Harucake, 3450 W 6th St, Ste 107, Los Angeles (Koreatown), CA 90020
Harucake makes the cutest minimalist, low sugar (Asian sweet), organic milk cream cakes. The cake flavors (e.g., chocolate earl grey, strawberry milk cream, mugwort injeolmi) rotate but I believe all the cakes feature genoise (sponge cake) and layers of milk cream. Slices start at $13. They also have scones, egg tarts, and drinks (espresso drinks, milk, matcha drinks). Matcha drinks are made with organic ceremonial grade matcha.
There were two types of yogurt cake: summer peach (vanilla genoise, homemade peach compote, lemon yogurt cream) and green grape (vanilla genoise, lemon yogurt cream, fresh green grape).
Egg tart: Really good, different too – the crust was thicker but still crispy, the thick eggy custard caramelized nicely. And it wasn’t too sweet.
Green grape yogurt cake ($14): The vanilla genoise cake was light, fluffy, and tender. There were three layers of cake and two layers of milk cream. The entire cake is also covered in milk cream. The grapes were sweet and fresh. The lemon yogurt is subtle and actually tastes like yogurt. It was a big slice of cake but because it was light and not too sweet, it was easy to finish. The flavors are subtle.
Harucake’s sign is hard to spot. It’s in the strip mall with Boba Time. There is parking but it’s valet only. Parking in that area is tough. The shop is very cute with limited seating.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
By Lolia S.