Happy Moon Day!

It's moon day! The official name is Mid-Autumn Festival, but it's all about the full moon.

Moon day is a special day when the whole family gathers together after dinner, drinks some tea, and "admires the moon." Like every good holiday it revolves around love and pastry.


There is a legend involving 10 suns, archery, gods, love and immortality. But the pastry is what everyone really cares about!

Moon cakes are dense and puck shaped. They are filled with anything from red bean and lotus paste to egg yokes or meat. Usually a whole family shares just one or 2 moon cakes. We've only ever known one person to eat a whole moon cake by himself (We're looking at you Daniel!)

We Love Cake! - UPDATE

Eric our super is so nice. He heard our sad story and decided to stop by, even though it's the  weekend. Luckily it didn't take too long. He fixed the oven in less than 2 minutes.

And by "fixed" we mean "plugged in."

Hey, we're plush makers not oven experts! :)

We Love Cake!

This Sunday is going to be a very very special day! On that day Daniel, the creator and master of the Spök-spök universe, has his birthday!

Yay!!!

For weeks now we've been researching recipes for the perfect cake. It had to be unpretentious, delicious, easy to make, but above all else, chocolate. After much searching, comparing, changing of minds, and even some arguing, we decided on Kladdkaka.

It is a gooey chocolatey Swedish cake that can be made in one bowl! Everyone was very very excited.

But tragedy strikes! Our beautiful newly renovated space has a beautiful new oven... which doesn't seem to work. And the super can't come until next week! The whole Spök-spök crew is thinking hard about this, but if you have a favorite bakery in NYC please recommend it to us!