We visited Zoto's Family Pastry TWICE in three days, first, for this.
New York City: Magnolia Bakery
Location:
1240 6 Avenue, New York, NY
You knew it was coming (if you follow me on Instagram, that is). There are several locations of Magnolia in NYC, and although I never made it to the original location in West Village, this one at Bloomingdale's wasn't too shabby.
Have you been? The cupcakes are divine - the red velvet cupcake was mighty tasty.
New York City: Love from NYC
Heart shaped pizza? How about some breaded love?
This is how NYC does Valentine's Day.
Cambridge: Atomic Bean Cafe
Location:
904 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
When my bro-in-law, who used to live in Boston, was visiting in the Fall, one of the areas of Cambridge that he wanted us to see was Central Square. We walked around and checked out his old place and then were in the mood for some hot chocolate and tea. One of the first places we found didn't serve hot chocolate, the Starbucks had no seating and we found a funny organic health food place that served buck wheat and sprouty type drinks, which we were definitely not in the mood for. We finally ended up at Atomic Bean Cafe, which was well worth the wait.
Recipe: Cake Pops
My sister and I (more her) made cake pops recently for a cookie swap we were invited to. She was telling me about these cake pop machines you can buy, but you really don't have to
My sister made the mix, I rolled the balls and stuck the sticks into them, sis dipped and dunked.
Et Voila! They were a huge hit at the cookie swap! (My sis also made Snowball cookies, recipe to come, soon!)
You can coat them however you like, which would make them wonderful little Holiday presents.
