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So we are all familiar with LaRocca cakes, but what makes this cafe special and worth visiting is that the taste and quality of the cakes made here and NOT THE SAME as the factory cakes made down the street, which get shipped to shops and grocery stores that we all know them for.
Example: The original creation from Pastry Chef Martin, "The Caramel Crunch", tastes great and you wouldn't think that it could be any better. But try one made here at this cafe and you will understand what I am raving about. Here, it's real fresh cream, no stabilizers that are needed for the grocery stores, as some need to be frozen to preserve their proper form for arrival and into the display case. So it really brings the cake from a 5 to at least a 6! The texture of the fresh cream, the lightness and mouth feel is different and makes it that much tastier. You can't believe me until you taste it.
There's lots of free parking in this plaza, beautiful clean and modern cafe with lots of seating for couples to groups, big windows at the front entrance to watch the action happen in the kitchen. They serve illy espresso and itialian sodas and have a unique line of tea as well. The pastry case is made daily and always a surprising seasonal treat that you must try before you miss the chance later(fig & pear I will find you again one day). Thank goodness for the glass case to keep back the fans, really like the open concept of the kitchen floor, really neat to watch the chefs work and create.
Tips:
- Buy 6 items then tax is exempt.
- 48 hrs for cake orders
- Sometimes they have bogo deals, the cashier didn't know how/when they decide, so I will keep visiting until I find out that algorithm.
- caramel crunch eclair is less sweet than the cake
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