For the best lunchtime splurge
Cloud 9 Confections tempts lunchtime patrons inside 7th Street Public
Market. Husband-and-wife owners Roland and Erica Horton bring their
respective cultures—Southeastern United States for him and Puerto Rico
for her—to their pastries. One customer can enjoy buttery pound cake
while another samples a quesito, a puff pastry with sweetened cream
cheese and guava.
"Everything is baked fresh," Erica Horton says. "You can see the oven and
the bakers pulling things out. … If a customer comes up and wants a hot
cookie out of the oven, we are typically able to satisfy them."
e top-selling Sinful Brownie combines a chocolate-chip cookie,
brownie, caramel and Oreo in one dessert. Another must-try item, the
Tuxedo Brownie, layers brownie and New York-style cheesecake. Erica
Horton's mom, a New Yorker, oversees cheesecake quality control.
Fresh from the Oven
Cloud 9 Confections
22 AUGUST 2016