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"When the occasion calls for cake, like your best friend’s birthday or a night in with the latest bingeable show you’d never tell anyone you are obsessed with, head to this woman-owned Dominican bakery in Alphabet City. Rossy’s specializes in Dominican-style yellow cakes, characterized by their moist and airy crumb and meringue frosting. We’re talking multi-tiered, flashy fondant-and-cartoon figurine bedecked treats with curly script that would give Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood cause to tremble. These cakes make an appearance at birthdays, baby showers, and anniversaries, but the bakery also offers breakfast, coffee, shakes, and savory items like sancocho, pollo guisado, and empanadas. If you can’t commit to a giant cake, then grab a slice of the guava or pineapple cake paired with a Café Especial de Maria, a double dosing of evaporated and regular milk plus sugar and cinnamon." - marisel salazar