Sugar Plum on Kingston Rd in the Beach. Sylvia's cakes are tasty and beautiful. They are our go to place for all cakes / cupcakes when we cant do our own.

I’m going to bake a torte this weekend that has beaten egg whites as the only leavener, and I’ve been warned by the person who gave it to me that the cake WILL sink in the center. This might be impossible to address,...

(country club) I have to say the weddingcakes are always very good... made in house. I just think the more work goes in the cake, the less it’s about good flavor... has anyone ever tried ace of cakes or weinstock cakes?!...

saw your cake post. we always need more good bakeries that do cake. i will check this polka dot place out. i happened to be at Sylvia's in Harlem last week. for soul food it was heavy and greasy, but the coconut cake was the best...

There is a cake/pie shop on 17th between Market and JFK. I’ve had the following cakes there and they were excellent: carrot, cheesecake with strawberries, some kind of mocha/chocolate creation. M

red wine for the two year old though, I’m guessing. :) ) Candied lemon slices or orange slices. Any combination of the above. Some ideas from The Birthday Cake Book, by Sylvia Thompson: (edible!!!) flowers, colourful fruits,...

... a bit sticky-sweet though. I’m curious to see if anyone in Boston knows how to make really great wedding cakes like NYC’s Ron Ben-Israel or Sylvia Weinstock ... is the demand simply not there or what?

a service either because cakes are tricky and need to be handled with kid gloves. I once read something Sylvia Weinstock's husband said about cake deliveries – and was in tears from the laughter...

I have a very easy – and good – chocolate cake recipe that I always make in a tube pan. When baked, it fills my 9 inch tube pan. Now I need to make a layer cake for use as a birthday cake, and I would like to use this...

I would drive to 40th and Chestnut and go to Nan, one of our favorite places for lunch. It’s French/Thai, pleasant and quiet, with a good lunch menu. Great soups, wonderful pad thai, excellent crab cakes. Street parking....

I don’t usually bake pies (I’m a cake baker), but I baked two pumpkin pies that contain heavy cream as part of the filling. Do I need to refrigerate them until tomorrow? I read through the discussion on pecan pies, but...

don’t mind taking a bus or walking. Any suggestions? Also: what would be your recommendation for dinner before our concert, on a different night? I have read comments about Hayes St. Grill – would that be your choice?...

I don’t know about that bakery but I have made the buttercream frostings in Sylvia Birbbaum’s CAKE BIBLE. She has several recipes including an “easy” one and it is excellent and exactly what buttercream...

husband had a dish with breast of chicken, which he rarely orders since so many places overcook it – and he said it was just average. The ricotta cheesecake was light, lemony and excellent; better since it came from a large...

My family will be in New York in a couple of weeks. We would like to eat either at Sylvia's or Amy Ruth’s. Has anyone eaten at either?