Posted on 02/20/2024 2:13:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
The sale of a 39-year-old Los Gatos bakery sent one devoted customer into a frenzy
Last week, out of complete desperation, Mike Metz of Los Angeles hopped a flight to the Bay Area for a slice of his favorite maple pound cake. And his wife’s must-have s’mores bar.
Last week, out of complete desperation, Mike Metz of Los Angeles hopped a flight to the Bay Area for a slice of his favorite maple pound cake. And his wife’s must-have s’mores bar.
Without so much as a second thought, the TV writer and father of two booked a hotel, flew into San Jose, rented a car and drove straight to Icing on the Cake in Los Gatos. His favorite bakery of 39 years was for sale, and he hadn’t visited it in over two years. He needed to be there and see his friend, owner Lynn Magnoli, to make sure she was OK. And stock up for the winter.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been to a bakery that does that many things so well,” Metz said over the phone. “There’s a quality and consistency there. Some of it is nostalgia for sure. It’s the bakery every town wishes it had.”
Magnoli opened Icing on the Cake in 1985 and has grown it into what is arguably the most beloved neighborhood bakery in this part of the South Bay. She is selling the business not to retire but to pursue new endeavors, and would like to be useful to the next owner. Located on W. Main Street in Los Gatos’ small, idyllic downtown, Icing on the Cake is the kind of unfussy, homey bakery known for saucer-sized cookies, gooey cupcakes and legendary cakes — both banana and chunky carrot — that make grown men do irrational things.
“My wife actually bought me
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Nick, did you type the link at the bottom of the title of the article that way on purose?
Huh - I grew up in Los Gatos and never heard of this place. I missed out, apparently.
Another libtard polluter who flies everywhere for any reason like Taylor slut
What’s the difference we all know where it’s from
I know, but I still found it funny considering what San Francisco is known for.
It is funny
It used to be behind where Dolce Spazio is now. (La Boulangerie was there at one time, before it moved). I think it move to it’s Main St. location, maybe in the early 2000s?
Whew…I was worried it was Manresa.
No.
You know that is gone, right?
It burned, but I thought it was rebuilt. No?
They still have a small storefront location in Los Altos on State St.
Did you really like Manresa?
I think maybe I read Kinch closed it.
Their Kouign-amann pastry is wonderful!
“Another libtard polluter who flies everywhere for any reason like Taylor slut”
He was visiting his friend.
“Our cakes are made using premium ingredients, like sweet butter, buttermilk, pure vanilla, fresh eggs, San Francisco based Guittard chocolate, and pure cane sugars.”
https://www.icingonthecakebakery.com/cakes
all butter pound cakes
https://www.icingonthecakebakery.com/pound-cakes
“We were well-hidden (sizable understatement) but the irresistible aroma worked its charm.”
https://www.icingonthecakebakery.com/our-story
I swear by the banana cake. It’s the best thing on their menu by a country mile.
This is probably pretty similar:
https://www.mycakeschool.com/maple-pound-cake/#Maple_Pound_Cake_Ingredients
He went alone? Maybe he was getting more than cake . . . . .
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