Alcove Cafe & Bakery

So we thought we'd try again. Alcove Cafe & Bakery is so cute with all the outside dining and the adorable cheese and specialites store. The Lemon Rasberry cake was our next mission. Bountiful with a whip cream frosted yellow cake and live rasberries atop, along with white chocolate shavings. We found yellow sponge cake layered with a custard like lemon curd that hinted of lemon essence. But people of the dessert control center where did the rasberry filling come from? The menu describes the filling as fresh rasberry jam. In fact it was flat, and artificial in taste. It was red and tasted like sugar. Maybe it was artificial. The cake part was spongy and a bit rubbery intexture. Gosh i really wanted it to work this time. I am so enchanted by the beauty and environment at the alcove. The desserts are missing the mark. Alcove Bakery and Cafe gets an A for pretty food, yet misses the mark on taste.



Alcove Cafe & Bakery
1929 Hillhurst Ave (Cross Street: Franklin Avenue)
Los Angeles, CA 90027-2711View Map
(323) 644-0100
http://alcovecafe.com/