round 7

We ate day old cupcakes from this place. Not through any fault of theirs but because a certain judge went there the night before and then brought them into work the next day. Given that they were a day old, we were still pretty impressed. Unfortunately Isaac wasn't there the day we tried them, he was coming back the next day so his cupcake would have been 2 days old! I couldn't have that. So the next day I trained a few people out in DUMBO then took a long subway ride out to Bay Ridge to visit this place myself. I bought 4 cupcakes (I couldn't decided) and headed back uptown. They were even better fresh.

We heard, through various news stories, that Buttercup is suing this shop on the grounds that it stole Buttercup's store identity or some shit like that. We thought that was so ridiculous that we specifically went out of our way to support this shop. I'm talkin' 'bout...

7. Little Cupcake Bakeshop

9201 Third Avenue

September 17, 2007

$1.75 each

comments on Cake

-bordering on too sweet

-a little dry but still good; where's the moist cupcake of my dreams?

-moist

-fun to dig into, like biting into a cupcake pillow

-too dry

-good consistency and chocolate flavor

-a little dry, crumbled onto the floor but the parts that made it in were tasty

on Frosting

-tasted like cake frosting from childhood (homemade, not store bought)

-needs more butter and less sugar

-really sweet, made my teeth hurt but I liked the pain

-great, great frosting

-frosting should come in a healthy dollop and be oppressively sweet, butter and crunchy; this delivers

on Presentation

-bright pastel colors, nicely swirled frosting

-good size

-cute and enjoyable, like I would enjoy them

-so cute with vivid colors

-special decorations were adorable

-lovely, handmade touch

-traveled well

on Overall Enjoyment

-satisfying

-made me really want a fresh one (which I had and also found satisfying)

-I did enjoy them, a lot

-except for the dryness it completely fulfilled my dark desire for a chocolaty cupcake

-rivals Magnolia

-the fact that they offer so many different flavors and genres of cupcakes is really, really exciting

on The Scene

I was glad to spend my money there. I want to go back and spend more money on more cupcakes. The outside was cute and the inside matched completely. There was seating to enjoy your cupcake with a cup of tea inside or outside. The staff was helpful, polite and made me feel happily welcome. The even personally made a cupcake for my brother when he didn't want any of the selections. They had so many kinds of cupcakes I took forever deciding but the staff waited patiently. I wanted to buy the lot even thought I knew they'd make me sick. I didn't notice the price listed anywhere but then again I wasn't looking for it; I already knew I was going to buy. This place is relatively new; I hope they keep their helpfulness as their popularity grows.

When I went back I bought a cookie dough cupcake for myself, which I didn't include in the judging since no specialty cupcakes are allowed. But let me tell you, that one was moist. They need to find some way of making their other cupcakes just as moist without just putting cookie dough in them. If the other cupcakes were just as moist they would be so so good, if a little too sweet.

Can you tell I've run out of colors?