The wife and I are on a quest to find the best red velvet cupcakes in New York City. Or to be more accurate, we’re looking for one that’s better than the red velvet cupcake at Bakeway NYC in Astoria.
The most famous cupcake place in New York, Magnolia Bakery in the West Village, is WAY overrated. Almost every New Yorker I’ve discussed this with agrees that it’s overrated.
On a friend’s recommendation, we tried Two Little Red Hens in the Upper East Side. While the frosting was pretty amazing, the cake itself was not as good as Bakeway’s. I think there are two camps of cupcake aficionados: frosting and cake. The most important part of the cupcake to me is the cake, so according to my tastes, Two Little Red Hens falls short of Bakeway.
I just tried Crumbs for the first time today. Some of their cupcakes *looked* really delicious (Oreo cupcakes?!?!). Maybe their other cupcakes are better but their red velvet was extremely disappointing. Cake was not as rich and flavorful as Bakeway and frosting was not interesting at all. Plus it was $3.75 for one cupcake!
We went to Buttercup a long time ago and remember enjoying their cupcakes but we need to go back there.
For now, Bakeway NYC in Astoria is the reigning king of red velvet cupcakes in New York City.
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Are you familiar with the blog Cupcakes take the Cake (http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com)? Really great resources for cupackes throughout the city and World. The blog was the official sponsor for CupcakeCampNYC last weekend. ^_^ Which was so fun!
Posted 16 Apr 2009 at 11:25 pm ¶my #1 is buttercup. while i enjoyed your bakeway, i found the frosting to be too dry. buttercup to me has the perfect MEDIAN way for the CAKE AND the frosting! but yes, sometimes i only yearn for the frosting of Two Little Red Hens
Posted 27 Apr 2009 at 3:34 pm ¶Post a Comment