PrintPumpkin Sugar Rush: Oceana's Pumpkin Ice Cream Cake
Editor's note: Every afternoon we like to post a short Sugar Rush to end your day. Think of it as the dessert to your daily blog reading. Plus, as an added bonus, every day between now and Halloween these Sugar Rushes will all be pumpkin based. It's the only way we could think of covering the enormous number of pumpkin sweets being offered in the city right now. Enjoy!
There we were on Saturday night in Midtown, my friend and I, stuck in one of the worst New York City downpours we had seen in a long time. Swayed by the winds, our umbrellas were rendered useless—finding a new home in the garbage can on the corner of 51th and 5th. Luckily we found warm solace in the nearby Oceana, where we ducked in for an unplanned escape of hot tea and dessert. The two of us tasted our way through a collection of sweets, though it was the Pumpkin Ice Cream Cake that most captured our fancy. We dove into the triple tiered creation, with crisp meringue tucked in between pumpkin ice cream and moist spice cake. Then we swiveled our spoons into the refreshingly tangy yogurt lime sauce, candied lime peels included. The spiced meringue made a reappearance in the form of shards speared into the ice cream, alongside dots of burnt caramel. Between many cups of hot tea (and two more desserts) we were warmed to the bones. With much fortune, the downpour of rain had ceased by the time we called it a night; stepping out the doors, very content.
Oceana
55 E 54th Street, New York, NY 10022 (b/n Madison and Park Avenues; map)
212-759-5941
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