Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop
Carrot Cake
Key Lime Pie
Salty Monkey Pie
Magic Bar
Guava White Chocolate Cookie
Owned by former firefighter and football player Derek Kaplan, Fireman Derek’s Bake Shop has been serving Miami since 2014, the tiny Wynwood storefront offering some three-dozen Pies, Cakes and Confections made from entirely locally-sourced natural Ingredients.
Easily missed on the colorful block of North Miami Avenue, a commissary kitchen now complimenting on-site baking across multiple locations, it was shortly after 10:00am that shelves were found packed, an overwhelming number of choices eventually yielding five clamshells intended to explore a diversity of styles.
Never offering on-site dining, but all staff donning PPE and a friendly demeanor, it was at a nearby park that first bites were taken of Derek’s Carrot Cake, it’s aromatics bright to balance Cream Cheese Frosting while Key Lime Pie with a big Dollop of Whipped Cream was tart and smooth atop a crumbly Graham Cracker Crust.
Next delving into a Magic Bar, easily 8oz of Butterscotch and Chocolate amidst a Condensed Milk matrix with Pecans plus Coconut, the complexity continued via Banana-Peanut Butter Custard beneath Fudge and Pretzels before culminating in a chewy Guava White Chocolate Cookie that features big chunks of Fruit and plenty of sweetness.
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