Tracycakes partners with celebrity chef Vikram Vij to bring the Sultan’s Jewel to My Shanti restaurant.
Submitted. “East meets sweet” with a new partnership between Tracy Dueck, founder of Tracycakes Bakery Cafe and celebrity chef Vikram Vij to deliver a custom Tracycakes’ dessert now available exclusively at My Shanti by Vikram Vij in South Surrey.
Pictured: Celebrity Chef Vikram Vij and Tracy Dueck, owner of Tracycakes Bakery Cafe at My Shanti in South Surrey.
After a chance meeting at a business event in Langley, Dueck pitched Vij on a South Asian inspired dessert that would blend Tracycakes’ signature decadent cakes with the flavours of India for a unique dessert creation. That creation became a custom cake called The Sultan’s Jewel, an ultra-moist chocolate cake infused with a silky coconut and cardamon infused custard, and crowned with a rich dark chocolate cinnamon ganache and an exotically-spiced almond-cocoa masala crumble.
“We’re pleased to add Tracycakes’ delicious new cake to our dessert menu,” said Chef Vij. “Tracy has done a wonderful job of blending traditional Indian flavours into a rich chocolate dessert for a tempting finale to My Shanti’s eclectic Indian fare.”
“It’s been a dream of mine to collaborate with Vikram. As a successful restauranteur, author and TV personality, he is a true Canadian culinary icon, so to be able to develop a cake especially for one of his restaurants is an incredible honour,” said Dueck.
ABOUT CHEF VIKRAM VIJ
Chef Vikram Vij is an award-winning Indian-born Canadian chef, cookbook author, and television personality. He is co-owner of the Indian cuisine restaurants Vij’s and Rangoli in Vancouver and My Shanti by Vikram Vij in South Surrey, BC. Over the past 20-plus years, Vij’s Restaurant has become renowned in Vancouver, across Canada and globally as one of the finest Indian dining experiences in the world. He also has a successful line of frozen packaged Indian meals called Vij’s At Home which is now available in hundreds of major grocery retailers across Canada. Vij was a guest judge on Top Chef Canada three years in a row and was also a judge on Chopped Canada, Recipe to Riches and Dragon’s Den. He is also the recipient of many awards including “Chef of the Year” from Vancouver Magazine’s prestigious Restaurant Awards (2015). In 2014, My Shanti by Vikram Vij was named “Best New Restaurant” by the Globe and Mail and in 2017 the restaurant was named “Best Restaurant in Surrey, Delta, White Rock and Langley” in the 2017 Georgia Straight Golden Plate Awards. For more information, visit vijs.ca.
ABOUT TRACYCAKES BAKERY CAFE
Founded by Tracy Dueck in 2006, Tracycakes Bakery Cafe is a chic and cozy cafe that specializes in more than 40 varieties of signature cupcakes, high teas and a scrumptious selection of homemade foods. With two locations in Langley’s historic Murrayville and Downtown Abbotsford, both cafes are a charming place to connect with friends, family and colleagues over breakfast or lunch, tea or coffee, and most importantly, a sweet treat Tracycakes is the recipient of numerous awards including the Business Excellence Award from the South Surrey White Rock Chamber of Commerce and was named Canada’s Best Retro-Delicious Cupcake Bakery by the National Post newspaper. At Tracycakes, every bite is an occasion! tracycakesonline.com.