{"id":2847,"date":"2010-02-06T07:35:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T12:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2022-03-19T21:08:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T02:08:30","slug":"city-hall-bake-shop-home-of-cake-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/city-hall-bake-shop-home-of-cake-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"City Hall Bake Shop: Home of “Cake Boss”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cannolis<\/a> <\/p>\n

Many visitors to Manhattan miss out on the great opportunity to visit nearby Hoboken, NJ<\/strong>.  I have done the same on past trips to The Big Apple<\/em>, but my most recent trip afforded me the great pleasure and impetus to try visiting the bustling bakery of Buddy Valastro<\/strong> (a.k.a. \u201cCake Boss\u201d) and his family.<\/p>\n

Cake Boss <\/em>is a reality television show on TLC that follows the life and talent of cake artist Buddy Valastro and the operations of Carlos\u2019 Bake Shop. Sounds clich\u00e9 to want to see the real deal in action, but I like Italian pastries, and this place has been here a long time. They know what they’re doing.<\/p>\n

I had only seen Cake Boss<\/em> a few times, but was really intrigued by the inner workings of an Italian family that operates a business together, coupled by my fascination with how a person can decorate cakes, teach classes and still remain as creative as he is. Although Buddy has a team of talented artists (you can see that quite nicely on his show), he is the genius behind the cake creations that will leave you baffled by the fact that they are completely edible pieces of artwork.<\/p>\n

Carlos\u2019 bakery is so busy that as of November 2009, they weren’t even taking cake orders until February 2010 (now).  Lucky for us, at the time we were only looking for some cannolis\u2026<\/p>\n

We made it out of Manhattan just in time to get to the bakery before closing. They were cleaning up and getting ready to lock the doors when I was able to grab some of my most favorite Sicilian goodies: chocolate cannolis <\/em>($12.95\/lb. for small ones and $3.50 each for large ones), crescent almond cookies<\/em> and Italian Flag Cookies <\/em>($18.95\/lb.) (made of three colored dough layers (red and green  like the Italian flag) and topped with a chocolate<\/a>. They\u2019re quite hard to find, actually.<\/p>\n

\"Carlos'  The cannolis <\/strong>were freshly stuffed with their cream as we ordered them and I didn\u2019t make it out the door before almost finishing the crescent cookies. I saved the flag cookies to look at just a bit longer- did I mention they\u2019re quite hard to find?<\/p>\n

Cake Boss, Buddy Valastro, was nowhere to be found. Maybe he was upstairs working on his next amazing cake creation, but one of his sisters who I\u2019d seen on the show was actually taking our order at the cash register. <\/p>\n

Italian cookies are a bit hard to come by, but you can make them yourself with a bit of preparation and patience. They\u2019ll be especially appreciated at a large gathering like a wedding or an\u2018Eid\u2019 party.<\/p>\n

Avoiding non-Halal Ingredients in Italian Baked Goods<\/strong><\/p>\n