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Back in April, we were approached on Twitter by a customer who wanted a special cake for the Kentucky Derby. Camille’s only requirement was that the cake must contain chocolate, ginger, lime, and bourbon.  We made Camille one hell of a cake and she was a very happy camper. (You can see a picture of her half eaten cake on our Facebook page under Photos by Others.) We made this cake (without limes) a little while later as a personal cake for those awesome people at Escazu and now we’re going to make the cake for you!. The cake will be a chocolate stout cake made with Escazu’s 65% chocolate and Fullsteam’s Hogwash (because it sounds like a good excuse for us to drink a pint), fresh candied ginger, and vanilla infused bourbon. The cake will be available by the slice on Thursday 9/2 at noon.

Escazu Artisan Chocolates is located at 936 N. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604. There is a map here. Follow Escazu on Twitter and Facebook.

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After all the glowing reviews of last week’s chocolate Fullsteam ghost chili madness at Escazu, some of you are wondering what we are doing this week.  A few weeks ago, Carrie’s daughter turned eleven and requested this cake for her birthday: coffee pound cake, raspberries, and chocolate ganache. That’s what we’re making this week, with one huge upgrade, Escazu’s 65% chocolate.  It was a damn fine cake a few weeks ago and it’ll be an even better cake this week. Did we mention the coffee in the pound cake comes from Joe Van Gogh? The cake will be available Thursday August 26 at noon.

Escazu Artisan Chocolates is located at 936 N. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604. There is a map here. Follow Escazu on Twitter and Facebook.

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Crumb is very please to announce a new experiment with our friends at Escazu Artisan Chocolates. Starting on Thursday, Crumb will be offering slices of cake for sale at Escazu, made with Escazu’s amazing chocolate (by far the best chocolate in North Carolina and probably on the eastern seaboard).

Cake will be available at noon on Thursday and when it’s gone, it’s gone for another week.  This week’s cake is for our friends Chris, Brooks, and Sean in honor of the opening of Fullsteam. Hogwash hickory smoked porter chocolate cake, cherries, and chocolate buttercream. We’ll probably figure out a way to work some ghost chilis into the mix too.

Escazu Artisan Chocolates is located at 936 N. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604. There is a map here. Follow Escazu on Twitter and Facebook.

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Crumb is very pleased to be taking part in this year’s Farm to Fork celebration of local foods and local farms.  For those going, this is what you are getting from us. For those not going, this is what you are missing out on.

We are doing three different types of cake:

1] An untitled cake featuring chocolate from Escazu Artisan Chocolate (Raleigh, NC), beer from Big Boss (Raleigh, NC), and goat cheese and yogurt from Celebrity Dairy (Siler City, NC)

2] Strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream featuring strawberries from Barefoot Farms (Meadow, NC)

3] Sweet Potato cake with brown sugar/bourbon buttercream featuring Beauregard Sweet Potatoes from L & G Farms (Meadow, NC)

All cakes use flour from Lindley Mills (Graham, NC), cream and buttermilk from Maple View Farm (Hillsborough, NC), and eggs from Latta’s Egg Ranch (Hillsborough, NC)

Thanks to Escazu, Big Boss, and Celebrity Dairy for donating ingredients.

As a side note, this is the last weekend to buy strawberries from Barefoot farms at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market. Go and get some, they are the perfect strawberry: red to the core, tart, and sweet without being sugary.

Pictures will be posted on Monday.

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Our friends at Escazu Artisan Chocolates are celebrating their second anniversary this Friday and Saturday and are giving way a free Crumb mini-cupcake with any purchase of $3 or more.  The cake is made with Escazu’s chocolate and Duck-Rabbit’s milk stout.  Come by, eat some chocolate and have some cake. Celebrate February’s First Friday in style.

Read the Escazu newsletter for details.

Escazu is located at 610 S. Glenwood, Raleigh, NC

Escazu is open from 12pm to 10pm, Tuesday – Saturday

Follow Escazu on twitter here.

Read the same news on New Raleigh.

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