Fellow NYC'er: need help buying a cake

[sniperruff]

My friend's birthday is coming up and I want to buy my friend a birthday cake... it'd be for a party of about 10 people. My friend doesn't like foods that are overly sweet nor fatty so that rules out most American cakes as well as cheesecakes.

So, does anyone know any special bakery where they sell good, tasty cakes in NYC? Budget is $50.

 

[richardycc]

goto any of the bakery in chinatown, they have exactly what you are looking for, creamy not too sweet frosting, not to mention nicely decorated.

ps: didn't read the non fatty part, so it might be tough, but they do have a lot of cakes with fruits topping/inside.

 

[shiner]

Chocolate Babka

 

[shiner]

Or maybe a black and white cookie.

The thing about eating the black and white cookie is you want to get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate. And yet somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only look to the cookie all our problems would be solved.

 

[ethebubbeth]

:music:Anyway this cake is great. It's so delicious and moist:music:

Damnit, that song wont get out of my head now.

 

[Epic Fail]

Get mousse cake. Not too sweet and not too fat.

 

[hiromizu]

Try Panya in east village. It's a Japanese bakery and they do birthday decorations as well.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: hiromizu
Try Panya in east village. It's a Japanese bakery and they do birthday decorations as well.

well i just went around chinatown and hit up about 5 bakeries... surely i love cakes from those places but they all look too plain...

i'll go check that out. thanks for your suggestion. i also remember theres a japanese tea house around astor place...

 

[Howard]

http://www.cookingforengineers...Glazed-Angel-Food-Cake

Healthwise, though there's no fat, there's tons of sugar.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
Or maybe a black and white cookie.

The thing about eating the black and white cookie is you want to get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate. And yet somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only look to the cookie all our problems would be solved.

That is sig worthy :heart::thumbsup:

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: shinerburke
Or maybe a black and white cookie.

The thing about eating the black and white cookie is you want to get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate. And yet somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only look to the cookie all our problems would be solved.

That is sig worthy :heart::thumbsup:

it's from seinfeld.

and oy i was thinking of baking my own cake... but i don't have the time nor the tools =\

 

[intogamer]

Sponge cake @ chinatown FTW

'American' cake is a rip compared to what you can get for $50 @ chinatown

I'd recommend you to atleast try a portion for $1.75 atleast...