Back on Track

"Love, Cupcake", I've missed you.

I'm taking this blog in a slightly new direction. Since I no longer live in New York City, I am unable to continue my big city cupcake adventures. However, each time I've traveled to other cities across our country, I've made a point to check out a few cupcakeries in town. Therefore, I'm going to continue blogging about the cupcakes I encounter throughout the U.S. You can thank Martha Stewart's recent posting on her favorite cupcake bakeries for this burst of inspiration.

Get excited! I'm back!

Best Map Ever!

I cannot take credit for this but I can show my support of it. This map will lead you to all the wonderful cupcakeries in the city. Enjoy!


View Cupcakes Take the Cake's Guide to NYC Cupcakes in a larger map

New York Rankings

After months of samplings, I'm ready to reveal my list of top NYC cupcakes. The cupcakes were judged by the quality of the cake, flavors and taste of icing and overall look of the cupcake as a whole. It's been a tough decision for sure as there are so many great cupcakeries in the city but I know I always appreciate recommendations from people so consider this my gift to you.

Final Rankings:
1. Baked
2. Butter Lane
3. Crumbs
4. Amy's Bread
5. Sugar Sweet Sunshine
6. Lux Sugar
7. Out of the Kitchen
8. Eleni's
9. Dessert Club ChikaLicious
10. Martha's Country Bakery
11. Kitchenette
12. Baked by Melissa
13. Tribeca Treats
14. Tonnie's Minis
15. Cupcake Cafe
16. Magnolia
17. Billy's Bakery
18. Buttercup Bake Shop
19. Two Little Red Hens
20. Sweet Revenge

Best Bets:
Best Traditional - Out of the Kitchen
Best Red Velvet - Amy's Bread
Best Selection - Crumbs
Best Cake - Baked
Best Icing - Butter Lane
Best Decor - Martha's Country Bakery
Best Price - Sugar Sweet Sunshine

Closed Cupcakeries:
Amai Tea and Bake House
Batch

Cupcakeries I missed:
Babycakes
How Sweet It Is
Make My Cake

If you haven't tried some of these, go get 'em! Thanks for taking the journey with me!
Love,
Cupcake!

Apologies!!!

I am seriously behind and I am sorry. In the past 2 weeks I sold my furniture, rented a mini-van, packed up my belongings and moved to New Orleans. And now I'm in Phoenix for 5 weeks. We'll come back to this but please know that I do intend to post my top NYC cupcakeries soon along with my reviews of Tribeca Treats and Kitchenette as I was able to sample them before leaving with a little help from a friend ;)

I will also have a special post about my first New Orleans cupcake experience.

Stay tuned...

Free Mini Cupcakes RIGHT NOW!

The fancy new cupcake truck is now open for business and giving away FREE MINI CUPCAKES to the first 500 customers. They are located at 5th Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets. Get there and let me know how you like it!

A special thanks to Sara for sending in some photos!


Check out CupcakeStop's daily locations here:
Starting Wednesday June 3, 2009:

Day (10am - 5pm):
5th Avenue bet. 13th and 14th Street*

Night (6pm - 10pm):
23rd Street bet. 7th and 8th Avenue*

*these locations are subject to change

New Cupcake Search

My search for a new kind of cupcake is beginning soon. I am moving to New Orleans this Friday. As excited as I am, that may mean that I won't be able to finish my goal of sampling all the cupcakes in the city! I do intend to blog about my cupcake adventures in The Big Easy but I apologize if I let you down.

Official NYC rankings coming soon!

I'm posting my list below and have bolded the names of those I missed. :(

THE JOURNEY:
Amai Tea and Bake House - RIP
Amy's Bread
Babycakes
Baked*
Baked by Melissa
Batch - RIP
Billy's Bakery
Buttercup Bake Shop
Butter Lane Cupcakes
Crumbs
Cupcake Cafe
Dessert Club ChikaLicious
Eleni's
How Sweet It Is
Kitchenette
Lux Sugar*
Magnolia
Martha's Country Bakery*
Make My Cake
Out of the Kitchen
Royale Cafe and Pastry (sells Baked* cupcakes!)
Starbucks (limited time only)
Sugar Sweet Sunshine
Sweet Revenge
Tribeca Treats
Tonnie's Minis
Two Little Red Hens

*Borough bakeries

Another Wine and Cupcakes Event

Swirl Events and Cupcake Takes the Cake blog presents...

a Wine and Cupcake Tasting!

Mingle with other cupcake and wine lovers as you taste each pairing and debate the merits of red velvet with a spicy Shiraz in hand.

What: Cupcakes from Luxe Sugar paired with wines from around the world

When: June 4th, 7-9 PM

Where: Ave NYC 15 W. 28th St.

How much: $25

Just email info@swirlevents.com for more information.