Last Friday, I shared a strawberry cream cake that I had purchased at Cafe Sironia with some good friends during a visit to my favorite local coffee shop and, as I cut into its deliciously balanced strawberry and vanilla flavors, random strangers began to approach me, asking where they could get their own creamy strawberry cake.
It was an interesting experience, I had originally brought the cake to share with my friends over some homework, but as the day went on, I had more and more people that I didn’t know asking if they could try it. Their remarks caught me by surprise.
“It tastes like springtime,” said Baylor student Brice Sanders.
“It is so light and fluffy,” said Brittany Caldwell, a local hospice nurse.
I informed both Sanders and Caldwell that the strawberry cream cake had come from a cafe down the street by the name of Sironia, which doubles as a women’s clothing shop and jewelry store. I went in to pick the cake up that very day and I wondered why, in the three years I have lived in Waco, I hadn’t stopped by before. The shop definitely caters to my wife’s personal tastes in clothing, fragrance, and jewelry, and it hides a killer cafe at its center. The cafe serves burgers and sweets among other items, but the personable staff and friendly faces at the counter had me at “hello.”
I highly recommend swinging by Sironia and picking up a cake for any special occasion or for a light lunch when you need to do some shopping for your significant other or even for yourself.
Oh, make sure to try slice of strawberry cream cake. It really is a crowd pleaser.
