As promised, Stephan and I continued our cupcake crawl of NYC based upon your comments and recommendations from last time.
Here are the bakeries that we’re adding to our [still growing] list in the search for the Best Cupcakes NYC:
- Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery – 126 Rivington Street (Lower East Side), New York
- Baked by Melissa – 529 Broadway (near Spring St.), New York
- Crumbs – 321 1/2 Amsterdam Ave (near 75th Street), New York
- Buttercup Bake Shop – 141 West 72nd Street (near Columbus Ave), New York
How did these four stack up against each other in our quest ?
#4 (the average tasting cupcake) Crumbs – Upper West Side in New York City
I know that there are a lot of Crumbs Bakery fans out there, but I’m sorry to say that Stephan and I were not very impressed. The only thing that set Crumbs’ cupcakes apart from the others was the fact that they were ginormous. At $4.50 a pop, I’d hope they be larger than the other bakeries. To be fair, Stephan and I made it to Crumbs at the end of the day so maybe it was just the fact that their cupcakes weren’t fresh?
#3 (better than Crumbs but not by much) Buttercup Bake Shop – Upper West Side in New York City
The cupcakes here are slightly better than average. I wasn’t going to say it in this blog post but sometimes the consistency of the cupcake reminded me of play-doh. The pictures below for this bakery probably don’t help its case either. Sorry Buttercup Bake Shop. Your icing is good though!
#2 (good stuff) Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery - Lower East Side in New York City
Jill surprised me the other week and sent a box of cupcakes from Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery to our Simande office in NYC for my birthday. What a great friend. Eric, Yin, and I devoured the entire box of six within 20 minutes. Suffice to say, all six flavors were delicious. There were actually two red velvet cupcakes, one with vanilla icing and one with chocolate. Out of all six, the red velvet with vanilla icing was my favorite.
#1 (best of the group) Baked by Melissa – SoHo in New York City
It may be just a matter of personal preference, but I liked the variety of tastes that you get to experience when you eat at Baked by Melissa. If you find yourself in SoHo one day and need a quick snack, may I recommend that you try the mint chocolate chip and cookies & creme cupcakes at Baked by Melissa. While these cupcakes aren’t “out of this world amazing,” they are the best of this round.
Here is a comprehensive list of the best cupcakes NYC based on all of our cupcake eating:
- Big Booty Bread Co. in Chelsea, NYC – still the best
- Amy’s Bread in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
- Baked by Melissa in SoHo, NYC
- Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery in the Lower East Side, NYC
- Magnolia in the Upper West Side, NYC
- Buttercup Bake Shop in the Upper West Side, NYC
- Crumbs in the Upper West Side, NYC
- Kyotofu in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
- Billy’s Bakery in Chelsea, NYC
Anyone else have any more recommendations for bakeries in NYC? If so, please list them in the comments. Lastly, can someone tell me how many cupcakes in NYC I have to eat before I’m considered an expert in the field?
Cupcakes from Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery in NYC
Baked by Melissa cupcakes in NYC
Baked by Melissa cupcakes menu in NYC
Baked by Melissa cupcakes prices in NYC
25 pack of cupcakes from Baked by Melissa
the look of satisfaction at Baked by Melissa
Crumbs Bakery - Upper West Side, NYC
Crumbs cupcakes in NYC
Red Velvet cupcake from Crumbs Bakery in the UWS, NYC
Blackout cupcake from Crumbs Bakery in the UWS, New York
inside of a Blackout cupcake from Crumbs in the UWS, New York City
Buttercup Bake Shop in the UWS, NYC
Buttercup Bake Shop cupcakes in the Upper West Side, NYC
Red Velvet cupcake from Buttercup Bake Shop in New York City
inside of Red Velvet cupcake from Buttercup Bake Shop in NYC
I’m not a Crumbs “fan”, but I’ve heard them advertised a lot and wanted to see if there was anything behind the hype. I won’t be hunting a Crumbs cupcake down anytime soon.
I want cupcakes… too bad its kinda a far commute from MI to get one.. hmm.. oh well keep up the good work
at least I have a list of places to go if I visit!!
There are no cupcakes in MIami? One of those pictures looks like the poop of someone who ate a couple of cranberries that didn’t fully digest.
i still heart crumbs!
Cupcakes are for hipsters.
That’s one nice looking map, numbered properly.
I can see why a 24 pack was bought from Crumbs! Yum! Although the Blackout cupcake from Crumbs looks so indulgent..licking the screen as we speak. LOL
We need more cupcake specialists in Melbourne, Australia!
@Danae – Come to nyc and let’s eat some cupcakes.
@Mica – If cupcakes are for hipsters, why are hipsters so skinny?
@Julie – Perhaps the one near where you used to live is better?
@Adrian – that 24 pack was from Baked by Melissa. Crumbs was just average
It’s not in NYC, but Brownie Points in Summit, NJ has the best cupcakes in the world.
I’m not a big dessert fan so I dont have a huge comparison base, but there’s a place by my apt that I think is sooo much better than crumbs. They sell mini sized ones too which I think are perfect cuz normal ones are too big. Red velvet and carrot cake there are so good. http://www.sweethoboken.com
@donna – thanks, i’ll have to try that out. crumbs isn’t very high on my list though (7/9). and carrot cake is disgusting.
@patrick – bring some to our next breakfast meeting in the city please
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try burgers and cupcakes on 35th and 9th ave. you won’t be disappointed. or three hens. nyc. =D