We will be at our first farmers’ market this weekend, 6/06/2010 from 11am to 4pm at Santana Row in San Jose to showcase our favorite flavors of our delicious cheesecakes. Among those available will be our seasonal specialty, Blueberry Almond Cheesecake (photo left). This fantastic delight features locally grown organic blueberries with just a splash of amaretto liqueur. Other flavors available will be Citrus Delight, Java Chocolate Chip, Vanilla Bean, White Chocolate Raspberry, and Dulce de Leche! Check out our flavors page to find out more about these amazing flavors. We will be handing out samples as well, so don’t be shy, come up and ask to try some! We will of course be happy to oblige. Never deny yourself cheesecake!

For you Celiacs out there looking for a fantastic Gluten Free cheesecake, I will also have the Citrus Delight available for sampling and purchasing at the farmers’ market!

Thanks for reading and I hope to see you there!

For more information on the Santana Row Farmers’ Market in San Jose, please click here.

So, I made some changes to this process: smaller batches of chocolate so I could always have a clean chocolate dunk, and the addition of tapping the bites to the side of the bowl to remove some of the chocolate. Voila! I had successfully made batch #2 of ‘Lil Uns. These were tasty and beautiful (for the most part) and were a good intro for my ‘Lil Uns creation. The photo to the left is another delicious creation: Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake wrapped in white chocolate. This batch of tasty morsels in various flavors ended up at the Sweet and Savory Festival in Oakland Mother’s Day weekend (see photo in previous blog post).

But, I’m still not happy with the whole dipping and tapping on the bowl thing. And here we arrive at batch #3 of ‘Lil Uns. The photo above is of my third attempt: Molded chocolate. Molding chocolate is relatively simple: melted chocolate in a mold, tap it out, add center, add more chocolate, let it set, DONE. Although less messy, it was not nearly as simple as I had hoped. As you may know, cheesecake is not typically ball shaped and so it doesn’t do very well in truffle mold shapes. This is something that I am still working on: shaping the cheesecake inside the chocolate mold. But hey, it’s progress!

The ‘Lil Un Journey Continues……

Also, we unveiled our ‘Lil Un cheesecake bites which were also a hit. This little ‘uns are cheesecake bites in various flavors wrapped in chocolate. We started out with our signature vanilla bean cheesecake dipped in a smooth, creamy orange white chocolate. I called this one ‘the creamsicle’ because it reminded me of my childhood absolute favorite ice cream bar. And indeed, it tasted amazing and everyone loved it. Perhaps because it gave them a grownup flash back to the same beloved childhood dessert.

We also unveiled several other ‘Lil Un flavors including raspberry white chocolate cheesecake in a white chocolate coating, cranberry cognac and milk chocolate cheesecake in a white chocolate coating, coconut dream cheesecake in a milk chocolate, white chocolate and orange white chocolate coating. The coconut in the milk chocolate was exceptional and reminded me of another childhood favorite: Mounds Candy Bar. Leaps and bounds more sophisticated and mouth-wateringly creamy, but reminiscent nonetheless.

In addition to this ‘Lil Un flavors, I have many other combinations in the works which I will be revealing soon enough. So if you were fortunate enough to try some of these cheesecake bites and you loved them just as much as we did, stay tuned for the next flavors. I promise they will be mind blowingly delicious!!

Now that we have finished with the Festival, we will be regularly attending farmers’ markets in the south and possibly north bay area. I will create a schedule so that you can follow us and know where we are going to be and what we will be bringing. If you have any favorite flavors that you would like to see at the farmers’ market that we will be appearing at and would like to make sure that they are available when you arrive, I would highly recommend sending an e-mail to cindi@anticupcakeco.com.

Thanks for reading and I hope that if you aren’t already a fan of our cheesecakes or cheesecake ‘Lil Uns, that you soon will be!

We have also officially reserved tables at several farmers’ markets in the South Bay and a few in the North Bay including Santa Row, Santa Teresa, Berryessa, and South San Francisco. We will start to appear in the markets after the Sweet and Savory Festival. Soon, I will post a schedule so you know which markets to find us in and when.

In other news, I have temporarily removed our cheesecakes from Cafe Zoe in Menlo Park. Many people have asked where they went and I realized I never let anyone know they were missing!! So, now you know. But this is only temporary. I am working out some kinks and I repost when they are back in the shop. If there are any flavors you would like to see there, let me know!!

Down with the Cupcake!! Up with the Cheesecake!!

Since the event, I have been busy preparing cheesecakes for going to local stores and cafés. One of my small delicious cheesecakes with your café would be delectable! I will soon be posting availability, so stay tuned.

Our availability in farmers markets is also coming soon: in March, I will be posting our local Farmer’s market schedule so you can satisfy your cheesecake craving any time of the week.

And of course, we are always available to cater your next event! Just send us an e-mail or give us a call (see contact page).

Remember, you should never deprive yourself of cheesecake!