6/14/2023 0 Comments Utterly free bakery![]() Not that I could have dreamt up Xocolat's location, an elegant marble columned 19th-century passage lined with chic eateries and shops. I thought chocolate shops like this only existed in my dreams. All are open daily apart from Naschmarkt which is closed on Sundays and public holidays. If you only have time for one cafe in Vienna, make it Oberlaa! In addition to this scrumptious selection, Oberlaa also has chilled seasonal desserts, macarons and chocolate truffles gluten-free travellers are well and truly spoiled for choice. At a push, I would say it was my favourite of Oberlaa's exquisite cakes. Oberlaa's version, which is topped with the typical Esterházy pattern, uses hazelnuts instead of almonds and is utterly delicious. As it turns out, the cake has always been gluten-free as it was originally made from layers of almond meringue. I was most excited to see that the Esterházy cake was gluten-free because I have fond memories of eating it in Budapest, where the dessert was created, during my non-gluten-free days. The sponge is wrapped around milk chocolate cream and topped with a swirl of sticky meringue. I almost didn't try the Hollander cake because the description said almond sponge and I'm not a fan of strong almond flavour (marzipan is an insult to desserts in my opinion), but the sponge was super thin and the almond flavour wasn't overpowering. The Kurbad cake is also delicately flavoured, with milk chocolate cream sandwiched between layers of nutty sponge and covered in a nougat icing. It is surprisingly light, subtle in flavour and not at all sickly sweet. ![]() The chocolate mousse cake, with its mirror glaze that you can practically see your reflection in, is not only for hardcore chocoholics. I tried all four of their gluten-free cakes - chocolate mousse, Kurbad, Esterházy and Hollander - and fell equally in love with all of them. If I could only satisfy my cake cravings at one cafe in Vienna, it would be Oberlaa.
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