Kate Blum in The New York Times blog The Local about Fort Greene, Brooklyn, reviews some cupcakes from Essential Cakes and posts the recipe for pineapple-coconut cupcakes:
When Oral Fixation stopped into Essential Cakes on a recent clement evening, cupcakes of the carrot, red velvet, chocolate and vanilla persuasions were beckoning from the pastry cases. Your seasonally affected Oral Fixation team gravitated toward the pineapple-coconut flavor instead, immensely curious to learn how a combination usually reserved for hot-weather tropical drinks would translate into a sugary confection.
Upon first bite, Oral Fixation was surprised at the delicacy with which Ms. Gordon’s cupcake toed the fine line between kitchen table and patisserie. The cake has a fruity, subtle sweetness and delicate crumb; the icing is sugary, suffused with coconut and almost toothy in texture, triggering memories of grade-school birthdays past.
Click here for the Essential Cakes cupcake gallery.
This is the first I'm hearing about them, but I will definitely be checking them out soon.
Essential Cakes
886 Fulton St.
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-399-3660
cakeinfo at essentialcakes.com
When Oral Fixation stopped into Essential Cakes on a recent clement evening, cupcakes of the carrot, red velvet, chocolate and vanilla persuasions were beckoning from the pastry cases. Your seasonally affected Oral Fixation team gravitated toward the pineapple-coconut flavor instead, immensely curious to learn how a combination usually reserved for hot-weather tropical drinks would translate into a sugary confection.
Upon first bite, Oral Fixation was surprised at the delicacy with which Ms. Gordon’s cupcake toed the fine line between kitchen table and patisserie. The cake has a fruity, subtle sweetness and delicate crumb; the icing is sugary, suffused with coconut and almost toothy in texture, triggering memories of grade-school birthdays past.
Click here for the Essential Cakes cupcake gallery.
This is the first I'm hearing about them, but I will definitely be checking them out soon.
Essential Cakes
886 Fulton St.
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-399-3660
cakeinfo at essentialcakes.com
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