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Ebinger's was a bakery in Brooklyn, New York that invented Blackout cake. [1] The original location was opened by George and Catherine Ebinger in 1898 [2] on Flatbush Avenue near Cortelyou Street. [3] Contemporaries included other German bakeries such as Drake's and Entenmann's. [4]
Ebinger’s Bakery, a family-owned business, began in Flatbush, Brooklyn, before expanding its reach throughout the borough. Established by John Ebinger, the bakery was known for its integrity – using only the freshest ingredients – and the quality of its goods, which included more than 200 types of cakes, pastries, and bread.
The chain had stores throughout the borough: at Nostrand and Flatbush junction, on Church Avenue, on 86th Street, at Kings Highway, Coney Island Avenue and o...
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Feb 26, 2024 · One tasty relic of these drills was a cake called the Brooklyn blackout, named in their honor, and made by Ebinger Baking Company, also known as Ebinger’s, which opened in 1898 in Flatbush, Brooklyn—the same year Brooklyn was annexed to New York City. Owned by German immigrants George and Catherine Ebinger, the bakery eventually grew to ...
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Sep 9, 2019 · Ebinger’s went bankrupt in 1972, but their Brooklyn Blackout Cake is the reason we still tell the story of their business today. The cake: layers of chocolate and devil’s food cake, separated by chocolate pudding and chocolate icing. During World War II, The Brooklyn Navy Yard was a critical outpost. Though ships tried to remain discreet ...
May 29, 2020 · CLASSIC 86th. May 29, 2020. Saturday was a busy day in the Walsh household. The mornings called for a thorough dusting and vacuuming of the entire apartment at 8302 6th Avenue. The old man did the bulk of it, and my mother and I, when I was a bit older, pitched in to some degree (when I moved to my new place in the 1980s I wasn’t so much of a ...
Mar 8, 2015 · Ebinger’s Bakery is spoken of in hushed, reverential tones by Brooklynites of a certain age, and since I am of a certain age, I remember its green boxes with diagonal black lines, its V-shaped counter on its 86 th Street, Bay Bridge branch, and its small cakes coated on all sides by rich icing…as well as its butter cookies, drizzled with frosting that was every conceivable color in the ...
