Teena's Cake Fair

Hats off!

Teena's hamentashen ($1.75 each) — whose three-cornered shape is traditionally said to resemble the hat worn by Haman, the antagonist in the biblical book of Esther — offer moist filling cupped in a buttery cookie. Both the apricot hamentash (shown) and the prune are generously sized for the price.

In a nod to its increasingly West Indian neighborhood, the top of Teena's glass display cabinet sported slices of red velvet and black cakes. By their markings, I gathered that these and several other items had been baked elsewhere, though I didn't ask and can't be sure. (Below, a comment by the owner tells us that those cakes are, in fact, baked at Teena's.) Likewise, at least two nearby Caribbean bakers offered bite-sized, tightly wrapped Old World pastries — in each case, labeled "rugglers."

Teena's Cake Fair
1568 Ralph Ave. (Foster Ave.-Farragut Rd.), Canarsie, Brooklyn
718-763-9100

Comments

[Sonia]

As the owner of Teenas Cake Fair ,I can assure you that all the slices you talk about on our counter are most definitly baked in our store. That goes for everything there except thr bagels