Lemon Cake & Lavender Ice Cream at Plums Cafe


Plums Cafe in Costa Mesa draws in a steady crowd with its Northwest-inspired menu and first-rate wine selection. In the smallest section of the menu you will find just two dessert choices–but one is so good you won't want anything else.

Even when crammed into a to-go container, the lemon cake with lavender ice cream begs to be devoured before the rest of the meal.
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The lemon cake manages to be moist, full of flavor, and bold enough to stand out even when smothered in ice cream. The ice cream has only a faint taste of lavender–which is all you'd ever really want–and is topped with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and boysenberries. Put all of these elements together and you have a dessert that doesn't leave you feeling like you just inhaled a mountain of sugar; instead you will be feeling full and oddly refreshed.

Don't let the lack of parking turn you away from Plums Cafe. Circle the lot a few times until a spot magically opens up and make your way to the unassuming cafe in the corner of the shopping center–it will be worth it.

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