Rolling in Dough Bakery and Leopold’s Cakery
Red Velvet Cupcake
“Breakfast” Cupcake
Strawberry Macaron
Apple Cinnamon Macaron
Mini Éclair
Mini Lemon Meringue Pie
Mini Apple Cranberry Tart
Mini Creampuff
Funfetti Cake
Located steps from my front door and having recently undergone rebranding from old-timey “Leopold’s Bakery” to “Rolling in Dough Bakery [substantially subtitled] & Leopold’s Cakery” I finally decided to pay the small shop a visit this Saturday; friendly service but high prices and underwhelming products perhaps my punishment for not stopping by sooner. Featuring all the ‘standards’ of a modern American bakery with options ranging from simple cupcakes and cookies to more fanciful macarons and choux-based options plus croissants and cinnamon rolls that did not even *appear* appetizing it was a wide swath of the menu that I was able to sample given a collection of petit fores, but almost across the board every single item was simply ‘sweet’ with indistinct flavors and off-textures – soggy choux, dry cake, and cloying cooked frostings the biggest offenders. Focusing on the few items that at least worked in parts, the red velvet far outdid the funfetti and ‘breakfast’ options by presenting moist cake and tangy cream cheese frosting while both tarts, though far too sweet to let natural fruits shine, presented a respectable buttery crust that in more restrained hands could produce a great seasonal pie. Speaking last to macarons, the general quality of most I’ve tasted in Las Vegas lacking, I would strongly recommend those preferring jam based centers take a look here as both cookies featured good crackle giving way to a quickly dissipating crumb over intense filling, the apple again a bit saccharine but the strawberry like an early bite of summer…two great bites amidst a $25 tab quoted off the top of the clerk’s head without any listed prices or detailed receipt, none of it a reason to return even given the proximity as I’ve produced better versions of all but the macarons in my own kitchen.
http://www.leopoldsbakery.com/