PrintSugar Rush: Vegan Strawberry Vanilla Mousse Cake from Penny Licks
While I find vegan restaurants to be disappointing about 50 percent of the time (I like to accommodate my vegan friends when I eat, alright?), I have much better luck with vegan baked goods and sometimes even prefer them to the "real" thing. When I went to Penny Licks—a candy, ice cream, and vegan bake shop in Williamsburg—the beautiful and pristine strawberry vanilla mousse cake jumped out at me. I devoured about a third of the ginormous $6 quadruple-layer cake wedge before fullness kicked in. But I kept going—the fluffy, lightly sweetened and strawberry-flavored mousse went down a lot easier than conventional frosting, and the cake, while a bit dense, was satisfyingly moist and not too sweet. Maybe I'll just meet my vegan friends at Penny Licks from now on.
Penny Licks
158 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211 (b/n N 8th and N 9th; map)
718-384-0158
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2 Comments:
that looks a lot better than a lot of Vegan Treats cakes look. but i find them all too sweet. i wish more new york city vegan baked goods were made in house.
al oof at 6:56PM on 09/15/08
@al oof: Thanks for pointing out the cake distributor; I wasn't sure who it was, but I know I've seen Vegan Treats stuff in a lot of places. Not as pretty as this cake though. ;) This wasn't nearly as sweet as most of the regular American-style cakes I've eaten, but my sugar tolerance is probably higher than what's healthy due to eating all that to stuff that makes my teeth hurt.
roboppy at 7:06PM on 09/15/08