Best desserts
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You say, “Cakes by CoCo has the best cakes I’ve tasted since moving to Atlanta 6 years ago! I was first introduced to the rich, indulgent sweets at a gathering. Many of the attendees inquired about the desserts and several of us have been hooked ever since.”
Tres Leches cake from Tierra.
1) Tierra
Dining critic Meridith Ford Goldman says, “The tres leches cake at Tierra makes me want to cake dive my face into the plate: sweet, almost pudding like, and blanketed with swirls of soft meringue.”
2) JCT Kitchen
3) Shaun’s
4) Cakes & Ale
5) Rexall Grill
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jenny
October 13th, 2009
4:31 pm
Warren City Club for their Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding. Yum!!!
TLW
October 13th, 2009
4:35 pm
Ms. Barbara Willingham’s cakes (red velvet or coconut or choc on choc). She use to make Strawberry but haven’t seen that one in a while. 42 Hwy in Stockbridge (Eagles Landing exit). Willingham’s place.
E
October 13th, 2009
4:40 pm
Any of the pies at Greenwood’s on Green Street in Roswell. The Chocolate Creme and Coconut creme are to die for. Made from scratch goodness!
HB
October 13th, 2009
4:54 pm
I second Watershed’s Very Good Chocolate Cake!
jbm
October 13th, 2009
5:03 pm
Butter Sweet Bakery in Hapeville, GA…Yummy! The chef at one time worked at the Dessert Place.
Maria
October 13th, 2009
5:04 pm
Tiramisu at Pastas and Tapas, Johns Creek, Ga
Becky
October 13th, 2009
5:25 pm
You have to try this Pineapple Cobbler at Green Tomato in Lawrenceville. It is unlike anything you’ve tasted. It is like a cake, but creamy at the same time.
Jessica
October 13th, 2009
5:26 pm
Chocolate Pink has great red velvet cupcakes, Publix has great red velvet cake slices and marble cake slices, and surprisingly California Pizza Kitchen has great red velvet cake.
jennifer
October 13th, 2009
5:34 pm
Banana peanut butter tart at Rathbun’s
Peanut butter chocolate parfait with banana mousse at BLT Steak
Susie..
October 13th, 2009
5:35 pm
Here’s the recipe for the Rich’s coconut cake published on ajc a while back… http://projects.eveningedge.com/recipes/richs-bakeshop-coconut-cake/
Arealblkwmn
October 13th, 2009
5:41 pm
Some how the idea of “fuzzy” pie at The Cheetah, seems unappetizing,surely this was a joke entry!
I Love Tierra!!!
October 13th, 2009
5:57 pm
TRES LECHES CAKE!!!! TICHA’S SECRET RECEPIE!!!!
Kametha
October 13th, 2009
6:32 pm
The Oreo cheesecake at Cafe Intermezzo is the bomb!!
BWelsh
October 13th, 2009
6:44 pm
- White Chocolate Banana Cream Pie from the Buckhead Diner
- Coconut Cake from A Piece of Cake
- Cupcakes from WholeFoods
- Mountain High Pie from Bones
- Cookies from The Fresh Market
Sweet Tooth
October 13th, 2009
7:03 pm
The New Orleans Bread Pudding at Petit-Auberge in Toco Hills
MattB
October 13th, 2009
7:23 pm
Metrotainment Restaurants… all of the desserts from the Metrotainment Bakery are amazing!
Good cake
October 13th, 2009
7:25 pm
Amaretto Butter Cake-Southern Sweets
Delighted
October 13th, 2009
7:27 pm
Sweet Blessings Bakery on Flat Shoals Pkwy! The German Chocolate cake and the yellow cake/chocolate frosting is sooooo good!
Tim
October 13th, 2009
7:42 pm
White chocolate cake from Piece of Cake. Key Lime Pie at Bahama Breeze is also great and the most authentic.
MOT
October 13th, 2009
7:51 pm
Ritter’s in Marietta has incredible desserts, their chocolate chip cookies, the non-flour chocolate cake, I think my favs are their pumpkin cheesecake, their coconut pie and their key lime. Also, brownie at Houston’s with Kahlua sauce, MMmmmmmm. And last but not least is the upside down chocolate pineapple cake from Bahama Breeze….I go there JUST for that!!!!! MMMMMmmmmmm.
Sister Sledge
October 13th, 2009
8:37 pm
Southern Sweets, it’s all good.
mowreck
October 13th, 2009
8:55 pm
Believe me, try the Sweet Potato Pie at S&S Cafeteria. I usually buy the whole pie after eating a slice.
Eric
October 13th, 2009
9:16 pm
High End: Cafe Intermezzo has deserts that are incredible. For high-end deserts ($6 and up) the cakes are the best.
Recession-Buster End: On the more affordable scale — QuickTrip. Yes, I said QuickTrip. The self-serve gas station. QuickTrip has their own in-house bakery in Ellenwood, GA. QuickTrip staff drives in-house delviery trucks to all the QuickTrip locations to restock the baked-goods display cases and rotate out stock which has not sold — therefore everything is ALWAYS fresh. The donuts, cakes, cruellers are all first rate! From 79 cents to $1 its tough to beat! Plus they beat dunkin’ donuts, Krispy Creme hands-down for donuts. The cakes are first rate too! Enough to bring home and share! Don’t knock it until you try it! the sour-creme cake donuts are outstanding! They are like round cruellers with donut holes.
Jenny A.
October 13th, 2009
9:36 pm
Chocolate Intemperance at The Pleasant Peasant…………………..absolute perfection!
sabrina
October 13th, 2009
10:08 pm
Cakes by CoCo on Memorial Drive…Homemade taste just like Grammy used to bake!
Johnny Appleseed
October 13th, 2009
10:11 pm
Fried apple pies from Panorama Orchard in Ellijay during the Apple Festival or coming back from Burt’s Pumpkin Farm!
dede
October 13th, 2009
10:19 pm
Try the coconut cake at Capris – Simply the best ever!
RB
October 13th, 2009
10:29 pm
Tiramisu at Maggiano’s is incredible!
Mona
October 13th, 2009
10:29 pm
Guinness Chocolate pie from Little Five Point Corner Tavern. It’s worth a special trip even!
Dan Allcott
October 13th, 2009
10:36 pm
The profiterolles at Cafe Alsace in Decatur. Just the right size, and not too sweet. Delightful texutre, etc…
bulldog
October 13th, 2009
10:40 pm
Peanut Butter Pie at the Blind Pig Tavern in Athens, GA
love the creme brule!
October 13th, 2009
10:46 pm
the creme brule at FAB!
Paul
October 13th, 2009
10:48 pm
How come nobody has mentioned Alon’s yet? Okay, I’m nominating them.
Ishmael
October 13th, 2009
10:57 pm
Banana pudding at The Pickrick.
annie
October 13th, 2009
10:58 pm
French fruit tart, apple tart, or white chocolate mousse cake at Little European Bakery in Sandy Springs
jim
October 13th, 2009
11:03 pm
Surprisingly, the chocolate bobke at Simone’s Bakery (toco hills) is highly addictive…
charlie 1966
October 13th, 2009
11:08 pm
best dessert for the last 8 years ,the mango pavlova at joel restaurant or brasserie ,is back on the menu so gooooood forget all the cheesecake factory dessert !go to joel and you will understand what a dessert is!
Joe Smoe
October 13th, 2009
11:10 pm
Gabriel’s Desserts in Marietta!! To me pet-it fours are the true test of a bakery. A petit four is supposed to melt in your mouth and Gabriel’s did. Really amazing! And the greatest looking wedding cakes in the Metro Area!
Cakeater
October 13th, 2009
11:18 pm
Red Velvet Cake or Key Lime Cake from Tout de Sweet!
Sleepy
October 13th, 2009
11:20 pm
Long gone: Chocolate chimichanga at Sundown Cafe
Plan and gather: Chocolate fondue at Dante’s
Every day: Mousse or choc. cinnamon ice cream at Cafe Alsace
DW
October 13th, 2009
11:36 pm
Willinghams Southern Kitchen in Stockbridge has the best Chocolate on Chocolate cake in the ATL.
Holly
October 13th, 2009
11:56 pm
the chocolate caramel cake from Brio is to DIE for!!!
SusieQue
October 14th, 2009
12:20 am
Cafe Intermezzo or Apres Diem
LG
October 14th, 2009
12:30 am
Thank you Charlie 1966! Mango Pavlova at JOEL is better than dying and going to heaven. I can never get enough!!!!
John P
October 14th, 2009
1:35 am
White Chocolate Moose Cake available at most any Metrotainment restaurant or Metrotainment Bakery! Yummmmmmy.
Martin
October 14th, 2009
1:38 am
Star Provisions! Best Shortbread cookies and cupcakes ever!
CJ
October 14th, 2009
1:56 am
The Tres Leches cake at Mi Tierra is out of this world!!!!!!!
And the Marietta Diner’s gigantic slices of Carrot Cake are also pretty fantastic.
LincolnPkwy
October 14th, 2009
8:50 am
Cafe Intermezzo has my vote!!!!
RL
October 14th, 2009
9:20 am
There are too many good choices in Atlanta!
1. The coconut cake from Metrotainment Bakery is amazing
2. Alon’s cookies are fantastic
3. Pretty much anything from Southern Sweets is great
4. The chocolate chip meringues from Star Provisions
Other Becky
October 14th, 2009
9:28 am
McEntyre’s Bakery in Smyrna..For the pies that are served at Longhorn and other places, I can buy the entire pie at Kenny’s..Their office/whse is located in Smyrna and you can go right in and but from them..They have Mango, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Silk and about 5-6 others..