Momofuku's Milk Bar

If you have to take a pick at one thing to be addicted to, I would recommend Crack...well, Crack Pie that is. The most grand and spectacular place in the US, New York City, is home to some of the most unique artists, hoity-toity housewives married to suit clad men who spend most of their time on Wall St., the most extravagant restaurants, and of course, some of the top bakeries in the country. Momofuku's Milk Bar is the only bakery that you can find cookies that taste like your local college kids compost bin (pretzels, potato chips, coffee, etc.), a pie that is honestly trademarked Crack Pie and even Franken Pie, which is 3 different pies pieced together to make one whole pie, and they even have soft serve that tastes like Cereal milk!

I am lucky enough to have been able to stuff my face at their Lower East Side location, and when one of my good friends Eric recently came to visit Colorado, he surely remembered how to make me squeal with excitement; DESSERT! 4 cookies poured out of his pocket; a Confetti, Corn, Blueberry & Cream, and Compost Cookie.

The Confetti cookie was devoured so fast I couldnt get a photo! 

All of the cookies have a sort of undercooked-ness to them, which make them melt in your mouth. The sprinkle filled Confetti cookie was probably one of the most fantastic cookies I have ever devoured; fluffy and chewy with a simple flavor that made it easy to make it disappear. The Blueberry and Cream cookie was sweet and refreshing with the hint of milky blueberries.

The Compost cookie is basically what would come about if a 7-11 had a baby with Mrs. Fields; the cookie has so many flavors happening that every bite tasted completely different than the previous. The corn cookie was the only one that didnt really knock me out of my seat, i mean think of corn bread made into a cookie and ta-da...you have the corn cookie. 

On my previous trip to NYC I tried the Crack Pie (a favorite of Anderson Cooper), which is basically a pie with a filling of butter and brown sugar. It was good, don't get me wrong, and extremely addicting, hense being called Crack, but once you have had a slice, you don't really need to eat the whole pie. With 4 locations in New York, you cannot make an excuse not to become a crack, or cookie, addict. 

I even got a Momofuku Milk Bar post card in the mail the other day, now thats the way to my heart...cookies in the mail, now only my tastebuds would be satisfied with taste of paper. 

TIME FOR YOU TO DEVOUR!!!!

Finally...after tons of stressful, long, obnoxious hours...you can devour some of my made from scratch 100% vegan treats! www.Devourbakery.com is up and ready for you now to order some sweets to satisfy those taste buds. (The site is not 100% done yet, but at least you can order finally!) No matter if you are allergic to Gluten, Eggs, Milk or anything else, you can find something to shove into that beautiful mouth of yours. Any special requests, contact me and Im sure I can whip something up for you! Spread the love, and I'll love you back with special discounts & freebies with every order! 

One Love <3

Teacake Bake Shop

I stumbled across this small, tucked away bakery in downtown Lafayette California. The vibe of the bakery is a cutesy tincey-wincy bakery, with the typical white and pink decor. 

There wasn't much of a selection of fun flavored cupcakes to chose from. All of their cupcakes were Vanilla or Chocolate topped with a couple of different buttercream favors...Whoop-Dee-Do. The cookies looked alright, but if you cant make a damn good cookie, then don't bother opening a bakery--just my thought. 

So i settled for 2 different cupcakes; the first one was a chocolate cupcake with a Dulce De Leche Buttercream. The Buttercream looked cute with its little flower decor on top of the swirled frosting, but when you bit into the cupcake, there was a bit of a crunchy layer you had to get through first before you could enjoy the soft and smooth center. The flavor of the buttercream was alright, but its not too hard to mess up a Dulce De Leche flavor. The cake itself tasted like any other chocolate cupcake, a bit on the trusty ol Pillsbury dough boy. 

The 2nd cupcake I devoured was a Madagascar Vanilla cake with a Honey Tangerine Buttercream. The tangerine flavored buttercream was very refreshing, it felt as thought I was biting into a juicy ripe tangerine. Although, the honey flavor was missing. I completely forgot that there was suppose to be honey in the buttercream, all I could taste was the citrus. The vanilla cake itself was extremely gummy and dry. It felt like I was eating a starfish, a gooey center with a dry crunchy outside...well thats what I think a starfish would taste like...anywaysss...The snazzy name of "Madagascar" vanilla, i think fools people into thinking its some exotic and forbidden like vanilla flavor, which in some peoples head makes it taste fantastic. But not me, I saw right through the fancy name and just ate off the buttercream. 

Teacake Bake shop was an alright bakery if you are in desperate need of a sugar-fix, and the Bay Bridge is closed to get to San Francisco, or your too fat and lazy to get to Walnut Creek to hit up Kara's. One this I do like is that Teacake does offer classes to learn to make cupcakes and cookies, but at $45-75 a person, this bakery is crazier than the Britney Spears circa 2007. 

Krakatoa aka. Krak Cookies!!

Thank you everyone for all your imput on the chocolate espresso cookies that needed a name!! I loved how most people thought the name had to do with nature/natural disasters, such as earthquakes, lava and the moon. 

Well....Here they are! 

Devour Bakeries brand new and improved Krakatoa Cookie (aka. Krak!) 

I fell in love with this name when "Tom" wrote it on my blog, and I googled it, and realized it is a volcanic island in Indonesia. On August 27th, 1883 a series of blasts on the island of Krakatoa culminated in a colossal explosion that blew the island apart in one of the largest eruptions in recorded history; and who wouldn't want to eat a cookie named after this hot mess?!

I also got another name from a kid I went to high school with, Ricky Cady, and he wrote Chocolate Crack, and let me tell you that these are brain friendly crack. 

So put two and two together, and there ya go, Krak- (Crack) atoa.

And to spread the love, Im will be sending them both a box of sweet tooth satisfaction

So Tom, who ever you may be, and Ricky...email (devourbakery@gmail.com) me your address!!!! 

THANKS AGAIN

ONE LOVE

Name Me!!

I need your help! Help me name these cookies, and whoever comes up with the best will get a lovely delicious vegan surprise!!! (The main flavors are chocolate, and espresso...)

Email, comment, facebook, twitter-which ever way you prefer, but please take 2 minutes out of your day and one thought out of that brain of yours and help me out :)

one love <3