.
I also wasn’t blown away by Corby’s flavors, even though she was really nice, communicative, and creative.
Try Sweet Sophistications in Providence. By far the best (and most moist) cakes I’ve tried so far. And Roy is really nice (if not the best about email, I’m still waiting for my revised contract that he agreed to do like 2 weeks ago) and was flexible about price.