Hot New Cake Crush: Breadbelly's Peach Castella

BY TAMARA PALMER

Breadbelly is a frequent personal indulgence out here in San Francisco’s Avenues that is always good for a creative sugar and caffeine buzz. Frequent purchases include a rich chocolate soba-ko cookie, brown butter peanut mochi and the black sesame horchata and watermelon lychee-scented black tea, but there’s a seasonal showstopper of a cake available at the moment that you might want to crush on before stone fruit season is over.

Their castella, a light Japanese sponge cake, is currently layered with whipped cream, candied almond slivers and fresh peaches and topped with more fruit and nuts. I ate my slice with a lot of gratitude, absorbing the sense memory of it in case I never get a chance to have it again. Damn, they close in 15 minutes…

Breadbelly, 1408 Clement Street, San Francisco, www.breadbellysf.com.