Robicelli's

This weekend, Matt and I will be heading up to Chappaqua to watch one of my best friends of over 25 years get married. (and to make the cupcakes for his wedding. You’re friends with us, you get a dessert buffet as a wedding gift. Which, we suspect, is why we’re so goshdarn popular).

More important than the wedding, though, is the fact that for the first time in over five years, Matt and I will have a night in a hotel room all to ourselves. Which means that we are planning only one thing: the best night of sleep ever. 

We’re heading down to Sesame Place in about 2 weeks with the kids, one day after doing the cupcakes for THREE weddings in one day, and trust me, you’re going to be hearing a very different sentiment from my blog posts during that vacation. This weekend will be all about sleeping in and enjoying the wonders of complimentary soaps.

Speaking of weddings, we’re now starting to book for the fall, so if you’re getting married and want us to be a part of it, let us know! We do weddings, Sweet 16s, corporate events, birthday parties, office shindigs, and all general hootenanies. Just place your order in advance, because there are days where we’re 100% booked, and the more notice we get, the better odds of us making the magic happen for you. 

I talk about baking, it’s “making the magic happen”. I talk about spending a night in a hotel with my husband, its “naps and mini soaps”.  There’s something seriously wrong with us.

Clockwise from front: Bellini, Dom DeLuise, Mango Coconut, Banana Cashew

Bellini: Champagne cake, peach buttercream, champagne simmered peaches

Dom DeLuise: Pistachio cake, cannoli buttercream, chocolate chips, candied citron, roasted pistachios

Mango Coconut: Coconut cake, caramelized mango buttercream, roasted coconut

Banana Cashew: Banana cake, cashew buttercream, cashew brittle

These cupcakes, plus brownies, whoopie pies and more awesomeness, are available at Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market, as well as many of our retail partners. 

I fall behind on website maintenance a lot because I consistently overschedule myself, and when I do have the time to do it I end up spending hours playing Oregon Trail on my Blackberry (still the greatest game ever).  THIS week, however, I finally managed to make it all the way to Oregon with only two of my children dead from random bear attacks, so I quit while I was ahead and got some actual work done!

First I added a few things to our press section.  Even though I signed up for Google Alerts, I completely suck at keeping on top of this, so if you’re a blogger who happens to write about us and would like some linkage, feel free to let us know.  We’d love to link to you as well, thus completing the circle of life and appeasing the Interwebs. Sorry it sort of looks messy- the window to edit Tumblr pages is really really small, and very hard to work with.  I’m doing the best I can, Goddamnit!!!!!  Stop judging me!!!!

Also, I finally added an About Us tab, since lots of people have been hounding us for bios. This is a project I’ve put off for ages since it feels so wrong to talk about all your accomplishments, like you’re some big fancy pants show off that’s better than everyone.  I may be many things, but I am NOT a namby pamby fancy pants show off boogerhead. (maybe that should be my bio)

Then it occurred to me……since YOU are the ones who would be looking at it, what do you guys want to know?  Seriously, ask us anything and we’ll do our best to put your question up there with a semi-serious answer. We care and your input matters- this is TOTALLY NOT because we’re wussing out and trying to get you to get to do some of our work for us.  So ask away and enjoy the silliness now, before we inevitably sell out and have a PR consultant tell us how we’ve been doing everything all wrong, and have all of our social media taken over by a 23 year old named Kaylie (with a heart over the “I”).

And on a closing note- Happy 4th of July!  We hope you all have a great long weekend- we’re closing ourselves for the holiday, so we’ll see you again next Wednesday.  Now, in honor of our country’s birth- our NSFW National Anthem! 

And cupcakes!

Clockwise from front: Abuelita, Coconut Mango, Horchata, Bellini

Abuelita: Mexican chocolate cake, cajeta buttercream, ground Abuelita chocolate

Mango Coconut: Coconut cake, caramelized mango buttercream, roasted coconut

Horchata: Horchata cake, pudding and buttercream, cinnamon rice crispies

Bellini: Peach champagne cake, peach buttercream, champagne simmered NJ peaches

Available at:

CAFE AT SAM’S BAKERY- 94th Street off 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

BAGEL SCHMAGEL:  Third Avenue btwn Bay Ridge Pkway & 76th Street, Bay Ridge

THE CUPCAKE STAND: Fifth Avenue between 60th and 61st, Sunset Park

CRESPELLA CREPE & ESPRESSO BAR- 321  7th Avenue at 9th Street, Park Slope

TAZZA CAFES- Henry off Atlantic and Clark off Henry, Brooklyn Heights

RADISH- Bedford Ave off N8th, Williamsburg

EASTERN DISTRICT- Manhattan Ave off Eagle St, Greenpoint

BROOKLYN STANDARD:  Nassau Ave & Jewel St, Greenpoint

RED HOOK LOBSTER POUND: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook and Roving Food Truck *Whoopie Pies only*

CAKESHOP- Ludlow btwn Stanton & Rivington, Lower East Side 

BATTERY PLACE MARKET:  77 Battery Place, Battery Park City

JOE: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-  W. 120th btwn Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue

To all the men and women overseas, to the veterans who have come home and shared their stories so we wouldn’t forget, and to all of those who never came home:

Thank you.

Flavors:

NEW! Mango Coconut: Coconut cake, caramelized mango buttercream, roasted flake coconut

Banana Nutella:  Banana cake, Nutella buttercream, crushed hazelnut and banana chip praline

Root Beer Float:  Root beer cake, root beer custard, vanilla buttercream, maraschino cherry

Cinnamon Bun:  Cinnamon bottom cake, vanilla buttercream, cinnamon drizzle, cinnamon streusel

Available at:

CAFE AT SAM’S BAKERY- 94th Street off 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

THE CUPCAKE STAND: Fifth Avenue between 60th and 61st, Sunset Park

CRESPELLA CREPE & ESPRESSO BAR- 321  7th Avenue at 9th Street, Park Slope

TAZZA CAFES- Henry off Atlantic and Clark off Henry, Brooklyn Heights

COURT STREET GROCERS: 485 Court Street, Carroll Gardens

RADISH- Bedford Ave off N8th, Williamsburg

EASTERN DISTRICT- Manhattan Ave off Eagle St, Greenpoint

BROOKLYN STANDARD:  Nassau Ave & Jewel St, Greenpoint

RED HOOK LOBSTER POUND: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook and Roving Food Truck *Whoopie Pies and Wild Maine Blueberry Cobbler cupcakes only*

CAKESHOP- Ludlow btwn Stanton & Rivington, Lower East Side 

LINK CAFE @ THE SHERATON TRIBECA: 307 Canal Street, Tribeca

JOE: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-  W. 120th btwn Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue

*Note: Not all locations receive all flavors.  The flavors recieved are determined by each store’s management, not by us.  If there’s something in the upcoming rotation you want to see, let them know directly

If you didn’t notice, our June schedule has been posted, and summer flavors are just around the corner!  Blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, peaches…….ooooooh child am I excited!  More importantly, you can all start planning your private orders for the next month- whether it’s a wedding, graduation party, or just cupcakes for your office.  Click here for details on how to order.

Later this week I’ll be coordinating all our IndieGoGo stuff for all you amazing people who contributed- it’s been one of those weeks where I haven’t had a moment to breathe.  Plus, I’ve started a diet where I’m not allowed to have coffee, so I’m down to only one extra large iced cup a day. Baby steps, folks. 

Semi-new flavor today: Mango Coconut!  We debuted it a few weeks ago at Guactacular and have been selling it on the sly at The Cupcake Stand (our cupcake shop with the folks from Crespella in Sunset Park).  First we take fresh mangos, which are just unbelievably gorgeous right now, and roast them at a high heat until they’re caramelized.  Then we mix it with buttercream, put it on top of our moist coconut cake, then garnish with that natural roasted coconut I’m so terribly fond of.  It’s a great reminder that summer will eventually get here, even though it might never stop raining. 

Clockwise from front: Banana Nutella, Mango Coconut, Root Beer Float, Chocolate Caramel Pretzel

NEW! Mango Coconut: Coconut cake, caramelized mango buttercream, roasted flake coconut

Banana Nutella:  Banana cake, Nutella buttercream, crushed hazelnut and banana chip praline

Chocolate Caramel Pretzel:  Chocolate cake, salted caramel buttercream, crushed pretzels, ganache and caramel drizzles

Root Beer Float:  Root beer cake, root beer custard, vanilla buttercream, maraschino cherry

Available at:

CAFE AT SAM’S BAKERY- 94th Street off 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

HOM- Third Avenue and 88th Street, Bay Ridge

CRESPELLA CREPE & ESPRESSO BAR- 321  7th Avenue at 9th Street, Park Slope

BLUE APRON FOODS- Union Street off 7th Avenue, Park Slope

TAZZA CAFES- Henry off Atlantic and Clark off Henry, Brooklyn Heights

COURT STREET GROCERS: 485 Court Street, Carroll Gardens

RED HOOK LOBSTER POUND: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook and Roving Food Truck *Whoopie Pies and Wild Maine Blueberry Cobbler cupcakes only*

BROOKLYNEER: West Houston & Varick St, West Village

LINK CAFE @ THE SHERATON TRIBECA: 307 Canal Street, Tribeca

JOE: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-  W. 120th btwn Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue

*Note: Not all locations receive all flavors.  The flavors recieved are determined by each store’s management, not by us.  If there’s something in the upcoming rotation you want to see, let them know directly