Sunday, August 1, 2010

Cupcakes on TV

Have you noticed the influx of cupcakes on TV? I'm loving it. A few shows in particular have made my favorites list.

Cupcake Wars
This show pits bakers from across the country against each other to battle it out for the best taste and presentation. There are three rounds with the final round being a challenge to create 1,000 cupcakes for a local LA event. I love watching this show because I am starting to recognize different bakeries as well as get inspired for cupcake designs and flavors. It's a reality show competition with a sweet tooth. Cupcake Wars air Tuesday nights at 9PM on The Food Network.

Two sisters in DC crank out cupcakes at a bakery called Georgetown Cupcakes. They've had tremendous success and the show chronicles their desserts and disasters. I actually tried to check out this cupcakery while I was in DC but I arrived just after closing time and missed out. I'm impressed and envious of these ladies for sure and it's certainly a fun show to watch. DC Cupcakes airs Fridays at 10PM on TLC.

Cake Boss
Although not exactly a show about cupcakes, this Italian family creates amazing cakes and plenty of family chaos to go around. Cake Boss airs Mondays at 9PM on TLC.

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!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

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...

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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