Place to get an Italian lemon cake in Santa Monica area?

[cimero]

Anyone know any good bakeries in Santa Monica that might have a good Italian Lemon cakek? Or anywhere in Los Angeles that sells a good Italian lemon cake????

[fdb]

I've seen it at Guidi Marcello in Santa Monica.

http://www.guidimarcello.com/products...

[soccerandlost]

I grew up on this, but I don't think you're not going to find it in too many restaurants -- it's frankly too simple (which, to me, is one of its charms) and therefore tends to be more common as a home-baked dessert.

It's really just a simple lemon cake (similar to angel food cake) with an even simpler lemon glaze. You should be able to run an internet search and get some good recipes -- you probably have everything you would need to make it in your pantry and refrigerator.

[Emme]

Not exactly sure I know what you're looking for, but have you tried Sweet Lady Jane, Gelson's, or Mrs. Beasley's?

I'd also call Amandine, Marina Pastries, Clementine, and Bay Cities.

[compucook]

I'd also call Nicolosi Bakery in Encino- they're Italian.

[Emme]

This link has a nice list of Italian bakeries in the LA area... call 'em!
http://www.italianlosangeles.org/inde...

Other "look into's" include Claro's, Sorrento's in Culver City, Monte Carlo Deli in Burbank...

[Burger Boy]

What is an Italian Lemon Cake?

[cimero]

Well, as with all things ethnic, there are a lot of variations but when I say Italian lemon cake I'm thinking of a light, extremely moist cake with an incredibly intensly lemon flavora and white lemon icing that's on the thin side, but not a glaze, yet not as thick as regular frosting...NOT the bundt cake ring version of lemon cake, and not the kind that has lemon filling or custard in the middle. Just plain light lemon flavored cake with lemon frosting. It's simple but an absoltue perfect end to an Italian meal if you want to have a sweet dessert. Although I love lemon sorbet with a shot of lemoncella poured over it as well. Good lemon cake is hard to find, the best lemon cake I've had in L.A. was a little hole in the wall restaurant in Hollywood, in a strip mall, called Tidal Wave. They get their cakes from somewhere else, and frankly all their dessert cakes are to die for.
There are other variations of Italian lemon cake...bascially lemon is such a popular flavoring in southern Italy that lemon is used to flavor many kinds of desserts so there are lemon versions of riccotta pie (which I think is what Il Fornaio calls lemon cake) and Olive Garden does that lemon filling one for lemon cake), but to me Italian lemon cake is simply a light moist cake with really intese lemon flavor. Here's a recipe that looks to me to be closest to what I'm talking about (I love to cook, but I'm not a baker which is why I would love to find a place to buy this cake).
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/10346...

[chilihead2006]

We spent October in Rome and the Amalfi Coast. I know exactly what you're talking about. It's an awesome cake. If you find someone in CA who makes this cake, please let us know.