I don’t know about you, but I love dessert. I love bakeries, pie places, cupcake shops, all of them. This is why I’m embarking on a search to find some of the best bakery/dessert places in Seattle.
Over the weekend, I went to Hot Cakes in Ballard.
Hot Cakes calls itself a “Molten Chocolate Cakery” so I was pretty excited to visit. The Ballard location is located on Ballard Ave, a cute tree-lined side street off of NW Market Street. It was perhaps 3 o’clock or so when I stopped by and there weren’t very many people in the restaurant. I was able to walk right up and order and there were plenty of open seats. There is not a lot of seating, so I can see how it can get crowded when it is busy.
I ordered the Peanut Butter Cup, which is a milk chocolate cake with peanut butter fudge, peanut butter ganache, and vanilla ice cream.
What can I say? It was wonderful. The cake was delivered to my seat while still hot. It was rich and gooey, with a center of peanut butter. The vanilla ice cream was the perfect complement and the peanut butter fudge was delicious.
I confess I was disappointed that my cake came in a compostable bowl. I expected it to be either a free-standing cake, or in a glass bowl like in some of the pictures I’ve seen online. Although it was served on a wooden board, the presentation wasn’t great. Plus, the cake stuck to the inside of the bowl so it wasn’t possible to eat it all.
Also, at $11, it was a bit pricey. The cake is a little small and the ice cream looked no bigger than one scoop.
There are plenty of other goodies to eat here – cookies, brownies, and plenty of other cakes. Definitely worth a visit and although I enjoyed my cake and ice cream, I’m not sure I will be a regular eater here as it wasn’t really worth the price.
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