I tried a brand spanking new bakery in Mar Vista the other day called Hotcakes, located at 4119 Centinela Blvd, just south of Culver Blvd. They have a combination of French and American pastries, and sandwiches as well. The most beautiful items being their macaroons, in various flavors including pistachio, lemon and raspberry. I was delighted to see they make canelle, little chewy French cakes baked in a special fluted mold. A rare find in Los Angeles. Their pain au chocolate was very nice as well, not too big like most American croissants.
Some of their American pastries included a nice chewy chocolate chip cookie, coffee cake and cupcakes. I was slightly disappointed with the chocolate cupcake I tried. The frosting was a wonderful buttery, not-too-sweet buttercream, but the cake was too dry. It would be fabulous if they perfected their cupcake so we can have a cupcake spot on the westside (I mean west-westside - Sprinkles in Beverly Hills is too far east for this Mar Vista-ite!).
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I always drive past that place and am curious how it is, thanks for the write up! Also, I think that those are called "macarons" (one "o") and are a bit different than macaroons.
The macaroons are JUST EXACTLY LIKE the ones at the very fancy Boule Bakery in West Hollywood, but Hotcakes sells them and 1/2 the price! Thanks for the tip!
Looks like a good place. Thanks for reviewing recent additions to the Mar Vista area. I'm adding them to a compilation of useful and interesting news about Mar Vista at Mar Vista Metro.
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A very late comment this is... I visited Hotcakes bakery a few times now. I have to say that either they've gone down in quality or just not getting too many business. My main interest was the canele. Tried them 3 different times within 3 months and they've all been disappointing. The outer layer is not crisp and the inside aren't custardy enough, I do love the colors. One of my purchase even tasted somewhat stale. I asked if they resell some of their goods for the next day and was told no but in a very vague terms. It sounded like they do for most of the items. Have you found any alternative to canele?
Btw, love your coverage on local eateries, keep them coming!
I live nearby thanks for the review, i'll have to take my cupcakes group there.
I drove by there many times. Today I had a longing for cupcakes. I pulled up around 9am and they were still closed...ok Sprinkles opens at nine! I could see the cupcakes from the window they just didn't hold justice to Sprinkles. I was hopping I could find someone who has tried this place. Anyways I went to Ralphs and went home and made my own scrumptous cupcakes :)
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