There’s also the less charming Cocoa Bar on 7th Ave. around 6th Street. They have a huge dessert menu (lots of decadent cakes) that makes me wonder how they can offer such a wide variety. And a variety of delicious hot...

!! choc chip —pecan pancakes w/ Caramel butter! Lobster cakes and homemade puddings!!! trust me .we need some new eateries way up here .. has anyone been to the one in Tribeca?

Just heard an ad on the radio for Thanksgiving pies at Greenberg’s (apple, pumpkin and mincemeat). I love Greenberg’s for their cakes and cookies, and I’m sure their pie is wonderful. They have been written...

? Thanks......psyched for the beach :-) Jessica

ganache frostings. Ganache is chocolate and heavy cream, and this includes white chocolate ganache if you need a white version. In Beranbaum’s "Cake Bible," there is a recipe for cream cheese buttercream that is pretty...

Hi Jessica, Agreed 100%. This restaurant is close to my office, and is really the only good restaurant in Soho. It’s an unbelievable oasis, particularly in the evening. And on weeknights you’re pretty much guaranteed...

with cream cheese prior to melting. The other salad was a salmon cake salad: a huge pile of greens with 2 salmon cakes, like upscale salmon croquettes, a creamy buttermilky dressing and julienned red peppers which tied into the...

I just stopped by A Piece of Cake, the bakery on Selby Ave. in Cathedral Hill, and they have 'em in the case. The address is 485 Selby — it’s a few blocks east of Dale, easy as heck to get to off I-94.

We did a birthday brunch for about 20-25 people for a friend back in May at Caffe Carcioffo on Court Street. They were absolutely lovely to us. We brought in our own birthday cake and there was no charge. They set up the room per...

dishes, baked good (oh my gahd, marion berry cake, you’ve never had anything like it, plantain tarts also incredible). They even turn a simple tuna salad into something memorable. It’s an inexpensive place, and...

go next door to kitchenete lobster cakes aqnd roast cod—-yum!!! and fini off with some homemade pudding—be sure to byob!!!!!!

You could try New York Cake and Baking on (I think) 22nd St. near Sixth Ave. which has lots of cookie cutters.

are midtown east and in the village (56th St? and Bleeker?) Has anyone tried it? If you need something new... It was seafood centric but I had a wonderful duck breast. Crab cake appetizers were artful – crispy outside, meaty...

I’m making a wedding cake for an October wedding and have been going through a few trial runs. Yesterday I think I perfected the cake recipe, and for the first time covered the cake in fondant that I purchased at a cake...

, served with capers, vegetables and a poleta cake that was crisp on the outside, creamy and soft inside. For dessert we shared an apple crisp that was satisfying but otherwise unremarkable. The total, without tip, was $68 (drinks...