The second interview in the series features Delcie’s Desserts, a vegan bakery that produces vegan brownies, tea cakes, cup cakes and cakes that are egg-free and dairy-free. If you’re a vegetarian or vegan living in Singapore, you would most definitely have heard of them.

I first knew about Delcie’s from my vegan friends several years ago, but never paid much attention as I was an lacto-ovo vegetarian then. I subsequently came across their desserts while dining at a vegan restaurant a couple of months ago, and immediately became a fan.

To date, I’ve tried Delcie’s brownies and cakes, and they’re absolutely delicious. What I’m most amazed is how Delcie is able to create cakes and desserts with no egg, diary nor butter. Before I came across Delcie’s, I would never have thought this was possible. When I committed to going vegan after my fast in Feb, I was totally okay with not having any brownies or cakes for the rest of my life. So, it was a nice surprise when I came across Delcie’s!

Believe it or not, I found Delcie’s desserts more delicious than its non-vegan counterparts. Even though their desserts are vegan, a number of their customers are actually non-vegetarians and non-vegans, because it’s that good. Also, Delcie’s desserts is a healthier option compared to the non-vegan desserts. They use organic ingredients, and the cakes can be made sugar-free and gluten-free as well.

I bought a Mud Fudge cake, one of Delcie’s most popular cakes, for my mom for Mother’s Day. I loved it. My mom was just happy that I bought a cake – even though she only ate a small slice (she can’t eat too much chocolate because it’s too ‘heaty’, I know she loved it too.

The other thing about Delcie’s cakes is that each cake is made by Delcie’s team, with love. I’m not sure about you, but there’s a difference when a meal is prepared from the heart vs. mass produced with a machine. The former makes you feel nice and fuzzy on the inside, while the latter just feels what it is – a bunch of ingredients mixed together to form a food item that tastes good, but lacks warmth and appeal.

One of Delcie’s main cake selections. This one is the “Deulce De Luche Banana Cake”.

They offer tea cakes too. This is the Banana Walnut Loaf. I haven’t tried it yet but it looks really great.

They do customized cakes as well and are able to produce some extremely creative cake designs. Check them out here: Customized Cake Orders

It brings me great delight to be able to feature Delcie’s Desserts on TPEB, because her business is close to my heart. Being a vegan, I know first hand that businesses like hers do make a difference to people’s lives, especially when we live in a society that caters to a non-vegan lifestyle. With Delcie’s cakes, I’m now able to buy cakes for my family and enjoy them during special occasions (such as Mother’s Day and birthdays).

Delcie’s was started by Delcie Lam in 2008, so it’s been 3 years since it’s been launched. It wasn’t an overnight success – There were many obstacles faced. For example, when Delcie decided to pursue her passion in baking in ’08, she faced resistance from her parents, who felt a business lacked stability compared to a salaried job. Her mom fell sick with cancer not long after Delcie started her business, and Delcie had to deal with the loss of her mom several months later. Business did not do well in the 1st year, even after throwing in all her life’s savings, and she made losses, month after month.

Yet, Delcie persisted with her business, and never gave up. She assessed her obstacles and addressed them one by one. She listened to her customers and took their feedback. She found a need for vegetarian/vegan desserts and changed her business focus to target the vegetarian/vegans. She changed her menu to 100% vegetarian and introduced new options. It’s been less than 3 years, and Delcie’s is now a thriving vegan bakery in Singapore. Today, Delcie’s touches the lives of others, day after day, with her cakes.

Throughout the interview, I found Delcie’s replies to be very heartfelt and earnest, a special touch compared to the other interviews in the series. Like me, her business is more than just a business – it’s a passion and her life.

I hope that you’ll find this interview helpful – I definitely did. I now bring to you Delcie Lam, owner of Delcie’s Desserts:

Read the rest of the interview at: http://celestinechua.com/blog/interview-delcies-desserts/

Most of these conscious parents came to us for their babies’ first year birthday celebration. These parents are finding our bakery a joy to them as coincidentally, we have recently started to introduce our customised cakes and cupcakes that are made with dairy-free, egg-free and even gluten-free frosting and with low G.I./calories cake base. (cake deco many contain nuts unless requested to remove upon order)

We’ve heard from parents considering whether to make/buy two cakes (one for Baby, one for adults). Some have even attempted to bake it themselves. In fact, there is no reason to create that extra work and worries. Relax on your children’s birthday and let us do the job for you to impress your guests with our wonderful guilt-free and sinlessly good baby cakes without having to consider buying two cakes at all!

Below are some creations we did over the last 1 month:

Your baby’s (1st) first year birthday cake doesn’t have to be a sugary or unhealthy cake from a bake shop. Because at Delcie’s, we bake your children’s cake guilt-free, healthier and sinlessly gooooood too!

Gluten-Free version also available.

Place your order at: http://www.delciesdesserts.com/order/customised-orders/

Delcie’s will be featuring her Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free baked products at this market. If you miss out on her SOLD OUT Raspberry, Blueberry and Banana muffins and Chocolate mud fudge cake, you’ve got to come for this one early!

From 8.30am to 2pm, we will also be selling our mooncakes at a promotional offer. If you’re looking to buy our sugarfree mooncakes, join us at Dempsey this Sat! Don’t wait as Mid Autumn Festival ends 22nd Sept!

To all our Muslim friends, Selamat Hari Raya to you!

Being our first virgin bake sales at the Farmers’ Market, it was an eye-opener. The vendors were all so welcoming, the customers were so friendly and the entire street was buzzing with activities the entire morning! If you’ve missed out on this one, try coming for the next one to see for yourself!

This is a totally random shot (must be too tired from the baking that I took it upside down). We were trying to bake so hard for this market the day before.

This was taken at 8.55am in the morning. The early birds were already starting to grab the fresh buys.

She is the Mona Lisa of Delcie’s.

Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free, Organic Muffins – 3 flavours (Raspberry, Blueberry & Banana) SOLD OUT!

In case the previous photo is too dark, here is a clearer photo of our gluten free muffins.

Sections of the setup

Let’s zoom into the cupcakes. They are our Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free & Organic cupcakes! The kids simply can’t take their eyes of these and parents couldn’t refused their temptation. Definitely a trap for all ages! ;P

How can we ever miss our signature Mud Fudge Cake? These are Delcie’s Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free, Organic Chocolate Mud Fudge cake that melts in your mouth. Made with 70% dark organic chocolate, these soy-free delectable are bound to set you coming back for more! We have customers bagging home more than 4 slices each leaving the rest with little to enjoy. SOLD OUT!

Our partner, Denise, tempting the little girl with her vegan ice-cream! Yummy!

With our sugar free mooncakes by the side, those with a quick eye would spot our on-site promotion! Those bagging them home were surprisingly not local Chinese but the foreign expats who truly enjoy our local culture of mooncake feasting. They can’t stop telling us how great our mooncake taste compared to those they had tried from the hotels. ;P

To end, we really had a fantastic fun time at the market! Hope we’ll be there again to see you soon If you really can’t wait until then. Just hit on our cake order page and you know what to do

Wait no more as we are going down to Loewen Rd Farmers’ Market this SATURDAY!

We’ll be selling our organic, egg-free, dairy-free, gluten-free cupcakes and signature Chocolate Mud Fudge during this event. If you’re keen to try our mooncakes and buy a box home, we’ll also be bringing our mooncakes along! See below for more directions information.

Farmers’ Market?4
4 September, 8.30am to 2pm
Loewen Gardens, 75-81 Loewen Road?? [map]

Getting to Loewen Gardens: ?Via Dempsey, follow signs to Loewen Cluster. ?From Tanglin Road, turn onto Ridley Park Road. Continue past the black and white homes on your left. Enter Tanglin Village and Loewen Road. The first building on your right is Loewen Gardens, Block 75-81 Loewen Road. Just beyond the building is a carpark.