Cake Man Raven
708A Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-694-CAKE
When a girl at a meeting raved about Cake Man Raven and how his red velvet cake is hands down the best in Brooklyn, my taste buds started getting curious. The girl’s boyfriend has dreams about the cake. That speaks volumes.
I was afraid Cake Man Raven would be all line down the block, but maybe since it’s in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, it wouldn’t be overrun with tourists and such. Yelp reviews have described long waits, but I lucked out on a Sunday afternoon with just one lady in front of me. There’s a red velvet rope inside to queue the unruly masses, how appropriate. There were a whopping two choices: red velvet with nuts in the frosting, and red velvet with no nuts in the frosting. It didn’t look like there were any other varieties that day. I went with no nuts, parted ways with my hard-earned $6 (it’s a generous slice thank god), and toted my precious confection home like Gollum.
Eagerly, I poked the fork in to the ruby red cake and popped it into my mouth. Wonderful! This is a rare time that I wasn’t let down by a hyped up place. The cake reminded me of a damp sponge: moist and airy like a happy cloud. The cream cheese frosting is spot on since it isn’t too sweet nor too dry. It made me crave some carrot cake though.
According to the Cake Man’s website, his clients include:
Dan Rather
Sean Combs
Cast of Sex in the City
Bill Cosby
Stevie Wonder
Robert De Niro
Oprah Winfrey
Morgan Freeman
Katie Couric
Jay-Z
Janet Jackson and a zillion others
Good enough for Jay-Z, good enough for me!
