Just In, April 2023: MiamiCurated was named one of the top 15 food blogs in Miami, especially citing being dessert pickers! Click here to check it out.
Best desserts in Miami 2022, my picks. Whether you like chocolate, donuts, ice cream, flan, French pastry or more, there’s something here to make you drool. You’ll also find a few favorites from my travels. And if you missed the best dishes of 2022, click here.
Baked Alaska. The New York Times recently reported that baked Alaska will be one of the “hot” desserts of 2023, very good news to me. I especially liked this version of Chef Ben Schrank of Intueat, individual cakes made with malted vanilla gelato and toasted meringue. A Source for Private Chefs
Guava bread pudding with vanilla ice cream. Bayshore Club. Bayshore Club, My New Go To Place
Napoleon phyllo with berries and edible flowers. Tur Kitchen. A Fave for Miami Spice, Tur Kitchen.
Date cake. Amal.
Knafeh, Lebanese favorite made with sugar laced pastry, cheese and pistachios. La Marsa, Tunis.
Scones. Scones are not considered a dessert but if you add clotted cream and fresh made jam, they become one in my book. The breakthrough ones at Titia’s Tea House are from a typical English recipe.They are made of flour, sugar, butter, eggs, heavy cream and baking powder. They’re crunchy and golden brown on the outside but soft, tender and moist inside and served fresh and warm from the oven. Titia’s Tea Room and Parties
Caramel flan. I’m not usually a flan lover, but this version made with Japanese whisky, white chocolate ganache and encrusted in – ready for this – homemade caramel popcorn changed my mind. Crudos Art House. Crudos Art House, a Feast for the Palate and the Eyes
Pineapple Pain Perdu. Star shaped pineapples are sauteed and flambeed tableside with sugar and spices creating a caramel sauce. It’s then flambeed with rum, poured over the brioche toasted and served with spiced brown butter ice cream. Dirty French Steakhouse. Dirty French Steakhouse, Made for Celebrations
Vacherin. Whipped cream, meringue and fresh berries. Le Bilboquet, Palm Beach. New Additions: Best Palm Beach Restaurants
Sidecar donuts. For a second year these donuts have held their spot as the best in the USA. Unfortunately they’re only in Southern California. The ones to get are the old fashioned cake donuts with a sugar glaze that’s just the right amount of sweet. Santa Monica.
Chocolate cake. Another repeat winner is the Great Wall of Chocolate Cake.The seven layer cake is moist, the buttercream frosting is laced with chocolate chips – divine. P.F.Chang’s. (several locations in Miami)
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All so delicious!
Is the knafeh in a restaurant in the country of Tunisia? I can’t find the mentioned restaurant in the miami area.
We had the version in the blogpost in a restaurant in Tunisia. I’ve had it in the past at Amal in Coconut Grove.It was good but not at the level of the one pictured which was truly incredible looking and tasting. Other Lebanese and Middle Eastern restaurants might have it on the menu so look for it.