{"id":7670,"date":"2023-05-02T14:28:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/?p=7670"},"modified":"2023-05-02T15:46:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T15:46:04","slug":"lloyds-carrot-cake-a-fieldston-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/2023\/05\/lloyds-carrot-cake-a-fieldston-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd’s Carrot Cake: A Fieldston Favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the bottom of the hill, adjacent to Van Cortlandt Park, sits Lloyd\u2019s Carrot Cake, a quaint bakery, adored by Riverdale residents and Fieldston students alike. Student athletes who have competed or practiced at Van Cortlandt know all too well the stretch of shops across the street from the park \u2014 Lloyd\u2019s is one of them. The bakery occupies two storefronts: on one side is the kitchen, whose rustic ambience makes the store\u2019s long history unmistakeable. The kitchen sounds of bakers chatting and pans clattering echo across the street. Next to the kitchen is the store itself, where sales occur and customers flood in and out by the minute. Its bright orange walls are lined with numerous newspaper features and awards, as well as countless family photos that give incoming customers the impression that they have just stepped into their very own kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The shop was opened in 1986 by Lloyd Adams, whose delightful carrot cake recipe was a family heirloom, passed down from his grandmother to his mother and then to him. Although its menu has grown over the years, now containing birthday cakes and cupcakes, Lloyd\u2019s original carrot cake recipe remains the store\u2019s main attraction. \u201cYou have to get them to taste it,\u201d said Lloyd of his family\u2019s recipe. \u201cOnce they taste it, we\u2019re in.\u201d A photo of Lloyd Adams overlooks the store, his beaming smile exuding pride as he watches customer after customer marvel at his family\u2019s recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lloyd ran the shop alongside his wife, Betty, until his passing in 2007, after which Betty continued to grow the shop\u2019s fame alone. After Betty\u2019s tragic death in 2020, the couple\u2019s loving children, Lilka and Brandon, took over the business, producing thousands of cakes per week and further strengthening their parents\u2019 legacy. Nearly forty years since its inception, Lloyd\u2019s Carrot Cake remains a neighborhood favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The quaint storefront sits only five minutes from Fieldston and is uniquely meaningful to Fieldston students. \u201cYou can tell that a lot of care has been put into each cake,\u201d noted Alex Bromfield (Form IV). \u201cEvery bite tastes like it came out of your own oven.\u201d Bromfield recounted tales of his parents going to Van Cortlandt Park to watch his soccer games back in lower and middle school, and how they would always stop by Lloyd\u2019s and grab him a treat after his matches. \u201cI always associate Lloyd\u2019s with soccer, so obviously I associate it with Fieldston as well,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve grown up on Lloyd\u2019s Carrot Cake!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bromfield emphasized the importance of supporting small businesses, especially in the Riverdale area. \u201cFamily-run, right next door to Fieldston, located in the heart of the town \u2026 Lloyd\u2019s is special,\u201d he said. \u201cIt gives a personality to Riverdale, something that\u2019s missing in so many big cities nowadays. It reminds us of the importance of supporting smaller, locally-run businesses rather than commercial chains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Many other students have expressed similar praise, including Sarah Abenante (Form VI). \u201cI\u2019m so glad [Lloyd\u2019s] is close to Fieldston. It\u2019s a staple of our community the same way River-Deli and Sal\u2019s are,\u201d she remarked, referring to Fieldston\u2019s favorite deli and pizza restaurant, respectively. \u201cLloyd\u2019s is always a great postgame treat and the softball team has it often.” Abenante, like Bromfield, has a personal connection to Lloyds. \u201cIt\u2019s been a tradition in my family to have a Lloyd\u2019s cake for every birthday. At this point, it feels like we\u2019re part of the Lloyd\u2019s family.\u201d A sense of family is exactly what Lloyd\u2019s has to offer. Every customer is a new member that is welcomed with open arms and a slice of cake at the ready.<\/p>\n\n\n

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At the bottom of the hill, adjacent to Van Cortlandt Park, sits Lloyd\u2019s Carrot Cake, a quaint bakery, adored by Riverdale residents and Fieldston students alike. Student athletes who have competed or practiced at Van Cortlandt know all too well the stretch of shops across the street from the park \u2014 Lloyd\u2019s is one of them. The bakery occupies two storefronts: on one side is the kitchen, whose rustic ambience makes the store\u2019s long history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":7671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,436,318],"tags":[141,135],"coauthors":[486,429],"class_list":["post-7670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-food","category-news","tag-ecfs","tag-fieldston"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/21E62807-9667-41FE-82FC-9597FF7D54AC_1_105_c.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7670"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7680,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7670\/revisions\/7680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7670"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstonnews.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}