Eat This Now: Lemon Butter Cake

Replacing Braverman’s Bakery’s airbrushed birthday cakes and red neon lights in the center of Reading Terminal Market this month are the more modern confections of Flying Monkey Patisserie. That’s 31-year-old owner Rebecca Michaels in the open pastry kitchen, turning out “baking that’s not too fussy, not too French-y.” What you’ll see in Flying Monkey’s bakery cases: cakey and fudgy brownies, made with Valrhona cocoa and extra-rich Plugra

Replacing Braverman’s Bakery’s airbrushed birthday cakes and red neon lights in the center of Reading Terminal Market this month are the more modern confections of Flying Monkey Patisserie. That’s 31-year-old owner Rebecca Michaels in the open pastry kitchen, turning out “baking that’s not too fussy, not too French-y.” What you’ll see in Flying Monkey’s bakery cases: cakey and fudgy brownies, made with Valrhona cocoa and extra-rich Plugra butter; handmade marshmallows covered in chocolate and coated with graham cracker crumbs; pound cakes in unexpected mint, ginger-lime and green tea flavors; and classic lemon butter cake brightened with blackberry compote (pictured). Also new to the Market this spring: Hershel’s East Side Deli and an as-yet-unnamed butcher shop.

Flying Monkey Patisserie, Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Arch streets; 215-928-0340.