More Franglais baked goods surface in Paris

Rose, Merce, Merci… there’s a new kid in town. Another cute, clean, contemporary café that serves upscale, Anglocentric bits and bobs.

Meet Claus. He quietly opened on rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau back in August.

Behold, poundcakes and carrot cake!


Scones, madeleines and muffins—er, financiers!



And cookies looking oh-so-American (and delicious).

Breads and viennoiserie come from Eric Kayser.

But the sit-down menu, including everything from scrambled eggs and muesli to tomato mozzarella salad and club sandwiches, is deliciously housemade.

Breakfast club: Jeffrey's Grocery

I walked into Jeffrey’s Grocery and was greeted by cookies.

Oatmeal

Peanut butter

Chocolate chip

But 8:30 a.m. was too early for cookies. And what Bennie and I really came for was the chocolate coffee cake—totally appropriate for breakfast.

Curses! They had no chocolate coffee cake.

We could have opted for a berry muffin, pockmarked as they were with beautiful, plump berries.

But we got the carrot muffin instead.

And we were rewarded for it.

Deep in the heart of the carrot muffin, it was still warm from the oven.

And sugary sweet delicious.

Dessert Blitz: Carrot Cake at Rose Bakery

In one month’s time, I will be back in New York. I, of course, have mixed feelings about this. But one thing is for sure: I have a lot of sweets to get through. Today…

The ever-famous cylindrical carrot cake from Rose Bakery.


Rose reduces the amount of sugar in her recipe, making it a titch healthier than most.

But can such an obscene amount of cake be considered healthy?

Tell me if there’s anything you want to sample vicariously through me… it would be my pleasure.

Heart to heart

For a year now, I’ve been a sucker for Coquelicot’s strawberry heart. It’s dense, sweet, spongy, and perfectly portioned.

But now my own heart is aflutter for a new cake: Merce and the Muse’s carrot-apple heart.

Same “love”ly shape. Another beautifully portioned and flavored creation. A new habit that I’ll need to control.