We do enjoy a bit of culinary grandstanding here at Hot Dinners and when someone arrives in this city promising to serve up the best chocolate cake we've ever had in our lives then we sit up and take note.
404 Bakery comes from a couple of Hong Kong bakers who took their home city by storm when they set up an online bakery driven by their obsession with chocolate cakes. However the bakery had to close when they decided, like so many others, to leave Hong Kong for London.
But Hong Kong's loss it seems is London's gain. While they search for a permanent bakery spot to call their own, they've teamed up with The Co-Kitchens in Dalston where they'll be sharing their shopfront for the foreseeable future.
As for the cakes, there are three on offer:
- Gâteau au Chocolat made with Guanaja 70%
- Lisbon Chocolate Cake - their bestseller made with Port
- 12-layer Chocolate Cake - choose from three different iterations made with different varieties of Valrhona chocolate and a choice of Banana Foster, Highland Whisky or Rum Cherry flavours.
"We believe that chocolate cakes, just like English, are a universal language," they say. Sounds good to us.
More about 404 Bakery
Where is it? 584 Kingsland Rd, Dalston, London E8 4AH
When does it open? 12 June 2023
Find out more: Visit their website or follow them on Instagram @404_bakery
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