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Friday, March 27, 2009
Could the “Cake Ball” be the next cupcake?
Ever on the lookout for the next big thing in trailer-borne desserts, Austinites can now flock to Holy Cacao, a South Austin trailer specializing in the “Cake Ball”: a globe of batter and frosting mounted on a stick Popsicle-style and dipped in chocolate, with varieties like dark chocolate (“Holly’s Favorite”), red velvet, wedding cake (with white chocolate), Grasshopper (with chocolate mint) and the inevitably entendre-ful “Brass” (peanut butter and chocolate). All for $1.50 each.
If you prefer your chocolate intravenously, Holy Cacao offers hot “drinking chocolate” ($4), which the menu promises is not made from syrup or mix and can be ordered in dark or Mexican chocolate. Another liquid option is a “Cake Shake,” a $5 vanilla or chocolate shake with a cake ball tossed in.
(Holy Cacao is at 1207 S. First St. The Web site is www.theholycacao.com. Delivery and shipping are available by calling 323-6671, or e-mailing orders@theholycacao.com.)
In the photo at top: Three “Cake Ball” desserts from the Holy Cacao dessert trailer at 1207 S. First St. in Austin. Clockwise from left: “Holly’s Favorite” (dark chocolate), the “Brass” (peanut butter and chocolate) and the Red Velvet Cake. American-Statesman photos by Addie Broyles.
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‘Endless Summer’ at Kahuna’s
What better way to kick off a surf-themed restaurant than by helping a kid go to Hawaii? On Sunday (March 29) from 4 to 7 p.m., Kahuna’s Tiki Bar & Grill (6301 Parmer Lane, 336-7873, www.kahunastikibar.com) will celebrate its grand opening by helping the Make-A-Wish Foundation send a gravely ill girl named Bridget to Hawaii with a $1,000 donation.
To help, Kahuna’s is bringing in “Endless Summer” surf-movie icon Robert August to meet Bridget, sign autographs and pour his own line of wines. The event will include surf music by the band Los Super Avengers, a chance to taste Kahuna’s range of island cocktails, along with free conch fritters and pulled-pork sliders.
(Kahuna’s is open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 a.m. to midnight Friday-Saturday.)
(Photo courtesy of Kahuna’s)
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Pork: It’s what’s for dinner
Bootlegger Whole Hog Dinner
Dogfish Head Brewery is teaming up with Taste Select Wines (202 W, Cesar Chavez St., 478-2783) on Monday (March 30) at 8 p.m. to turn out four courses of pork-filled delight paired with hard-to-find varieties from the respected Delaware microbrewer. The cost is $50 per person. Make reservations at 478-2783.
First course: Head cheese with pickled green tomatoes.
Second course: Spicy fennel sausage with roast zucchini.
Third course: Roasted pork loin and braised belly with cracklings.
Fourth course: Poteet Farms strawberry shortcake with ham brittle.
Dogfish Head beers: Midas Touch, Red & White, Fort, Immort Ale and more.
Ciola’s Pork Lover’s Dinner
On Thursday (April 2) at 7 p.m. Ciola’s Italian-American-Restaurant in Lakeway (1310 RR 620, 263-9936, www.ciolas.com) will offer a multicourse celebration of pork for $55 per person ($80 with wine pairings). Reservations are required.
Highlights: prosciutto and melon, sauteed guanciale stuffed with sausage, pork broth with prosciutto and potato, roasted pork risotto, seared tenderloin with peach puee, honey- and herb-roasted pork belly, bacon panna cotta.
