Man can, however, live by Alabama Fudge Brownie alone:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Alabama Fudge Bar: a gooey chocolate brownie with pecans and toasted marshmallows<\/p><\/div>\n The Blondie - a rum and raisin slab with pecan, chocolate chips and butterscotch<\/p><\/div>\n Chocolate PB Slab: with a layer of peanut butter and chocolate on top<\/p><\/div>\n Outsider Tart is run by David Lesniak<\/strong> and David Muniz<\/strong> (aka “David” and “Other David”),\u00a0a couple of American guys with really interesting stories to tell. They set sail from New York to London in 2005 and settled nearby in Richmond, setting up their first stall in East Sheen in 2007 selling their delightful breed of cakes to locals. Since then, their grand idea is to “bridge the culinary and cultural divide between the two sides of the pond whenever and wherever possible”.<\/p>\n The Two Davids: Lesniak & Muniz<\/p><\/div>\n The strength of this beautiful little gem of a cake shop is its community spirit<\/strong>. Some of us Londoners might at first be perturbed by the intimate nature of the cake bar, where you walk in and people chat randomly to you, pet your dog, or ask what you’re eating. But soon enough you realise it fulfils a similar function to that which our local neighbourhood pubs did decades ago. (I’ve no idea, I wasn’t alive then, I just read history books…) Anyway, it’s a lovely place to meet locals but I’m sure it’s possible to give-off “don’t talk to me vibes” if you prefer that too.<\/p>\n For a quick idea of what’s on offer, and to get a feel of how wonderful this special gem is, Outsider Tart has a superb website<\/a>\u00a0which lists most of their products, and with a link to buy their first book. I have the book, it’s beautifully written and presented, and comes highly recommended.<\/p>\n Perhaps it’s best to label Outsider Tart by what types of bakery it doesn’t do. It doesn’t bake bread. Pretty much everything else is on the menu though:\u00a0a sizeable range of different types of Brownie, cookie, whoopie pies<\/b>, and a ridiculous array of cakes from seasonal types like Pumpkin Pie<\/b> to the amusingly named Blackout, Delta Jelly, and Japanese Fruit cakes<\/b>.<\/p>\n Although I’ve never ordered myself, Outsider Tart also do a ‘made-to-order’ service.<\/p>\n When you first visit Outsider Tart, be sure to ask for a rundown of what’s on offer that day. Although a somewhat daunting experience to have to decide from the line-up, it’s a real treat to have the whole lot explained to you.<\/p>\n Check-out this selection of mouth-watering photos – this is just one day’s baking output!<\/p>\n The Billionaire: a dark chocolate brownie with a cookie base and thick layer of caramel<\/p><\/div>\n The Anadama - molasses, shredded pear, polenta, pecan<\/p><\/div>\n Brown Sugar Whiskey Brownie<\/p><\/div>\n Chocolate Orange Brownie with Cointreau<\/p><\/div>\n Peach and Raisin Sour Cream Crunch<\/p><\/div>\n New York Crumb Cake: sour cream, dense vanilla sponge with a brown sugar cinnamon crumble on top<\/p><\/div>\n My favourite: the Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Brownie<\/p><\/div>\n The delicious Breakfast Puff. Like a muffin but far more extravagant<\/p><\/div>\n The Caramel Apple Cake<\/p><\/div>\n Although American Cake Bake is the core product, if you drop-in for a snack, you can wash it down with something from the menu of American soft drinks, a choice of different hot chocolates (optional marshmallow fluff, anyone?), coffees (one of the better places to grab a coffee in Chiswick), speciality teas. Then when you leave, you could take-out a selection of nuts, or purchase products from the eye-watering selection of American imports.<\/p>\n Stewart's Black Cherry and Whoopies<\/p><\/div>\n Happy customer<\/p><\/div>\n For example, numerous different types of peanut butter, cereals that are hard to find on this side of the Atlantic (Fruit Loops, Honey Maid Grahams, Cap’n Crunch), maple syrups, relishes, molasses, Hershey’s, seasonings, tinned pumpkin. Rather than going on here, check out their range of dry goods online<\/a>.<\/p>\n If repeated abuse of the cake products here hasn’t already completely rotted your teeth, you’ll find quite a choice when it comes to fizzy drinks<\/strong>. Five types of root beer? Three types of black cherry? The complete set of Fizzy Lizzy natural sparkling fruit drinks? Yes please.<\/p>\n If you love somebody, set them free. Oh, and you should also buy them one of these.<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Alabama](\"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/matsmithphotography.com-chiswickish-blog-outsider-tart-cake-alabama-fudge1.jpg\" "\\"Alabama")
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