for a birthday cake, I’d try Patisserie Renee Senne in the Community Corners shopping center for a French-style cake. 607-257-4257 Her chocolate layer cake with raspberry buttercream is out of this world – the best...

There is a place slated to open next to whip n dip in South Miami called Buttercream Cupcakes.

-butter cakes and pastries between Mountain View and South SF? Are there any French pastry shops around?

).Sandwiches: the MonteCristo ($17) is a house specialty, dipped in a French beignet batter and served with homemade raspberry preserves. Butternut squash ravioli is one of my favorites from the pasta selections. And then there’s...

to the egg and cream in the French buttercream icing. Daniel’s has that icing that doesn’t need to be refrigerated, which is a big benefit. Their icing is tons better than any supermarket’s cakes. A very nice...

The best bakery in La Jolla (and San Diego, IMO) is Michele Coulon’s. She makes traditional American and French pastries and layer cakes. They are beautiful and delicious. I like them because they are not too over the top...

be like. I tried the red velvet. The frosting, as predicted, was that slick gross french buttercream that half the world loves and half the world hates. The flavor in the cake was ok but the texture was also too slick. Like a...

, as my dad is a die-hard carnivore. If that’s not a possibility, no prob. I’m interested in finest. My mom pretty much so hates eggs and heavy butter/cream based sauces- lighter French is better for her, very ethnic,...

I’ve been obsessing with cake batters lately, but would now like to figure out how to “fill” a cake with frosting. I’ve been working on a nice french vanilla bundt that would be perfect with an annular...

Also in west village, Mary’s Off Jane makes good cupcakes. Polka Dot Cake Studio cupcakes taste like they are frosted with an egg/sugar syrup-based buttercream, much silkier, less sweet, and more buttery, if you’re...

I would wonder if they’d get too mushy. Not enough chew (gluten development) in the original bread to prevent this. Be worth a try, though.Especially if the p’cakes were “loaded”—nuts, fruit, etc....

Ditto on the Phoenix bakery. That’s the kind of cake I grew up on with the fresh strawberry filled cakes. If you’re in the OC, my childhood bakery is there. Song Long bakery is a French-style bakery with a Vietnamese...

Go to the new restaurant that specializes in French Pastry right across the street from Smith, 40 Green Street Lunch.

for a chestnut puree in “The Cake Bible” that is used to make a chestnut buttercream. That just sounds heavenly to me, but I need an excuse to make it. Perhaps you have one? Chestnut buttercream with chocolate...

Try a cake from Daniel et Daniel, located at 248 Carleton east of Yonge. They are a catering company run by two French chefs and sell delicious cakes. Their number is (416) 968-9275. I’ve included their website below as...