{"id":1266,"date":"2009-01-17T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T16:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2010-09-03T18:32:52","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T22:32:52","slug":"i-always-let-them-make-my-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=1266","title":{"rendered":"I always let them Make My Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1270\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1270 \" title=\"mmcphoto2\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mmcphoto2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"mmcphoto2\" width=\"227\" height=\"172\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HarlemCondoLife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1282\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1282 \" title=\"mmcphoto31\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mmcphoto31.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"mmcphoto31\" width=\"228\" height=\"178\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HarlemCondoLife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\">By NativeNewYorker<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1272\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1272\" title=\"mmcphoto4\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mmcphoto4.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"mmcphoto4\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mmcphoto4.jpg 800w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mmcphoto4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HarlemCondoLife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\">For the past twelve years, every birthday party, every baby shower, every graduation, every celebration means a visit to this extraordinary bakery.<span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019ve run into friends and co-workers who live way downtown who come up to Harlem just to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makemycake.com\" target=\"_blank\">Make My Cake<\/a>.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Once you\u2019ve tasted one of their sweet creations, you\u2019ll see why people from all over the city make the trip.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>I used to go to the original store on 110<sup>th<\/sup> street &#8211; before the building was torn down to build the incongruous high rise that now towers over Central Park North.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Sad as I was to see it close, I really like the 116<sup>th<\/sup> Street location, which is run by Aliyyah Baylor, daughter of JoAnn Baylor who founded the business and manages the 139<sup>th<\/sup> Street store. You can sit and have coffee and a treat or take out anything from a single slice to an enormous layer cake.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The staff is friendly and not only are the cakes delicious, they are beautifully decorated and they will\u00a0customize them\u00a0any way you want.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>A few years ago, my daughter designed her own cake and Make My Cake perfectly reproduced, with vibrantly colored icings, the custom graphic she designed on her computer \u2013 and for a very reasonable price.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>If you\u2019ve never been, do yourself a favor and stop by.<span>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1273\" title=\"mmcphoto6\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mmcphoto6.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"mmcphoto6\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mmcphoto6.jpg 800w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/mmcphoto6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span>Try their award winning red velvet cake (based on the recipe JoAnn\u2019s mother, \u201cMa Smith\u201d, brought with her from Mississippi more than 60 years ago) or one of their scrumptious cupcakes.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>According to their website, residents and local groups are welcome to utilize the 116<sup>th<\/sup> location for children\u2019s activities, and small community and business meetings.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Make My Cake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span>121 St. Nicholas Ave<\/span><span> (at 116th St.) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2360 Adam C. Powell Blvd<\/span><span> (at 139th St.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span>T. 212 932.0833 <span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>F. 212 932.3198\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">T 212 234.2344<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F. 212 324.2327<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.makemycake.com\">http:\/\/www.makemycake.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NativeNewYorker For the past twelve years, every birthday party, every baby shower, every graduation,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10704],"tags":[13828120,68552,74741,124718132,124718158,15799266,7395518],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8364,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions\/8364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}