The Cake Queen & Coffee Bar - Bakery, South San Francisco

132 Brentwood Dr, South San Francisco CA 94080
(650) 593-CAKE
Hours: Wed-Thurs 7am-3:30pm, Fri 7am-5pm, Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 9am-2pm, Closed Mon-Tues
Parking: street parking, nearby public parking lot
https://www.bayareacakequeen.com/

Last Visited: December 8, 2023

Food: 3 star ube tres leches

Atmosphere: 3 stars

Price: $$

Service: 4 stars

I had been hearing about The Cake Queen for some time and was hoping to try their ube cupcakes to celebrate a special occasion.  Unfortunately, they didn't have any and when I asked when they usually have them, the nice lady at the counter said that there isn't a specific day of the week when they show up, but you can always order them - dozen minimum.

She recommended that I try the ube tres leches since this is one of their most popular offerings, noting that people create tiktoks about it. While this latter fact wasn't what sold me, since I enjoy ube, I would settle for this which wouldn't be that bad.  

- Ube Tres Leches - The cake is pre-packaged in a plastic box and topped with whipped cream and ube dust.  The cake is heavily soaked with the pretty purple milk (if it's like typical tres leches, it's condensed milk, evaporated milk, and regular milk).  I thought this was a rather large amount of milk - you can see from the photo that it's not just soaked, but pretty mc swimming in the milk.  At first bite, it's quite sweet and the ube flavor is not prominent.  As you continue with additional bites, the sweetness is not as prominent.  One unusual thing I noticed after the two separate sittings of eating this cake is that I felt extremely thirsty after this.  I wasn't sure if it's because of the sugar or something else, but I rarely have that response to sweets.  

It's a pretty purple and the cake is thoroughly soaked, but I probably wouldn't order this again.  Service is friendly, but maybe their other baked goods and desserts would be better to try.