Whiskey Cake, farm to kitchen american style

Why do we come to Whiskey Cake?  Simple answer....for their Whiskey Cake!

Whiskey Cake has a woody and rustic feel to it.  They have an open bar and they offer an abundance of cocktails, booze, and fresh squeeze juice blends.  Whiskey Cake focuses on local ingredients so their customers can get the farm fresh goodness.  We sat at the bar this time because if you wanted a table the wait was around 30 min, but if you don't mind sitting at the bar, there was no wait, and the chairs were actually pretty comfortable.

They also offer an open bloody mary bar if that is your thing.  Us on the other hand, we prefer not to start our days with alcohol...so we chose two fresh squeeze juice blends instead.  We chose their Little Pink Drink and the Hulk.  Both were so refreshing and delightful!  We just wish we had more and the cups were bigger.

We chose 2 starters, a brunch entree, 2 sides, and Whiskey Cake.

Our appetizers...Deviled Eggs and Lobster Roll.

Their Deviled Eggs vary every time.  They make different kinds so you are in for a surprise.  The Deviled Eggs we had that day had kind of a Vietnamese flare to it.  They tasted kind of like a Bahn Mi, well the ingredients on it was what you would expect to be in your Bahn Mi. Pretty disappointing by our standards to just top a boiled egg with carrots, cilantro, and siracha.

Their Lobster Rolls were pretty good.  They put an abundance amount of sweet lobster meat on the rolls and they were great with the mayo sauce.  The lobster seemed a little bit over done though.  If you ask us, I think the lobster roll at the Sea Breeze Market is hands down better than Whiskey Cake's.  

Our brunch entree was a BIG disappointment!

The Steak Benedict Florentine was very very sad...Other than the fact we waited forever for it to come because they left our order, the preparation was lacking in skill and attention.  On the menu it sounds awesome, but when we tried to poke our fork into the poblano cornmeal biscuit, it was like trying to drill through a rock!  The biscuit was so overly dry and hard, it was kind of hard to believe they can still put this on the menu.  They should have just gone with a simple english muffin and called it a day.  Other than one of the most important ingredients, the egg, hollandaise, and the steak was good.  They were what you would expect from a steak and egg benedict, nothing WOW, but definitely another disappointing part of the meal.

Our two sides were actually very good.   The poblano bacon mac and cheese was delicious.  The mac was just the right consistency, very buttery, and the bacon was chip crisp on top.  The roasted corn succotash, you can tell it was fresh corn!  The corn was crisp fresh and very sweet.  These were simple yet yummy.

Oh course, what's a Whiskey Cake meal without Whiskey Cake.  We rounded off out meal with a dessert.  The cake was moist and had a crusty, chewy side to it.  The sauce was also perfection!  It kind of has a sweeten condense milk consistency to it with a great vanilla flavor, you can tell they used good vanilla beans vs. just the fake vanilla extract flavor.  How can you tell?  By flavor and the abundance of vanilla bean specks in the sauce.  It was yummy and nothing was left on the plate. 

Overall the meal was good but definitely had its low points also.  The atmosphere was causal and comfortable.  We would rate this place a 6.0/10 for flavor, atmosphere, price, and service.  

Whiskey Cake

3601 Dallas Pkwy
Plano, TX 75093