Streetlevel: Flatbush Can Eat Cake
Rumor confirmed: the old Music Emporium on Flatbush near Prospect Place is being turned into a bakery. Per the signage, Da Cake Spott is set open in the space, which we’ve been seeing workers rehab for a number of weeks. Anyone know who’s behind the new biz or when it’s gonna open? Competition for Fort…
Rumor confirmed: the old Music Emporium on Flatbush near Prospect Place is being turned into a bakery. Per the signage, Da Cake Spott is set open in the space, which we’ve been seeing workers rehab for a number of weeks. Anyone know who’s behind the new biz or when it’s gonna open? Competition for Fort Greene’s Cake Man Raven? GMAP
Ah, so it’s lard, according to 5:47 and maybe that’s the secret to that cake.
MMmmmmmmm, I love lard.
(I’m not kidding!)
I posted the first Cakeman comment, but not the second one way down the line. There are actually PLENTY of people who do not like that red velvet cake. That’s ok, right? We don’t all have to like the same thing? I went in there for the first time a few weeks ago and was shocked to see that there was a table against the wall with about 50 packaged slices of red velvet cake stacked up against the wall. No counter, no display, nothing. I also disliked the cake itself, the frosting sucks and has absolutely no hint of the cream cheese it should have, and the dough had a sharp aftertaste that smacked of cheap lard, not butter. So please spare me the indignation…
um. you are likening applebees and cakeman?
yikes.
I agree 4:48…you can talk about the man,his establishment but you cannot touch his red velvet cake…fresh, moist, tasty and sellin like hot cakes.As for the price, right up there with that ridiculously small slice of Juniors cheesecake for six dollars.I rather Cakeman, at least the slices are huge and add the chopped nuts and ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm………….sooo good.Now I can get it at Applebees instead of waiting on that line…works for me either way.
If you think Cakeman’s Red Velvet cake isn’t good…. Then you clearly have an Ax to grind. Now if you said, ” Cakeman’s cake is good but his presentation SUCKS” you would have gained credibility. (His presentation does suck)But the red velvet cake is REDICULOUSLY GOOD. I am pissed about it going to $6.00 and it’s not a great thing that it’s sitting on a table, but who needs it to be stored and refrigerated wen it’s sellin’ like “Hot Cakes” anyway?
The secret ingredient is love. And smack.
From the language used it’s obvious the same person posted twice saying Cakeman Raven was overrated. What’s the agenda? Hmmm?
Because I disagree so completely. Cakeman Raven certainly spends a lot of time promoting himself, but his Red Velvet cake is amazing. I happen to love the powdered sugar in the frosting. Hi, isn’t that how it’s traditionally made? And the texture of the cake part is never dry, like most Red Velvet cakes are. Several other of my friends from the South love Cakeman Raven’s Red Velvet cake. I have tried all the other Red Velvet cake served up in places in Brooklyn and they don’t measure up, sorry. There’s a reason people line up in the middle of the night for his cakes.
“they ALWAYS run out of cake. I can’t see how they stay in business” I bet a lot of CNR’s revenue is from catering, etc.
“Can we not make assumptions/criticisms about everything.” Spoil sport.
And just for old(e) times sake: “This place will be worthless once AY gets built.”
Yeah, it’s a slow Friday.
I love how you pretend to be all high and mighty, 4:11…”get back to the matter at hand”
We were speaking of the matter at hand actually. The matter at hand is a sign about a shop in which we know nothing about yet.
And running out of cake is usually a GOOD sign. Obviously you don’t know too much about business 101. If there’s a large demand for something and they run out, that means they are probably doing ok…