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I've had the Costco chocolate cake, and it is pretty good.  We ended up 
getting a cake from a French bakery in Rockville.  It was OK, and very 
pretty.  However, not a very intensive chocolate experience.  I may take a 
look at the German bakery you mention (although not necessarily for the 
cake).


<bob@yab.ogr> wrote in message 
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> In article <vJmdnSlK6O3aYKfcRVn-sw@comcast.com>, "Paul Green" <pgreen @
> comcast.net> says...
>> Who makes a decent chocolate cake (with good chocolate icing) here in
>> Northern Montgomery County? There used to be a fine, old-style bakery in
>> Aspen Hill (not all that Northern, but doable), but it is long gone. I am
>> tired of mediocre grocery store cakes, with their Crisco icing. I am 
>> shocked
>> and horrified by some of the fancier bakeries, with their pretty cakes 
>> that
>> taste as if they were made from sawdust. Someone once told me that the 
>> Giant
>> Gourmet makes a decent cake, but that was back when there actually was a
>> local grocery chain called "Giant" that actually baked its own stuff. 
>> Will I
>> have to bake my own? What is a chocolate cake lover to do?
>>
>> [While I know that most of this board's traffic has migrated to 
>> Chowhound,
>> hope springs eternal.]
>>
>> And if I may wax nostalgic for a second, I well recall walking into one 
>> of
>> those old-style bakeries as a kid and almost going crazy over the 
>> wonderful
>> aromas.  The Aspen Hill bakery (I can't even remember the name, except 
>> that
>> I think it may have started with an "E"--it was next to the hardware 
>> store
>> that no longer exists) was one of those.  I suppose the other question is
>> will I do better just buying a cake mix, and whipping up some good icing
>> (even Alton Brown concedes that it is hard to do better than a good mix
>> cake)?
>>
>> Paul
>>
> Oh yeah - that was Eradford's - I remember it well.  (Sorry, couldn't
> resist.)
>
> Many people rave about Costco's cakes.  I've heard praise for all the
> varieties they sell, including the monster chocolate cakes I've seen in
> their stores, but never tried.  They look pretty deadly.  I have peeked
> at the ingredient labels for the various Costco cakes, and they seem to
> use decent quality ingredients, and not skimp on the more expensive
> items like butter and chocolate.
>
> I've seen a "German Bakery" that recently opened in a shopping center on
> Muddy Branch Road in Gburg.  I don't know the name of the center, but
> it's the one with a Giant, Radio Shack, Chop Stix, etc.
>
> A couple of years ago I would already have notches in my fork handle for
> all the Costco cake varieties, the bakery on Muddy Branch and all the
> rest, but I'm steering clear of the more flagrant sweets these days, so
> I can offer my own opinions on the quality of any of the above.
>
> Bob