Posted by Michael Stern
, January 27, 2010 17:53
Approximately once every 12 years, I crave a Twinkie. One or two completely sates the hunger. This afternoon, after chowing down on chicken wings at the Candlelight Inn in Scarsdale, New York (review to come), I walked into Lulu Cake Boutique and spotted some interesting snack cakes behind the counter. I asked, “What are those Twinkie-shaped things?” The response: “Twinkies.” Of course, they are not real Twinkies; they are Lulu’s artisan versions thereof, coated in chocolate and containing cream, not creme -- an East Coast cognate of the wonderful chocolate espresso Twinkies made at Bette's Oceanview Diner in Berkeley, California. The man behind the counter warned us to wait an hour until his pastries were at room temperature before eating them. A serious challenge, but good advice, especially for the other dessert we took home: a big block of salted caramel chocolate cake with milk chocolate ganache icing, which blossomed as it warmed.
