Instead of melting bars for chocolate-covered strawberries or spending money on store-bought bon bons, give your valentine an intensely rich double chocolate loaf cake with a plush, velvety crumb.
Nadine Streicher, an owner of Beck’s Crown Bakery in Crown Point, said she also is seeing cakes that are “more simple and elegant.” Cakes have gotten smaller, she noted. “Even cupcakes ...
Couples browse the patisserie cabinet, full of the elegant gateaux Chedid learnt to ... but still with a bountiful offering of European pastries and cakes. Brulee has reopened as a dedicated ...