Allison Kave

Keavy Landreth and Allison Kave are the founders of Butter & Scotch, Brooklyn’s first dessert and craft cocktail bar, located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. In 2014, Keavy and Allison opened their Butter & Scotch storefront, which has received wide acclaim and press coverage. The bakery has been covered by New York Magazine, Nylon, Eater, USA Today, Refinery29, the New York Times, Grub Street, the TODAY show, Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, and more. Before teaming up for Butter & Scotch, Keavy and Allison each had their own successful dessert business. Keavy founded Kumquat Cupcakery in 2007 and was one of the first vendors at the Brooklyn Flea, New York’s preeminent market for artisan-made crafts and food. Her mini cupcakes have been featured in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, and on The Martha Stewart Show, among many others. Allison founded her boutique pie company First Prize Pies in 2010, after winning the Brooklyn Pie Bake-Off. Her pies have been featured in the New York Times, Food & Wine, Saveur, Eater, Design*Sponge, Serious Eats, the Cooking Channel, and in many other publications and television shows. Her cookbook, First Prize Pies, was published in 2014.

Allison Kave's Titles

Butter & Scotch Recipes from Brooklyn's Favorite Bar and Bakery

Butter & Scotch

The team behind Brooklyn's popular dessert and cocktail bar brings you Butter & Scotch­a "Dominique Ansel meets Broad City" boozy look at dessert....


First Prize Pies Shoo-Fly, Candy Apple, and Other Deliciously Inventive Pies for Every Week of the Year (and More)

First Prize Pies

Allison Kave made pies as a hobby, until one day her boyfriend convinced her to enter a Brooklyn pie-making contest. She won. In fact, her pies...