HOTCAKES BAKES

REPORT #22
4119 Centinela Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066
(310) 397-2324
Mon - Sat: 9am-7pm
Sun: 9am-6pm
Street Parking
Hotcakes Bakes is a humble cupcakery which has just won the Cupcake Wars on the Food Network Cable TV program in 2009.  Many cup cake enthusiasts would watch this show, hoping for their favorite cup cake shops to win.  Located on Centinela Boulevard just after Washington Boulevard, the baby pink shop cannot be missed on the road.  It is a neighborly spot for all residents of Mar Vista, Marina Del Rey, and Culver City since it's pretty much in the middle.

There are about 20 kinds of cupcakes including mini ones, several cakes ready to go, cookies, brownies, cannelés, tarts, and cream puffs!  Take-home is the most often the choice for the patrons, but there is a small long table facing out the window with a few chairs if you can't wait to eat your cup cake.

Amongst all the sweet treats were these big macarons, and there were many kinds.  How does one bakery have so much time to make all these things?  It was an amazing surprise.  They $2.50 each, a rightful price for their sizes.



OVERALL:
  • almost 3" in diameter
  • very sweet
  • soft and delicate
DETAILS:
COCONUT
Ivory white outer with a nice crunch and chew.  Inside cream has a sweet coconut milk flavor.
LEMON
Soft Milky yellow shell with a yellow tinted buttercream.  Tastes like a lemon bar without the tang.

PASSION FRUIT
A light orange outer with a cream yellow buttercream inside.  It has a tangy and sweet passion fruit flavor.


MY FAVORITE:
Coconut
 

CONCLUSION:
I'm very proud of Hotcakes Bakes for creating many different kinds of macarons  even though the bakers must have so much on their plates baking and prepping its intensive collection of cupcakes and more.  I know that macarons takes much precision and patience, but a good baker can pull it off, and this place is definitely one of them.  The big sized macarons are pretty sweet and good!