Taro cake? Help!!

[pan cakes]

Which Chinese bakery has the best taro cake? I've gotten answers to go to Cathy's Bakery and Kiki's Bakery (its design is beautiful!! ).
Has anyone been to the bakery inside 99 ranch market in Arcadia? Are their cakes worth it ( I did see taro cake!)

[fdb]

I like Kiki's better. I find Cathy's cake to be dry while Kiki's is more moist.

[chowchow12345678]

Where's Kiki's? Does it have crispy layers too?

[fdb]

I don't believe they have crispy layers.

Kiki Bakery
640 W Valley Blvd
Ste B
Alhambra, CA 91804
[phone]

[choctastic]

The Alhambra Kiki's is really good. Love the really fluffy buns. I went to another Kiki's in San Gabriel (I think) that was crappy. Stick with the Alhambra one.

[ipsedixit]

Cathy's is the best in the SGV.

The stuff at the Ranch 99 in Arcadia is too sweet, no taro flavor.

[pan cakes]

Thanks so much!!

[pinkshch]

Agreed. Cathy's taro cake with those crispy layers is the best.

[chowchow12345678]

I'm not too crazy about taro/ube cakes from Filipino bakeries, it just tastes like vanilla chiffon cake with purple food coloring. The best taro cake I've had is from Vanille de Patisserie in San Marino (run by Chinese people), I can really taste the taro. Unfortunately I found it to be quite expensive. But it's really yummy and rich! You can buy a slice to taste it first before committing to a whole cake.

[ipsedixit]

The stuff at Vanille always looks better than it tastes.

What my eyes delight in, my mouth is always disappointed in.

[karynx78]

Taro cake is very popular with Filipino Bakeries. They call it UBE. Try Goldilocks or Red Ribbon Bakeries. There is a Filipino supermarket in the Eagle Rock Plaza and they have cakes in there along with Goldilocks.

I also like Diamond Bakery on Atlantic and Garvey in Monterey Park.

[ns1]

ube cake @red ribbon = delicious

[Das Ubergeek]

I concur with Karynx. Go to a Filipino bakery. There's also a Red Ribbon on Colorado in Glendale if that's easier for you... both it and Goldilocks are chains.

[LakerFan]

Actually taro and ube are two different things although they have a similar flavor and sometimes similar purple coloring. I would stick with the Chinese bakeries rather than a filipino one to find what the OP is looking for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ube