Jean Georges’ Warm Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream – $9

Nougatine at Jean Georges is on the first floor of Trump International Hotel at Colombus Circle, overlooking Central Park. Guests enjoy signature dishes from Michelin Starred restaurant Jean Georges in less formal setting. The signature Warm Chocolate Cake was part of our Three Course Brunch ($28), which can also be ordered as a dessert for $9. This chocolaty cake is crispy on the outside and filled with molten Valrhona chocolate. The cake was originally created by Jean-Georges Vongerichten himself, and copied all over the world.

1 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023

Phone: (212) 299-1000

Chocolate Hazelnut Torte – $5.95 (1 slice)

Creamy, but not thick hazelnut chocolate ganache is sandwiched by a light hazelnut sponge cake. The sponge cake is airy providing a nice bounce with each bite into the cake. Finished with a hazelnut buttercream on the outside. The lightness of the ganache doesn’t make you thirst desperately after eating it, but a nice cup of tea or warm milk goes well with it.

92 Spruce Street, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 861-5190

Macarons – $0.75 (each)

Often this French pastry gets confused with its American counterpart macaroon another sweet confectionery. L.A. Burdick is one of the few places in the Boston area that offers this yummy dessert. Although not the finest in the world, but definitely beats anything in Boston. It is basically sweet icing sugar sandwiched by chewy sweet almond cookies. The macarons come in a variety of flavors: ginger, chocolate, coffee, citrus, lavender, and raspberry. When I enjoy these cookies at this cafe, I prefer to enjoy a cup of tea to balance the sweetness of these macarons, personal preference.

52D Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
Phone: (617) 491-4340

Cupcakes – $2.75 each
Top Left Clockwise: Green Monster, Super Chocolate, Bananarama, Red Velvet, Movie Matinee, and Lucky Cupcake

Cupcakes from this interestingly named vendor are made with all natural ingredients for those more health conscious individuals. They claimed to use no preservatives, artificial flavors, hydrogenated oils, and trans fat. The cupcakes from Kickass Cupcakes are the most innovative in the Boston area. The mental assurance of more-healthy ingredients sure makes you feel better after eating one or two of these.

Note: Kickass Cupcakes has limited edition cupcakes that change every so often.

Ltd. Edition Green Monster – Chocolate cupcake with a chocolate beer ganache center and Sam Adams Cream Stout frosting
Super Chocolate – Chocolate brownie cupcake topped with bittersweet chocolate ganache and covered with chocolate shavings
Lucky Cupcake – luscious lemon cupcake with white chocolate buttercream and candied ginger, comes with a fortune
www.kickasscupcakes.com

378 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA
Phone: (617) 628-2877

Chocolate Souffle – $7.00

The hard-to-make Chocolate Souffle has raspberry sauce and vanilla ice cream to accompany it. It has a crispy crust on top and filling chocolate cream mixture on the bottom. The preferable way to eat this is to break the souffle crust on top and pour the raspberry sauce in and dig into Chocolate Souffle with the vanilla ice cream.

Basement 1, 211 East 43rd Street, New York,  NY
Phone: (212) 953-7253

Cupcakes at Lulu’s Bake Shoppe are truly innovative. There are a variety of cupcakes with different ingredients such as peanut butter, butter cream, and marshmallows. One particular cupcakes at the joint that was memorable was the Lulu’s Cupcake. Moist chocolate, important to a good cupcake, and soft melted marshmallow inside.

Update: Lulu’s has closed for an unspecified amount of time due to changes.

227 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Phone: (617) 720-2200