Marshmallows

Today we made Marshmallows, which was pretty easy, but very messy.  

These were peppermint flavored, which are delicious.

These are vanilla bean.  You can never have enough powdered sugar to cover the sticky exterior!

They're so pretty!! 

ABC Kitchen

After a long walk in the cold, fiending for dessert, some friends and I stumbled into ABC Kitchen where we begged them to stay open to serve us dessert. I'm so glad they did because this Sundae was life changing! The ice cream was salted caramel, and sat in a bowl of delicious dark chocolate sauce. It was topped with whipped cream, peanuts and caramel popcorn. It was so unique and somehow tasted like a Snickers bar.

I also ordered this chocolate ganache layer cake which was frosted with toasted marshmallow. It was also amazing! I can't wait to go back for dinner, and more dessert.

Chocolate Cylinder

This was amazing. This chocolate cylinder from Gordon Ramsey at The London was filled with a chocolate mousse, pecans, bananas and toasted marshmallow. The side of ice cream was salted pecan.



It sort of tasted like a fancy Snickers bar, but way better. With every bite, I needed two more.

The Yard

For Sarah's birthday we had dinner and watched the Laker game at The Yard in Santa Monica, and the cake they sent over was so good! It was a dense chocolate cake with a thick layer of peanut butter in the middle. It was served with banana ice cream and completely surrounded by fluffy charred marshmallow. The entire combination was fantastic!

Cake Monkey

I found this treat at Cabbage Patch, a relatively healthy, organic, restaurant on south Beverly. They have them at the counter, and as they are wrapped in tin foil, it was a gamble to try, but so glad I did! Cake Monkeys come in several flavors, but I've only tried two: The Black and White, and the Peanut Butter Marshmallow (seen below). Both of these mini cakes were amazing, the Black and White was better, and not photographed...but it was like an Oreo cookie, but with soft chocolate cake and layered with fluffy whipped cream with crunchies inside! I'll have to go back and take a pic of it...

The Peanut Butter Marshmallow was really good too, just not as unique. It needed more chocolate! It reminded me of a box cake, or an Entenmann's, which trust me I love, but wasn't as special as the B&W. The peanut butter marshmallo center was really good, and the vanilla cake was great, but together it was a little dry. If the cake was chocolate it would have been perfect! I found the menu online, there are so many more flavors and other pastries to try!!

Check out the Cake Monkey's Website for flavors.