Capitol Hill Dessert Map

The place with so many cakes you can’t decide. Their seasonal treats rock, though my spouse is in love with their Praline Dream. Don’t go in there hungry; it won’t go well.
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At this point almost everyone uses Postmates to get their stuff so they don’t have to head out at the crack of dawn for canneles. (To those of you who are confused: they used to run out of stuff by 9 am.) Some of the most amazing croissants in town, but all of their pastries are pretty spiffy.
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They have a ton of dessert options, both ready to eat and frozen. There’s even a Nutty Squirrel Gelato outpost here for your gelato delight.
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The far less busy (and much larger) sibling to Hot Cakes Ballard. Known for their hotcakes, dense chocolate cakes with gooey centers. But they *also* sell bags of ends of s’mores bars, brownies, and marshmallows, which are gratefully not the size of your head like the full desserts. Buy a bag and make sure to share.
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Their Mackles’more needs no introduction, but they also sell ice cream cookie sandwiches with Molly Moon ice cream and seasonal treats.
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A house favorite for their seasonal mint brownies. While they have a farmers market stand, the full bakery has pies, sandwiches, and all sorts of gluten-free vegetarian and vegan goodies.
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There’s a limited selection at the pop-up, but it’s still worth a taste. Try the seasonal options, like lemon grisbi sorbet, that are often experimental and super tasty.
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Go for the dessert thali ($18), where you can try a bit of everything and then some. The seasonal options rotate from lemon verbena to black sesame, so go for whatever moves you.
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A small dessert menu of super tasty seasonal items, like rhubarb crostada. Come here after dropping by Sugar Plum so you can plan stomach space accordingly.
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Expect to hit vegan dessert sensory overload when they show you ice cream, cakes, cookies, and then a seasonal ice cream sundae the size of your head.
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Home to freezer jam and butter laden biscuits, hand pies, cookies, and giant slabs of layer cakes. What you wish your Southern grandma baked. Keeps short hours.
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Parfait is a “food truck” in the front of Trove (it’ll make sense when you get there) with four seasonal frozen custard sundaes, both old and new school. Eat it at the noodle bar and people watch.
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