Yogurt Cakes at Harucake

 

Fro-yo girl here. I recently visited Harucake, a Korean cake bakery in LA’s Koreatown, and to my surprise, they had a few types of yogurt cake. There were two types of yogurt cake: summer peach (vanilla genoise, homemade peach compote, lemon yogurt cream) and green grape (vanilla genoise, lemon yogurt cream, fresh green grape).

Green grape yogurt cake ($14/slice): The vanilla genoise cake was light, fluffy, and tender. There were three layers of cake and two layers of milk cream. The entire cake is also covered in milk cream. The grapes were sweet and fresh. The lemon yogurt is subtle and actually tastes like yogurt. It was a big slice of cake but because it was light and not too sweet, it was easy to finish. The flavors are subtle and the cake delicate.

Harucake makes the cutest minimalist, low sugar (Asian sweet), organic milk cream cakes. The cake flavors (e.g., chocolate earl grey, strawberry milk cream, mugwort injeolmi) rotate but I believe all the cakes feature genoise (sponge cake) and layers of milk cream.

Is Harucake’s yogurt cake better than Yu Cake’s blueberry yogurt cake? Well, they’re different. Harucake’s cake is softer. Yu Cake gives you more yogurt cream and has more going on. Both are lower in sugar than your typical cake. I’d have a hard time choosing between Harucake and Yu Cake.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

Harucake, 3450 W 6th St, Ste 107, Los Angeles, CA 90020

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Blueberry Yogurt Cake from Paris Baguette

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been wanting to try the blueberry yogurt cake at Paris Baguette for years, but I didn’t want to buy a full cake. Recently, they started offering cake slices (yay). The whole cake is $31 and a slice is $4.50.

* Blueberry yogurt cake slice: The cake features three thin layers of vanilla sponge cake and three thin layers of blueberry yogurt cream with fresh strawberry slices, topped with fresh blueberries, a raspberry, and a blackberry. The cake was light but not moist. The tartness came from the fresh berries but I couldn’t taste yogurt. The yogurt cream was light and creamy. The frosting wasn’t too sweet. It reminded me of a strawberry shortcake from an Asian bakery.

I had a similar cake at Tous Les Jours, a Korean bakery and it also lacked yogurt flavor.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

* PARIS BAGUETTE: 400 S Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA 91007

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Tous Les Jours Blueberry Yogurt Fresh Cream Cake

Fro-yo girl here. I’ve seen blueberry yogurt cake at multiple Tous Les Jours locations. It’s three layers of plain sponge cake with thin layers of yogurt cream, one thin layer of blueberry jam, with fresh blueberries in one layer of cream and on top of the cake. You can buy the whole cake for $29 or a slice for $4.50.

The sponge cake was light and soft with a mild flavor. The yogurt cream was light, smooth and creamy; it seemed like whipped cream with a subtle yogurt flavor. Much of the flavor came from the fresh, tart blueberries. The cake was surprisingly tart because of the blueberries. The cake was pleasant, not too sweet and not too tangy. The yogurt flavor was very subtle.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.