American Sweets at the Sugarplum Cake Shop

Paris is neck-deep in chocolate eggs and chickens this week, so if you’re looking for something different, head over to the Sugarplum Cake Shop, just off the rue Mouffetard, for these lovely little cookies.

They also have Rice Crispie Treats, carrot cake, and pitchers of real homemade lemonade (poured by our lovely American hostess Laurel). Bonus points for the large wooden communal table with mismatched chairs where you can hang out with a good book (or your laptop), chatting with the other patrons and the friendly owners. It reminds me of the unpretentious coffee shop I used to frequent in my Minnesota college town. A simple, sweet, and authentic slice of Americana for expats en manque.

Sugarplum Cake Shop
68 rue Cardinal Lemoine, 5th
M° Cardinal Lemoine
Tel 01 46 34 07 43

Open Tues-Sun noon-7pm