May 2-4th at Sesame!
We have more strawberry cake for you this weekend and a special strawberry tart with sesame pastry cream! Savory galettes Friday and Saturday.
Hope we catch you xo Sesame
MENU
sesame butter cookie
carrot+ seed teacake
meyer lemon madeleine
cardamom +almond financier
blood orange glazed shortbread
strawberry jam graham cookie
asparagus, potato, herb +gruyere galette- FRIDAY +SATURDAY
rhubarb frangipane tart
strawberry cake -buckwheat chiffon cake with fig leaf pastry cream, Dirty Girl+Lucero strawberries, creme fraiche whipped cream
strawberry tart with sesame pastry cream, Dirty Girl+Lucero strawberries, and whipped cream on a sable tart
Strawberry Cake! + MENU APRIL 25-27
Hope we see you for the first strawberry cake of the season! It only gets better from here on out.
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sesame butter cookie
strawberry graham cookie
blood orange glazed shortbread
cardamom + almond financier
meyer lemon madeleine
asparagus, potato, herb+gruyere galette
rhubarb+frangipane tart
carrot+seed teacake
strawberry cake- buckwheat chiffon cake layered with strawberries, fig leaf pastry cream, and topped with crème fraîche whipped cream
xo
sesame
Shop Menu April 18-20
Spring is here and our menu is filled with treats to highlight the season. It’s sunny in our secret alley so take a break with a slice and a cup of coffee with us Thursday-Saturday 10-3.
Hope we see you!
MENU
sesame butter cookie
blood orange shortbread
cardamom almond financier
carrot+seed teacake
meyer lemon madeleine
rhubarb and buckwheat chiffon cake with vanilla bean pastry cream and creme fraiche whipped cream
asparagus, potato, gruyere+spring herb galette
strawberry +tea cream sable tart with whipped cream
possibly one other tbd special item for Friday+Saturday
xo
SHOP MENU 3/28-3/31
SPRING CARROT CAKE!
We’re open Thursday-Sunday 10-3 with special spring treats all weekend. Also, we have a special Easter Tea+Cake set for two up on Tock you can reserve a table for two with special treats to accompany a pot of Song Red Tea.
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sesame butter cookie
blood orange shortbread
pomelo +pink graprefruit marmalade cookie
cardamom+almond financier
apple frangipane tart
meyer lemon meringue buckwheat tart
carrot cake
orange+anise rabbit cookie
kabocha tea cake
EASTER + SPRING!
We are open an extra day Easter week so come by and enjoy some spring treats!
PREORDER MENU
COOKIE BOX
A special box to enjoy with family and friends to celebrate spring.
Each box contains 2 of each cookie and a cookie key
Orange+Anise seed Rabbit Cookie
Coconut Macaroon
Seville Marmalade Cookie
Chocolate +Toasted Almond Cookie
Buckwheat Sable
Blood Orange Shortbread
SAVORY TART
Spring Greens+ herbs tart with gruyere in a flaky buttery crust
CAKE
Carrot cake with Full Belly Nantes Carrots and toasted walnuts, prune+orange compote, vanilla bean pastry cream and topped with a zesty creme fraiche whipped cream
MENU MARCH 21-23
Spring is here and you can find little hints of brightness in our menu this week!
Hope we see you in the alley
MENU
sesame butter cookie
blood orange shortbread
jasmine tea caramel cookie
pomelo+grapefruit cookie
kabocha tea cake
cardamom+almond financier
almond chiffon cake with our Seville marmalade, vanilla bean pastry cream + topped with whipped chocolate buttercream
apple+frangipane tart
meyer lemon + meringue buckwheat tartlet
xo
VALENTINE'S CHOCOLATE CAKE
We’re bringing back this favorite chocolate cake for Valentine’s. Dark chocolate cake layered with blood orange marmalade, caramel pastry cream and topped with whipped milk chocolate frosting. A real treat! Reserve yours up on our shop page for pick-up on Wednesday 2/14 at the shop.
Valentines Cookie Box
Treat yourself or someone you love to a special Valentine’s cookie box. Each box comes with 2 of each cookie, a small bag of candied orange peel, cookie key and a handmade valentine. Made with all organic ingedients. Pick up at our shop the weekend before or come in Wednesday 2/14 when we’ll be open for a very special valentines Tea+Cake and special order pick-up.
blood orange glazed shortbread
candied kumquat cookie
chocolate glazed almond cookie
jasmine tea caramel cookie
peanut praline brownie
candied orange peel
Coconut Cake!
We have to put a hold on Galette Des Rois until after our little shop break, but we have Coconut Cake to hold you over until we return! A light vanilla bean chiffon layered with our coconut milk jam, coconut pastry cream and topped with buttercream and toasted coconut. Coconut lovers this is your cake! Slices Thursday-Suaturday in the shop 10-3 or make the smart choice and preorder a whole one on our shop page. Hope we see you!
Fancy Cake and Party Box for New Years
We have a very decadent chocolate cake for you to ring in the New Year. You can preorder on our shop page on 12/27 and pick-up Friday- Saturday 10-3, or Sunday we’ll have a special pick-up from 10-12.
This year’s cake is a walnut chiffon cake layered with vanilla bean pastry cream with crushed walnut meringues, mandarin marmalade, and topped with a dark chocolate glaze/ 6” round cake 8 slices
We also have a special treat box ready for a party or a quiet night to cozy up and ring in the new year.
coconut macaroons, quince pate de fruit, satsuma marmalade cookies, Yunnan tea caramel cookies, pistachio and candied orange peel nougat
Each box contains 2 of each cookie and 2 bags of each candy
Happy New Year!
HOLIDAY COOKIE MAKING BASICS CLASS
We have a festive class planned for December 10th in our big beautiful kitchen. We are keeping the class small so if you’re interested, register quick because this is the only class we have available this month. You can click on our shop link and reserve your spot. We’ll make speculoos (spice dough), a versatile sugar cookie dough, royal icing, and then roll, cut and bake our creations. You’ll leave with some dough and recipes to keep rolling. Light sweets and refreshments served. Hope you can join us.
HOLIDAY PREORDER
THANKSGIVING PREORDERS ARE OPEN! Reserve our special seasonal desserts to share at your gathering. This year we have Kabocha Caramel Tart, Apple+ Almond Cream Tart, and Kabocha Teacakes available to share at your table. Made with all organic ingredients.
Hope we see you Thanksgiving week, we’ll have pick-ups available Tuesday 11/21 and Wednesday f11/22 rom 10-3 with coffee, and whatever else we can bake extra for you.
On Thanksgiving Thursday we are open 10-12 for a quick pick-up window and coffee.
xoxo Sesame
Warren Pear + Walnut Chiffon Cake
Hope we see you this week, it seems like fall has arrived!
MENU THIS WEEK
sesame cookie
plum or fig crumb bar
raspberry linzer
strawberry jam graham cookie
savory galette: potato, herb +gruyere
Fig+fig leaf éclair
walnut chiffon + pear cake
FIG CAKE this week and Tea+ Cake!
I hope you can stop in this week at the shop we have lots of delicious fruit to highlight on our menu including a Sesame first, fig cake! We are turning these delicious Black Mission figs into a juicy jam to layer with almond chiffon cake, fig leaf pastry cream and topped with burnt honey buttercream. We’ll have peach crumb bars, sweet and savory galettes, and various cookies, maybe even gingercats. Reserve a whole cake on our shop page, and make sure to join us in the alley for Tea+ Cake. You can reserve a table for two here on Tock. Tickets are for two, and tea+cake sets are $30 per person and include slices of fig cake, mini cookie plate, bowl of organic seasonal fruit and a pot of Song Red tea.
Hope we see you! We also keep tables open for you to enjoy whatever you like from our case. See you Thursday- Saturday 10-3.
Late Summer Treats+ Peach Melba Cake
We are approaching the end of summer but it’s also a time when we have a bounty of delicious summer fruit meeting the beginning of fall fruit like Gravenstein apples and figs, so we’re going to find a way to embrace it all this weekend. We’re bringing back peach melba cake which has late summer peaches and fresh raspberries layered with vanilla bean pastry cream and whipped cream, a light delicious cake.
You can order a whole one on our shop page or stop in for a slice. We’ll also have fig leaf éclairs with fresh figs, and we have Tea+Cake dessert sets open for you to reserve a table and linger over tea and desserts here on Tock.
Hope we see you this weekend Thursday- Saturday 10-3
xo Sesame
Thursday-Saturday 10-3 summertime at the shop
So many good things to eat right now and so we’re just going to keep rolling with these delicious nectarines in the cake, plus peaches in something tbd special, and pluot galettes.
We have Tea+Cake reservations open here on Tock. Please join us for our special dessert set with Song Tea 11:00, 12 or 1:00 Thursday-Saturday. Tea+Cake dessert sets are $30 per person and you pay at the shop when you visit after reserving a table on Tock. We save two tables for this special event, our other tables are first come, first serve to enjoy whatever treats from the case strike your fancy with Mother Tongue Coffee, cold brew tea, or our housemade fruit soda. Hope we see you this week!
xo Sesame
Tea+Cake this weekend
Last weekend was so sweet having you in the alley to linger over tea and cake. We’re doing it again this weekend and adding Thursday. Tea+Cake dessert sets can be reserved here on Tock. Reservations are for 2 but we can accommodate 3 just email us. Tea+ Cake dessert sets this weekend include strawberry cake slices, a petite cookie plate, delicious seasonal organic fruit and a pot of Song tea. Tickets are $30 per person and you can pay when you come visit us at the shop. You can always add on more goodies too!
We look forward to seeing you.
xo Sesame
Tea+Cake in the Sesame alley
Join us this Friday and Saturday for a very special soft launch of tea+cake in the alley. Catch up with a friend, meet up with a loved one, take a little time to linger over special desserts and tea made just for you. We will have a few tables available to reserve in our alley with a special menu for 2-3 guests. For this first event the menu will include seasonal cake slices, petite cookies, a bowl of delicious summer fruit, and a pot of local organic Song tea.
Hope we see you.
Reserve your tickets on Tock and pay with a card at the shop after you enjoy Tea+Cake. Tickets for Tea+Cake are $30 per person and we can accommodate parties of 2 or 3 people. Reservations are required here but you will not be charged until you join us in the alley. Tea+cake sets include seasonal cake slices, plate of petite cookies, organic fruit bowl and a pot of Song Red or Fragrant Leaf tea. You are welcome to add on any desserts from the case. Reservations are for 45 minute bookings.
xo Sesame
APRICOT CAKE+ CHERRY TART!
SUMMER HAS ARRIVED!
See you this Thursday- Saturday for treats and coffee. Come hang in our alley it’s real cute.
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cherry tart- roasted cherries, Yunnan tea pastry cream, whip cream, sable tart
walnut + brown butter blondie
sesame cookie
peach crumb cookie
coconut macaroon * gluten free+ dairy free
jasmine tea caramel cookie
apricot cake- almond chiffon, apricots, noyau pastry cream, apricot buttercream
xo
STRAWBERRY CAKE
We have strawberry cake available for preorder this weekend or come by and join us for a slice in the alley. We’ll have other special treats featuring apricots and cherries and even savory puff pastry tarts!
Hope we see you Thursday-Saturday 10-3
xo
GRANDLY OPEN!
We are grandly opening June 1st and will be open 10-3 with cake, special summer treats and Mother Tongue Coffee. We’ll also be open June 2nd +3rd from 10-3 so please join us in the alley for a slice and a cup of coffee, we’d love to see you.
Cake Pop-Up at Blackbird Bookstore
I’m planning on another lovely Sunday with coconut cake at Blackbird Bookstore on April 2nd from 12-3. You should join me! Grab a coffee or tea up front from the cafe, join me for cake in the backyard and finish the day with a walk to the beach. A pretty good Sunday in my book.
Umami Mart Cake Pop-up
Join me and the Umami Mart crew on March 26th for a special cake pop-up at their Sunday Kissaten! I’ll be there serving slices of cake from 11:30-2 with Ian pouring special coffee from his siphon coffee maker. You can also take slices to go or order a whole cake for pick up there too. I’ll announce the cake as we get a little closer to the date. Hope we see you!