When my wife and i got married, we had Aki's Guava Cake for our wedding cake. Everyone loved it. We were so sad when they closed down. Today is our 9 year anniversary, and i bought my wife the La Patisserie Guava cake. She said its 9/10 exactly like Aki's. Thanks for showing us where to find it.
I have been literally craving Aki's cake for years and I can't express enough my gratitude for this fine piece of investigative journalism, you're the Ronan Farrow of desserts.
This video is too crazy! I searched guava cakes to see if I could make the guava cake at home and came across this video. My grandma lived in San Jose and used to bring home this cake ALL the time from the original bakery. She recently passed and I knew the place closed down years ago but just hearing the story really made me smile. I wish things were open now so I could buy the cake or I could find the recipe to try and make it.
Hi Talia! There definitely are guava chiffon cake recipes online you can try. To get it close to Aki's may require a bit of trial and error. Good luck and save me a piece if it turns out! :)
Thank you for chasing Aki's Hawaiian Guava Chiffon Cake...or something close to it. I loved their Guava cake and would drive from Pleasant Hill to San Jose all the time for the cake. I was looking for a Guava Cake recipe to make for my son's birthday on Friday and found your video. I am so glad I did. I am going to order a cake from LaPatisserie in Cupertino. Thank you so much!!
Hope you were able to buy a good one! Thinking about it now is making my mouth water - lol. I have half a La Patisserie guava cake in my freezer I think I will defrost for this week...
These cakes are the BEST! I’m dying inside watching you eat this! Foodland grocery stores in Honolulu made these and 🤤 🤤. I could eat the whole cake. THEN you said Filipino deserts?! Cassava cakes are also great!!!
It was not wise to watch this before going to sleep. Now I’m hungry 😂. I’ve never had guava cake nor have I seen it over here. Next time we visit this is on our list haha. Love the comparison. They all looked so different.
That was a good video to share on FB and San Francisco Remembered group to see who use to eat Aki's.. Guava cake is pretty available all over markets and restaurants with bakeries here in Hawaii. I think Liliha Bakery is the one people go for a lot.
Hallo! Long time no chat ;) U guys are so lucky in Hawaii - but I've frozen the other 3/4 of my cake from La Patisserie and hopefully that will keep me for awhile. Is Liliha is Honolulu? Will have to look out for it next time I'm over there.
Thanks! Will put it on my list for next Hawaii trip although hoping to hit one of the islands I've not been before (visited Oahu, Maui, and Kauai now). I hear the Big Island is awesome?
La Patisserie’s Guava cake is friggin delicious!! It’s my go to and had it last week!!! Call ahead to reserve one or just order it !! Refreshing, moist and sweet and yes, I would love more jelly in between 🥰🥰🥰🥰
If you're in Houston I think the Asian population there should be large enough to have a guava cake somewhere :) BUT there are a ton of recipes on the internet for guava chiffon cake if you feel like doing some baking. Good luck!
Today also watching your video anytime watching your introduce Hawaiian cakes guava really never seen cake... one of best color even eating your face very gorgeous...kind of like cake looks like gorgeous color...i love it...
Hi there! What a fun challenge! The cake at La Patisserie looked wonderful, and I'm glad you found a guava cake which is beautiful and tasty. At Elite Bakery, even though it wasn't this particular challenge, I'm so curious about the Ube Cake. That looked really yummy. Thanks for the video!
Hi Erin! Right, the ube cake looked pretty good?? I'll have to go back and try it...I'm still going to try that guava cake in L.A. Curious to see how that will stack up 👍
@Zeene InRealLife I know! Ube cake might be good...it's a good flavor, too. If you try the guava cake in L.A., I hope you'll do a video. My friend tells me that it's really delicious. She and her family just love it.
I’m such a huge fan of Aki’s Bakery. I too have tried to find the closest cousin, but no one has hit the mark. LP looks like it and one of the staff members said the cream is a guava mouse. When Aki’s closed, the group that was given the recipe used it in 3 of its bakery’s, but it was not a close relative to me. I’ve even taken a class ay CAKEWORKS. It looked similar with the piping, glaze , the cake itself was way dense. The instructor used a recipe thats all over google from Guava Rose and it was not a replica. I have a few places to test out and crossing everything that I find one that I love.
Good luck and please share if you find it! I got a recommendation in these comments to try out a bakery down in L.A. that also makes it so that will be my next adventure. Hopefully find something there that’s even closer than LP!
I find myself that cake guava really nice cake... seems to be very texture great cakes also Hawaii famous flavor cake. ..really never seen guava cake kind of color very unique color very gorgeous...i wanna go try there Hawaii traditional guava cake...
Korean person don.t know guava cake also i don.t try experience...however if i have chance...i wanna go there try to guava cake experience in Hawaii...
Enjoyed this video being from Hawaii, my taste for Guava Chiffon Cake was only bested by Strawberry Shortcake from Dutch Girl Bakery in the Chun-Hoon Everybody Market shopping center, so creamy. Btw, ever had the Blum Coffee Crunch Cake currently had only (that I know of) from Yasukochi's Sweet Stop om Japantown SF? So good! Be well and thanks for this video, my mouth waters just for a forkful. 8)
Another viewer from Honolulu already promised to take me to Liliha Bakery for their guava chiffon cake on my next trip. Can't wait! Hope you are good over there in HI. Take care of yourself in this crazy time!
@@ZeeneInRealLife very nice, tho my lack of clarity, I am originally from Hawaii nei, tho live in SF currently, going on 40yrs, and well under the lockdown, so far. Just heard that The National Guard were being dispersed in LA and NYC, w/the go ahead for SF to begin. Also, a neighbors friend has been ticketed and arrested for ignoring lockdown protocols by trying to drive over to visit. These are serious times, and your videos encourage me to visit my memories of "kid time" (local ref erences for being children or keikis) growing up when we had little or no cares, when our grandparents, parents, aunties and uncles would bring cakes and pies over when they visited and another memorable moment was born and cataloged for future reference.😆 Thanks for the memories!
@@ZeeneInRealLife thanx you do the same, tho before I go, I'd like to mention the Lilikoi or passion fruit flavor. Enjoy the read. www.snackhawaii.com/blogs/recipes/lilikoi-passionfruit-cream-cheese-pie-recipe?_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtdXNpY19tb25nZXJAeWFob28uY29tIiwgImtsX2NvbXBhbnlfaWQiOiAiSk5qTnIyIn0%3D Hopefully that link will work.
Go see the owner Cero Anthony and the original Akis bakery daughter and son who work at Cake Expressions @ De La Cruz Blvd. SC. They may be putting the Original cake out to the public real soon. OMG! Just watched your last review at Flower Flour on Willow St. Was my families old flower shop that used to be called Town Flowers. My families events floral business Flower Divas is also off De La Cruz Blvd. SC. Shameless plug. ♡ I am sure you will rank Cake Expressions for the best guava cake by the ORIGINALS if they decide to start putting it out to the public. May be that the chase is over. Good luck!
Awesome! Thanks for the tip! I didn't see it on their website but likely a visit is in order to get at a "secret menu." So funny about Flower Flour -- now it totally makes sense why the owner called it that!
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll add it to my list of videos. :) In the meantime, there are a ton of really great guava chiffon cake recipes on the internet.
They must have changed the recipe at La Patisserie because I just bought one this week and there was ZERO guava flavor and the cake was dry and the frosting was definitely NOT whipped. One of the most disappointing cakes I ever had from there. Came across this video because I am in search of a recipe.
I have not yet! I think another viewer recommended the bakery and I was originally planning to shoot an LA sequel but it's been postponed due to covid. Hopefully I get get down there soon to check it out. Thanks for the reco!
When my wife and i got married, we had Aki's Guava Cake for our wedding cake. Everyone loved it. We were so sad when they closed down. Today is our 9 year anniversary, and i bought my wife the La Patisserie Guava cake. She said its 9/10 exactly like Aki's. Thanks for showing us where to find it.
I have been literally craving Aki's cake for years and I can't express enough my gratitude for this fine piece of investigative journalism, you're the Ronan Farrow of desserts.
Lol, righting the sweet injustices of this world. 🕵🏻♀️
I'd die for Aki's Dream Cake recipe!!! Grew up with this cake for every holiday in our home!
I miss it!
This video is too crazy! I searched guava cakes to see if I could make the guava cake at home and came across this video. My grandma lived in San Jose and used to bring home this cake ALL the time from the original bakery. She recently passed and I knew the place closed down years ago but just hearing the story really made me smile. I wish things were open now so I could buy the cake or I could find the recipe to try and make it.
Hi Talia! There definitely are guava chiffon cake recipes online you can try. To get it close to Aki's may require a bit of trial and error. Good luck and save me a piece if it turns out! :)
Thank you for chasing Aki's Hawaiian Guava Chiffon Cake...or something close to it. I loved their Guava cake and would drive from Pleasant Hill to San Jose all the time for the cake. I was looking for a Guava Cake recipe to make for my son's birthday on Friday and found your video. I am so glad I did. I am going to order a cake from LaPatisserie in Cupertino. Thank you so much!!
Awesome! Enjoy it!
I live in San Jose and wanted a guava cake. You were exactly what I was looking for. thanks
Hope you were able to buy a good one! Thinking about it now is making my mouth water - lol. I have half a La Patisserie guava cake in my freezer I think I will defrost for this week...
chasing akis guava cake! yes it was so delish i would drive there to get it for my sis bday!
Oh man! Guava is my all time fav!! So excited to try these!!
Me too!
These cakes are the BEST! I’m dying inside watching you eat this! Foodland grocery stores in Honolulu made these and 🤤 🤤. I could eat the whole cake.
THEN you said Filipino deserts?! Cassava cakes are also great!!!
It was not wise to watch this before going to sleep. Now I’m hungry 😂. I’ve never had guava cake nor have I seen it over here. Next time we visit this is on our list haha. Love the comparison. They all looked so different.
😂
That was a good video to share on FB and San Francisco Remembered group to see who use to eat Aki's.. Guava cake is pretty available all over markets and restaurants with bakeries here in Hawaii. I think Liliha Bakery is the one people go for a lot.
Hallo! Long time no chat ;) U guys are so lucky in Hawaii - but I've frozen the other 3/4 of my cake from La Patisserie and hopefully that will keep me for awhile. Is Liliha is Honolulu? Will have to look out for it next time I'm over there.
Zeene InRealLife yes. Liliha has three locations . the newest one is in the Macy's at Ala Moana shopping center.
Thanks! Will put it on my list for next Hawaii trip although hoping to hit one of the islands I've not been before (visited Oahu, Maui, and Kauai now). I hear the Big Island is awesome?
Zeene InRealLife yes it is! Expect 2 to 3 days to explore Kona and Hilo with Volcanoes National Park in between
My mouth was watering watching you eating the cake. I bought many a guava cake from Aki's.
😋 It's the best!
I wish you would do a video with the actual recipe.
Thank you so much for this video!!! I was looking for someone to compare these bakeries :) great video!
Thank u! Enjoy your guava chiffon cake :)
La Patisserie’s Guava cake is friggin delicious!! It’s my go to and had it last week!!! Call ahead to reserve one or just order it !! Refreshing, moist and sweet and yes, I would love more jelly in between 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Yummmm! My mouth is watering reading your comment! 🍰
Love the guava chiffon pancakes and syrup at Cinnamons (original location) on Oahu. The Flour Flour one looks like the one at Schuberts.
Yum! Sounds delish...I am starting to massively crave some Hawaiian food. 😋
OMG... Good news for me.. thank you chasing it
Thanks for this!
I been to Hawaii and the bay area. I live in Texas and I crave it all the time so I have to figure out how to make it myself. Thanks for this
If you're in Houston I think the Asian population there should be large enough to have a guava cake somewhere :) BUT there are a ton of recipes on the internet for guava chiffon cake if you feel like doing some baking. Good luck!
I wish you would teach us how to bake these guava cakes 🎂
Today also watching your video anytime watching your introduce Hawaiian cakes guava really never seen cake... one of best color even eating your face very gorgeous...kind of like cake looks like gorgeous color...i love it...
The cake is very delicious! Do you have guava in S. Korea?
No i don.t have guava...also in s.korea...however seems to be greatest guava cake...look so gorgeous...
Hi there! What a fun challenge! The cake at La Patisserie looked wonderful, and I'm glad you found a guava cake which is beautiful and tasty. At Elite Bakery, even though it wasn't this particular challenge, I'm so curious about the Ube Cake. That looked really yummy. Thanks for the video!
Hi Erin! Right, the ube cake looked pretty good?? I'll have to go back and try it...I'm still going to try that guava cake in L.A. Curious to see how that will stack up 👍
@Zeene InRealLife I know! Ube cake might be good...it's a good flavor, too. If you try the guava cake in L.A., I hope you'll do a video. My friend tells me that it's really delicious. She and her family just love it.
Good idea -- I'll do a short follow on video to this one and see how it stacks up to La Patisserie.
@Zeene InRealLife I'll look forward to it! Enjoy your weekend. :-)
You too - have a great long weekend 💜
I’m such a huge fan of Aki’s Bakery. I too have tried to find the closest cousin, but no one has hit the mark.
LP looks like it and one of the staff members said the cream is a guava mouse. When Aki’s closed, the group that was given the recipe used it in 3 of its bakery’s, but it was not a close relative to me. I’ve even taken a class ay CAKEWORKS. It looked similar with the piping, glaze , the cake itself was way dense. The instructor used a recipe thats all over google from Guava Rose and it was not a replica.
I have a few places to test out and crossing everything that I find one that I love.
Good luck and please share if you find it! I got a recommendation in these comments to try out a bakery down in L.A. that also makes it so that will be my next adventure. Hopefully find something there that’s even closer than LP!
Thank you! So helpful!!
I find myself that cake guava really nice cake... seems to be very texture great cakes also Hawaii famous flavor cake.
..really never seen guava cake kind of color very unique color very gorgeous...i wanna go try there Hawaii traditional guava cake...
It is very famous! I wonder if someone in Korea makes it?
Korean person don.t know guava cake also i don.t try experience...however if i have chance...i wanna go there try to guava cake experience in Hawaii...
Enjoyed this video being from Hawaii, my taste for Guava Chiffon Cake was only bested by Strawberry Shortcake from Dutch Girl Bakery in the Chun-Hoon Everybody Market shopping center, so creamy. Btw, ever had the Blum Coffee Crunch Cake currently had only (that I know of) from Yasukochi's Sweet Stop om Japantown SF? So good! Be well and thanks for this video, my mouth waters just for a forkful. 8)
Another viewer from Honolulu already promised to take me to Liliha Bakery for their guava chiffon cake on my next trip. Can't wait! Hope you are good over there in HI. Take care of yourself in this crazy time!
@@ZeeneInRealLife very nice, tho my lack of clarity, I am originally from Hawaii nei, tho live in SF currently, going on 40yrs, and well under the lockdown, so far. Just heard that The National Guard were being dispersed in LA and NYC, w/the go ahead for SF to begin. Also, a neighbors friend has been ticketed and arrested for ignoring lockdown protocols by trying to drive over to visit. These are serious times, and your videos encourage me to visit my memories of "kid time" (local ref erences for being children or keikis) growing up when we had little or no cares, when our grandparents, parents, aunties and uncles would bring cakes and pies over when they visited and another memorable moment was born and cataloged for future reference.😆 Thanks for the memories!
Dee nSF Oh got it! Take care of yourself. We are certainly in this together :)
@@ZeeneInRealLife thanx you do the same, tho before I go, I'd like to mention the Lilikoi or passion fruit flavor. Enjoy the read.
www.snackhawaii.com/blogs/recipes/lilikoi-passionfruit-cream-cheese-pie-recipe?_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtdXNpY19tb25nZXJAeWFob28uY29tIiwgImtsX2NvbXBhbnlfaWQiOiAiSk5qTnIyIn0%3D
Hopefully that link will work.
Yum! Will have to give the recipe a try 😋
That thumbnail...lol. I want to eat cake now.
Akis need to sell their recipe
Right???
Go see the owner Cero Anthony and the original Akis bakery daughter and son who work at Cake Expressions @ De La Cruz Blvd. SC. They may be putting the Original cake out to the public real soon.
OMG! Just watched your last review at Flower Flour on Willow St. Was my families old flower shop that used to be called Town Flowers. My families events floral business Flower Divas is also off De La Cruz Blvd. SC. Shameless plug. ♡
I am sure you will rank Cake Expressions for the best guava cake by the ORIGINALS if they decide to start putting it out to the public. May be that the chase is over. Good luck!
Awesome! Thanks for the tip! I didn't see it on their website but likely a visit is in order to get at a "secret menu." So funny about Flower Flour -- now it totally makes sense why the owner called it that!
Teaches how to make this cake. Looks so pretty
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll add it to my list of videos. :) In the meantime, there are a ton of really great guava chiffon cake recipes on the internet.
Elite Bakery isn’t Filipino. It’s actually a Guamanian spot.
Thanks for the correction 👍
They must have changed the recipe at La Patisserie because I just bought one this week and there was ZERO guava flavor and the cake was dry and the frosting was definitely NOT whipped. One of the most disappointing cakes I ever had from there. Came across this video because I am in search of a recipe.
San Francisco and Cali in general making the business environment to difficult to stay in business.
Have you tried the Paradise cake at King’s Hawaiian Bakery in Southern California?
I have not yet! I think another viewer recommended the bakery and I was originally planning to shoot an LA sequel but it's been postponed due to covid. Hopefully I get get down there soon to check it out. Thanks for the reco!
Maybe you should let them know.
Appears to be Genoise, not Angel Food cake in the last mousse cake.
Aha! Thanks for the clarification. It was very tasty...
I thought u we’re going to actually show how to make a guava cake lol disappointed…
😂 Sorry!