tres leches cupcake from Hotcakes

damaged in transport,

unable to sketch on box (frosting problem)

Chowhound clued me in on this one.
The review made it sound really delicious... the enabler and I even drove over that night after dinner but they were already closed (argh! close @ 7pm). Last night, home from work, I spotted a Hotcakes box and I KNEW what it contained: two tres leches with horchata frosting and mango dusted with chile garnish. Oh, the anticipation!

Well...

I must preface by saying I'm VERY PICKY about tres leches. The one at Cuidad (et al) is my favorite and the one against which all others are judged. Verdict: the cake, tasty and moist - yes, tres lechesy - no. Horchata frosting, however, AMAZING! Spiced mangos worked well too.

I idealized the model in the sketch,

removing the dings in the frosting

(the enabler dropped the box)

Hotcakes Bakes, 4119 South Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles  310-397-2324

tip: get the Cannelé  instead

sprinkles box of goodness

clockwise from upper left:

brown sugar praline | vanilla/vanilla | strawberry | chocolate/chocolate

brown sugar: YUM
vanilla/vanilla: BIG YUM
strawberry: reminded me of... not sure... Sara Lee frozen Orange cake?? (fond memories, would probably hate now)
choc/choc: OK, but I like more bitterness/fudginess (VERY picky on my chocolate)

note: only the brown sugar survived intact long enough for sketching (see previous post)

sprinkles -- brown sugar praline

"caramel cake with brown sugar frosting, topped with crunchy nut praline"
sprinkles.com

yummy chocolate/coconut

yummy chocolate/coconut
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
ink, prisma

yummy vanilla/vanilla

yummy vanilla/vanilla
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
on box lid

prismacolor pencil

eleni's - don't be fooled by the pretty pictures

WARNING - these cupcakes taste like they came from Safeway.

store link

magnolia vanilla vanilla

magnolia vanilla vanilla
Originally uploaded by anne m bray
ink on pastry box