Robicelli's

Flavors: Wednesday, March 12th

I ate too much at Choice Eats and now I think I might die. Or I might just pass out on my keyboard. I really need to learn to pace myself better, instead of just shoving things into my mouth while screaming “OOOOH! FREE MEAT!”.

I ate so much, our station was directly across from Doughnut Plant and I was too full to eat a doughnut. How messed up is that?

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by - and I’m sorry if I didn’t have enough time to stop and chat with you. These things get pretty crazy and once the doors open up its total insanity for Matt and I to make sure that everyone is fed and happy. And I hope you liked our pine tree honey cupcake! We discovered pine tree honey last year and have been itching for a chance to work with it for months. You’ll probably be seeing that cupcake again once our shop at DeKalb Market reopens on April 7th.

If you didn’t make it to Choice Eats tonight, and are totally super jealous that you don’t also feel like you’re dying from being full of 500 types of meatballs, make sure you buy tickets next year! And if you can’t wait that long, may I suggest buying tickets to Tasting Brooklyn on April 3rd? It’s a tad smaller, but will feature food from such great BK spots as Stone Park Cafe, Egg, The Meatball Shop, and, of course, us! Don’t know what we’re making yet, but it’s bound to be super-special.

And speaking of super-special event cupcakes, remember a few weeks back when we made that exclusive limited edition cupcake for Sixpoint Brewery’s Seventh Anniversary? It’s going to stores today! And it will be with us all week through St. Paddy’s Day. If you want to order cupcakes for the holiday shoot me an email ASAP- we need to hear from you by the end of today to make sure we’ve ordered enough beer for the weekend. 

Now- cupcakes!

Clockwise from front: Sixpoint Brownstone, The Hinsch, Cinnamon Bun, Car Bomb

Sixpoint Brownstone: Sixpoint Brownstone Ale & brown sugar cake, Brownstone toffee buttercream, crushed chocolate espresso beans

The Hinsch: Chocolate malted cake, vanilla buttercream, malted chocolate sauce, homemade malted milk balls

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon butterscotch, cinnamon streusel

Car Bomb: Chocolate Guinness stout cake, Jameson whiskey ganache, Bailey’s buttercream

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Cupcakes Available at:

Hom: Third Avenue and 88th Street, Bay Ridge

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery:  94th off 3rd, Bay Ridge

Battery Place Market: 77 Battery Place, Battery Park City AND 200 West Street, Goldman Sachs Building

Joe Columbia University: W. 120th Street btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morningside Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Whoopie Pies Available At:

Red Hook Lobster Pound: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook

Tazza Cafes: Clark off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Brownies Available At:

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Oaxaca Tacos: 250 4th Avenue- Park Slope Brooklyn; 251 Smith Street Cobble Hill Brooklyn; 16 Extra Place, LES Manhattan

Flavors: Monday, March 12th

Happy Monday everyone! Pretty uneventful weekend over here at the Robicelli’s camp- nice dinner at Tuscany Grill on Friday, lunch at Union Square Coffee Shop Saturday, few errands- that’s about it. Yep.

What’s a good way to end a weekend that low key? Laying in bed watching Sandra Lee baking videos. Now, even though foodies love to talk smack about Sandra, as a working mother I really do understand and appreciate her approach, and understand that it definitely has it’s place in realistic households. But sweet Lord almighty she needs to keep her hands off dessert. And here’s why:

Processed supermarket cake, covered with Cool Whip. Really. At this point, why are you bothering? Go to a bakery, to someone who does this professionally, and buy a damn cake. Ask one of your guests to bring dessert. Or serve ice cream. Really, Sandra. Everyone loves ice cream.  

You know what I had at my big Italian wedding? A cake filled with COCONUT AND PINEAPPLE.

Please, Sandra, please look at a map. And for the love of God, adding a tablespoon of vanilla extract to anything does not make it taste homemade. It makes it taste like a can of chemicals with vanilla in it. 

I have nothing to say about this cake. You know how I usually talk way way waaaaay too much? Well, now we’ve found the answer. Just show me this video. I’ll stand there, slackjawed, as tears pour down my face.

Really, my biggest problem with Sandra Lee isn’t the cheaping out on ingredients, or taking shortcuts, or any of that. She wants to do a 30 minute show where she makes everything with soup mix, that’s fine by me- I understand not everyone knows how to cook, or has the time, and that groceries are expensive. But then THIS happens at the end of every freaking episode (go straight to the one minute mark):

You can spend $1000 on plates and accessories, and days on craft projects, just to set the freaking table for one solitary meal. And what are you serving at this fancy table that’s obviously set for high society? Fondue made from canned cheese soup and Cool Whip covered supermarket angel food cake.

That’s where I’m losing you Sandy. I think that’s where everyone’s losing you.

Now go enjoy your Monday everyone. But first:

KWANZAA CAKE! I know I’ve posted this one before, but I just can’t watch Sandra Lee videos if I don’t watch this one, too. Plus, our cupcakes look REALLY good next to the Kwanzaa cake. Sorry, Sandra.

Clockwise from front: Funky Monkey, Pecan Praline, Cinnamon Bun, The Hinsch

Funky Monkey: Banana chocolate chip cake, peanut butter buttercream, banana chip, ganache

Pecan Praline: Pecan cake, vanilla buttercream, homemade pecan pralines

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon butterscotch, streusel

The Hinsch: Chocolate malted cake, vanilla buttercream, malted chocolate suace, homemade malted milk balls

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Cupcakes Available At:

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery:  94th Street off 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: 77th & 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Avenue off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza: Clark Street off Henry AND Henry Street off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Cake Shop: 152 Ludlow St, Lower East Side

Battery Place Markets: 77 Battery Place, Battery Park City AND 240 Murray Street, Goldman Sachs Building, Financial District

Joe: Columbia University: West 120th Street btwn Broadway & Amsterdam. Morningside Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Whoopie Pies Available At

Red Hook Lobster Pound: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook

Tazza: Clark Street off Henry AND Henry Street off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Brownies

Oaxaca Tacos: 250 4th Avenue- Park Slope Brooklyn; 251 Smith Street Cobble Hill Brooklyn; 16 Extra Place, LES Manhattan

Queen City Cupcakes: 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Flavors: Monday, February 27th

So, Oscar night, huh? That was something, wasn’t it! Yep….erm….sure was great!

Ok, I didn’t watch. I haven’t seen a grown-up movie in the theater since “For Your Consideration”.  The last movie I saw in a theater was Cars 2 this summer with my oldest son, because we were on vacation in New Jersey and had run out of things to do by day three. The cost for myself, a four year old, two drinks and a small popcorn in a strip mall movie theater on Route 1? FORTY EIGHT DOLLARS.

I’m still not over this. Not one bit.

Then Saturday night, Matt and I went to the Ranger game with our sous chef, Rachel.  I was a pretty obsessive hockey fan before I had kids and the boys made me change the channel to “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” within the first 5 minutes of every Ranger game I’d try to watch.  Being at the Garden, watching my team, getting caught up in the excitement- I realized the perfect way to finally get my boys into hockey would to get tickets up in the nosebleeds and take my kids to a real Ranger game.  

I went home and looked up tickets for every home game left in the season. Non scalped, straight from Madison Square Garden tickets? Starting at eighty dollars a piece for nosebleeds, going up to almost $1100 per ticket.

Then after about 10 solid minutes of screaming at Matt about how ridiculous it is to think that it would cost close to $300 for me to take my sons to a hockey game, how movies are too expensive, how rent is too damn high, I came to the most horrifying realization of my adult life:

I HAVE TURNED INTO MY FATHER.

I’m only 31 years old! How much more time do I have before I start talking about the days when you could get gas for less than $2 a gallon and walking around the neighborhood in “leisure pants” (my father’s misguided term for pajama bottoms)? And my dad is only 58! As we both move into the 2020s and 30s, will my father and I both just become exponentially crazier, throwing rotten fruit at Madison Square Garden while shaking our fists? I don’t even know where crazy old people are getting all this rotten fruit to throw at things - I’m not ready for this!!!

I’d enjoy these rich decadent cupcakes while you still can, before I start making all our cakes with raisins, tomato soup and Benefiber.

Clockwise from front: Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel, Cinnamon Bun, Banana Cream Pie, Dark Chocolate Dulce

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel: Chocolate cake, peanut butter buttercream, cushed peanuts and pretzels

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon butterscotch, streusel

Banana Cream Pie: Banana cake, vanilla custard, custard buttercream, banana chip, graham cracker crumbs

Dark Chocolate Dulce: Dark chocolate cake, dulce de leche buttercream, dark chocolate ganache, Maldon sea salt

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Cupcakes Available at:

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery:  94th off 3rd, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: 77th and 3rd, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza Cafes: Clark off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Cake Shop: Ludlow btwn Stanton & Rivington, LES

Joe Columbia University: West 120th btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morningside Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Whoopie Pies Available At:

Red Hook Lobster Pound: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook

Tazza Cafes: Clark off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

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Brownies Available At:

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Oaxaca Tacos: 250 4th Avenue- Park Slope Brooklyn; 251 Smith Street Cobble Hill Brooklyn; 16 Extra Place, LES Manhattan

Flavors: Friday, January 27th

Tomorrow is Matt’s birthday! WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP!

And you KNOW we’re going to be partying hard! Saturday we’re going to take our oldest son for this Kindergarten admission test! And if he’s good, we’re going to get him some ice cream!!! WOOOOO!!!!

*sigh* I had planned something really nice, and then right after I was all set I got the letter from the Department of Education that out of all days, they scheduled Atticus’ test right in the middle of Matt’s birthday surprise. Things happen.  But now my husband’s birthday is less than 24 hours away, and I have NO idea what to get him.  

You know what I think he’d REALLY like? For all of you to wish him a happy birthday on Twitter. Many of you don’t realize that he has his own account (@mattrobicelli), since I’m the one @robicellis who’s always talking (that’s in real life too).  You should follow him and wish him a happy birthday, because I really think that would make his day.  

Or what about making him a card like the one I did above and posting it up to our Facebook page?  Or perhaps a video of you singing “Happy Birthday”, or “(I Wear My) Sunglasses At Night”?  There could be a prize in it for the one that makes him smile the most.  Not that I need to bribe you or anything.

What else can you do for Matt’s birthday? Celebrate with some cake! 

Clockwise from front: Boston Cream, Cinnamon Bun, Chocolate Caramel Pretzel, Banana Nutella

Boston Cream: Vanilla cake, vanilla custard buttercream, chocolate fudge

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon streusel, cinnamon butterscotch

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

Banana Nutella: Banana cake, Nutella buttercream, banana hazelnut praline

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Cupcakes Available at:

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: 77th & 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

Bagel Schmagel: 76th & 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza Cafes: Clark St off Henry AND Henry St off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Blue Apron Foods: Union Street off 7th Ave, Park Slope

Eastern District: Manhattan Ave off Eagle, Greenpoint

Brooklyn Standard: Nassau Street off Jewel, Greenpoint

Cake Shop: Ludlow btwn Stanton & Rivington, LES

Joe Columbia University: West 120th Street btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morningside Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: Patchogue, Long Island

Whoopie Pies Available At:

Red Hook Lobster Pound: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook

Tazza Cafes: Clark off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Brownies Available At:

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Queen City Cupcakes: West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Oaxaca Tacos: 250 4th Avenue- Park Slope Brooklyn; 251 Smith Street Cobble Hill Brooklyn; 16 Extra Place, LES Manhattan

Flavors: Wednesday, January 4th

Happy New Year everyone! You know what my resolution is?

BE MORE AWESOME.

It’s National Meat On Top of Cupcakes But They Taste Really Good I Promise Month!!!!

Is that true? Probably not. I don’t know who the hell doles out these National Food months- probably some advisory boards or something (how do you get on those anyway?).  As an inventor of the Chicken n’Waffles & Buffalo Chicken cupcakes, and being one of the people who put the whole “bacon on a cupcake” thing on the map three years ago, I am grabbing destiny by the horns and using my gravitas to commandeer an entire month in the name of dessert! Why the hell not!

-Chicken n’Waffles Cupcakes!!!

        -Buffalo Chicken & Blue Cheese Cupcakes!!!!

             -Elvis Cupcakes with Peanut Butter, Banana & Bacon!!!!

                   -Yes, They’re Really Delicious! I Swear!!!!

So WHY is it National Meat on Top of Cupcakes But They Taste Really Good I Promise Month?  Because it’s time for football playoffs.  And when a bunch of people get in a room to drink beer and watch football, you will need food.  And there’s only so many bowls of chili and nachos you can consume before your wife makes you start sleeping out on the fire escape.

As you may know, our Chicken n’Waffles cupcakes is rarely released, our Buffalo Chicken one even rarer, and when we do make them they sell out ridiculously quick.  Reason being? Well, for one thing our retail locations won’t sell them. Another, if they were available all the time, they’d stop being special and you wouldn’t want to jump all over them when they finally did come out! And most of all, frying hundreds of pieces of chicken in a teensy tiny pot takes foorrreeevvverrr.

But for the last days of football season? Well by golly, we are more than happy to slave over that pot day in and day out, from dusk until dawn, because if there’s one thing that both meat cupcakes and football scream, it’s that WE LOVE AMERICA.

I will never pass up an opportunity to link to Neil Diamond.

Normally, you need to order 4 dozen of these cupcakes to have us deliver them to you.  But since they’ll technically be “rotation” for the weekends, you’ll be able to order them with a one dozen minimum to Brooklyn, 2 dozen to Manhattan! (And you’ll be able to pick-up any quantities you want in Manhattan starting next weekend!). This NEVER happens!

So if you’re having people over to watch the games, want to make yourself the most popular guy/girl at the bar, or are just one of those people who’s always wanted to try them, place your order for football playoff cupcakes and brownies ASAP!  And if you’re a bar owner who wants to order some for a promotion, email me at Allison at robicellis.com- we have discount rates for businesses ordering in bulk!

Now for the cupcakes heading to stores as we speak- they may not have chicken or bacon on them, or be loaded with 18 types of booze, but they are insanely delicious and will help you stop being bummed that the holidays are over and you had to go back to work this week.  We’re there, too.  Thank Jebus I have a bunch of Bluths to get me through the ritual of taking down the Christmas tree- it’s so sad!

Clockwise from front: Tres Leches, Chocolate Strawberry, The Bluth, Cinnamon Bun

Tres Leches: Three milk soaked brown butter cake, dulce de leche buttercream, caramel shards

Chocolate Strawberry: Chocolate cake filled with strawberry jam, mascarpone buttercream, jam drizzle

The Bluth: Chocolate banana cake, chocolate buttercream, roasted walnuts, ganache

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon butterscotch, cinnamon streusel

Available at:

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off Third Avenue, Bay Ridge

Hom: 88th Street and Third Avenue, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza Cafes: Clark Street off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic

Queen City Cupcakes: Patchogue, Long Island

Red Hook Lobster Pound: Roving food truck, Brooklyn Flea and Van Brunt Street, Red Hook Whoopie Pies Only

Flavors: Wednesday, December 28th

Hope you all had a great Christmas! Matt surprised me with a Nintendo 3DS with my favorite game of all time- The Legend of Zelda- Ocarina of Time (in 3D!).  I had no idea I needed this thing, but now I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IT.  So quick- to whatever needs to happen right now so I can get back to my game:

NEW YEAR’S EVE ORDERING! Now that Union is over I’m getting back to being somewhat on top of my work, and I actually got a NYE ordering tab up in a timely manner!  I love the flavors we picked out, it’s one of the 4 yearly appearances of our much sought-after “Strawberry Champagne” cupcake, we’re doing cocktail party sized brownie platters, PLUS we’ve lowered our minimum for delivery to just one dozen for the holiday! 

And if that wasn’t enough, not only will our cupcakes jazz up your New Year’s Eve party, but the carbohydrates will actually allow you to drink MORE.  You’ll be able to ride that fine line between drunk enough to have a great time, and so drunk that your top comes off and you fight your buildings super! It’s an investment in your parties success, AND your clean criminal record!  ORDER NOW!

FINAL DAYS AT DEKALB! We’re open today through Friday from noon til 8, Saturday from 11 til 4pm, and then we’re closed for construction projects for three months.  Thanks to some delays with city permits, we had to rush to get DeKalb open last summer, and kinda had to do some things backwards just to get it going.  Now that we’re entering the slow winter months, she’s getting shut down so our friends at Urban Space can make some exciting improvements, like……

   ………..Boardwalks!!!! (ooooooh!)

         ………………Canopy over the food court!!!!! (aaaahhhhh!!!)

              ……………Beer Garden!!!!! (My oh my!!!!!!)

         …………..Drainage system!!!! (More exciting than it sounds!)

I can’t wait until late March to open up our door again.  In the interim, we’ll be popping up in Nolita just like we did last winter, trying to amp up our wholesale presence around NYC, showing some skin to potential investors and doing LOTS of R&D for the coming year.  But for the next four days, DEKALB MARKET IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, while most of our usual retail outlets are closed for vacation- meaning you should DEFINITELY come and see us!

Navi the Fairy: You would think in the almost 15 years since this Zelda was originally released (yeah, it’s been that long), someone would have thought that in a re-release they would have made her SHUT THE HELL UP.

Every five seconds: “Hey! Hey Link! Hey! Hey! Listen! Hey! Hey! Listen! Heeyyy-Oh! Em…errrr….oh, I know- what would Saria say if she knew we were saving Hyrule? That’s, um, pretty great, right? Yeah, I didn’t think I was actually going to get your attention, but now that I did let’s talk! Tell me about your day….Link? Link? Hey! Hey! Hey! Listen! Hey! Hey! Hey! Listen! Hey!”

January’s Schedule: I’m doing it today, so if you have a request, get over to Facebook ASAP and let me know! Feel free to throw us any ideas you have for new flavors, too- you never know what we’ll run with!

People’s Choice Winners 2011! We had a lot of great new flavors come out this year, but a few stood out in your eyes as the best of the best.  So today, YOU picked the menu- your four favorite cupcakes of the year! And they are…….

Clockwise from front: Hot Toddy, Pecan Potato Chip, S’Mores, Cinnamon Bun

Hot Toddy: Honey whiskey soaked cake, honey cinnamon buttercream, candied lemon peel

Pecan Potato Chip: Pecan potato chip cake, vanilla buttercream, crushed pecans and potato chips, salted butterscotch

S’Mores: Chocolate cake, speculoos pudding, toasted marshmallow buttercream, ganache, graham cracker crumbs

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon streusel, cinnamon butterscotch

Available at:

Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market: Corner of Flatbush Ave & Willoughby

Hom: 88th Street & 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Avenue off 9th Street, Park Slope

Queen City Cupcakes: Patchogue, Long Island

Flavors: Wednesday, November 16th

DID YOU PLACE YOUR THANKSGIVING ORDER YET?!?!? HUH?!?!?! DIDJA DIDJA DIDJA?!?!?!

I have to lead with that because even though I thought Thanksgiving was an entire week away, we’ve apparently already skipped straight ahead to Christmas.  I stopped into Starbucks today and the carols were blasting, the decorations were everywhere, and Thanksgiving blend has already been put in the vault in favor of Christmas roast (which tastes remarkably like elf blood and cheer! It’s delicious!).  

I’m glad “the man” made me switch to a more joyful coffee a bit prematurely, because today I began the build out of our space at the Union Square Holiday Market!  It’s painted a lovely shade of paint called Red Velvet (not kidding).  I assembled all our Flurms and Shmurgens from Ikea and the table my dad custom made for us in a 25 square foot booth, and strung up 1100 Christmas lights so our booth glows like the sun.  That last part is really important as I managed to get lost in the market 7 times today, so I want to give you guys a chance to find us.  

Even in the first day of build-out, this market is already one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.  I cannot wait for you guys to come down and visit us.

So while I was busting my ass getting the booth all ready to go for you guys, what was Matt doing to put you guys in the Christmas spirit?

Yep. Christmas spirit.

He also put a shirt on and made these cupcakes, and what do you know, there’s a new fall flavor in there!  Trotting it out for you to love it, just to cruelly rip it away at the end of the week and forcing it into the depths of the vault! We can be such jerks sometimes!

Clockwise from front: Pear Cardamom Ginger, Cinnamon Bun, Apple Maple Crisp, Butternut Spice

NEW!!! Pear Cardamom Ginger: Pear cardamom cake, honey spice buttercream, candied ginger

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar cake, cream cheese buttercream, streusel, cinnamon butterscotch

Apple Maple Crisp: Apple cake, vanilla buttercream, roasted apple butter, oat crisp, maple syrup

Butternut Spice: Butternut squash cake, vanilla buttercream, candied pumpkin seeds

Available at:

Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market: Flatbush Avenue Ext and Willoughby, Downtown Brooklyn

Hom: Third Avenue and 88th Street, Bay Ridge

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off Third Avenue, Bay Ridge

Tazza: Clark Street off Henry AND Henry off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Radish: Bedford Avenue off North 8th, Williamsburg

Battery Place Market: 77 Battery Place, Battery Park City

Joe- Columbia University: West 120th Street btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morninside Heights

Red Hook Lobster Pound *Whoopie pies only*

Queen City Cupcakes: 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Flavors: Monday, November 14th

This is sort of the sad part of fall for me, because I wait all damn year for the fall flavors to come back, and now as we burn through the schedule and get closer and closer to Thanksgiving, we start putting them back in the vault til 2012.  Most of what you’ve seen this month will not be going back to stores this year, and we’re almost done baking off our batters for DeKalb.  I try to be optimistic and think about all the exciting new Holiday flavors that are coming up, like Port Poached Pear, Chocolate Paneforte and Milk & Cookies, but I still know what the end of fall means……

Sad Panda is not looking forward to shoveling snow this year.

Ok, enough with this sadness nonsense.  Let’s talk happy stuff- like:

being mentioned by New York Magazine for the “Pumpkin Beyond Pie” feature! Seriously, every time we’re mentioned on a list that includes Francois Payard and Jacques Torres, I need to slap myself.  Chef Torres is the entire reason I wanted to go into pastry when I was 15 years old (thanks to his amazing ‘Dessert Circus’ program on PBS), and Payard is on a very high pedestal in my book.  And now Chef Torres and I are neighbors at DeKalb Market! Fifteen year old Allison it totally freaking out over it!

Of course, this whole slideshow is a reminder that you need to get your Thanksgiving orders in ASAP.  If you don’t want to order through us, you CAN order at your local Robicelli’s retailer- all our Thanksgiving flavors are going to stores both Monday and Wednesday next week.  Now I’m going to quit nagging you about it- because there’s still two more blog posts this week where I can do that and I need to save my strength.

Cupcakes! Go eat!

Clockwise from front: Cinnamon Bun, Sweet Potato Pie, The Julia, Apple Maple Crisp

Cinnamon Bun: Vanilla cake dotted with cinnamon sugar, cream cheese buttercream, streusel, cinnamon butterscotch

Sweet Potato Pie: Sweet potato cake, vanilla buttercream, bourbon pecan

The Julia: Pear brandy cake, brandy buttercream, brandy snap cookie

Apple Maple Crisp: Apple cake, vanilla buttercream, roasted apple buttercream, oat crisp, maple syrup

Available at:

Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market: Corner of Flatbush Ave Ext & Willoughby, Downtown Bklyn

Aloha Grinds: 3rd Ave off 77th Street, Bay Ridge

Bagel Schmagel: 3rd Avenue off 76th Street, Bay Ridge

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off Third Avenue, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Ave off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza: Henry St off Atlantic AND Clark Street off Henry, Brooklyn Heights

Cake Shop: Ludlow St btwn Stanton & Rivington, LES

Joe Columbia University: West 120th Street btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morningside Heights

Queen City Cupcakes (Tuesday): 62 West Main Street, Patchogue, Long Island

Flavors: Monday, October 10th

Even with some last minute finagling, we couldn’t manage to get out of working on Friday- our 5th anniversary.  I wouldn’t make it home from Madison til at least 10, and we had to be up by 8 the next morning.  Yes, it was incredibly disappointing, but I’m used to it- even if I do miss romance something terrible.

Matt texts me to say that he wants me to hurry home, because he’s got a special surprise waiting for me.  I don’t know what it could possibly be, but I decide maybe all is not lost, so I’m going to pick up something sexy for us after work. And in my marriage, something sexy doesn’t come from Fredrick’s- it comes from Eataly.  

I filled a basket with sexy marbled bresaola and proscuttio, paper thin slices of capicola and sopressatta, olive oil breadsticks, oozing cheeses and slabs of focaccia. Oh my God it was so gorgeous I’m getting all tingly just thinking about it.

Since my impromptu shopping trip has made me late, I hop in a cab, and start playfully texting him that I’ve got a surprise for him myself.  The rest of the texts get pretty unprintable for this blog, even though I was referencing food the whole time, and Matt was…..well, you’ll see in a second.

I hide the bag behind my back, open the front door, smile and ask him if he’s ready to see what I bought for our anniversary.  He says to wait, because he wants to show me his surprise first.

He steps to the side, and reveals our table- covered with capicola, sopressatta, proscuttio, eggplant, provelone, and artichokes from A&S Pork Store, and a big loaf of Il Fornaretto bread.

We ate like pigs, watched the end of the Phillies/Cards game, and passed out on the couch.  It was awesome.

AND THIS IS WHY OUR MARRIAGE WORKS.

Clockwise from front: Apple Maple Crisp, Cinnamon Bun, Speculoos, The Ebinger

Apple Maple Crisp: Apple cake, vanilla buttercream, roasted apple butter, oat crisp, maple syrup

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon butterscotch, streusel

Speculoos: Brown sugar spice cake, speculoos buttercream, chopped ginger and stroopwaffels

The Ebinger: Chocolate cake, chocolate custard buttercream, chocolate fudge, cake crumbs

Available at:

Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market:  Flatbush Avenue Extension & Willoughby Street, Downtown Brooklyn

Robicelli’s at Madison Square Eats: Corner of 25th Street & 5th Avenue

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off Third Avenue, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: 76th Street and 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge

Bagel Schmagel: 76th Street and 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge

Crespella: 7th Avenue off 9th Street, Park Slope

Tazza: Clark Street off Henry AND Henry Street off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Battery Place Market: 77 Battery Place, Battery Park City

Cake Shop: Ludlow Street btwn Stanton & Rivington, LES

Joe Columbia University: W 120th btwn Broadway & Amsterdam, Morningside Heights

Queen City Cupcakes (Closed Monday- Flavors for Tuesday):  62 West Main Street, Patchouge, Long Island 

Red Hook Lobster Pound: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook (Whoopie Pies Only)

Flavors: Friday, September 9th

Let’s do some news updates! It’s been a while!

DINE OUT IRENE: For all the joking we did about the hurricane down here, it did a lot of damage upstate- lots of families lost their homes and all they owned, many farms were completely devestated.  Some awesome people have put together an event called Dine Out Irene, and we are extremely honored to be participating.  On Sunday, September 25th, go eat any any participating establishment in NYC, and 10% will be donated to relief efforts.  You get something nice to eat, stimulate the local economy, and help your neighbors all at the same time. Win, win, win.  You of course don’t need reservations to come to our shop, but you can book tables for the restaurants through Opentable now

THE BROOKLYN LOCAL: It’s only one week until the Brooklyn Local, the MASSIVE fundraiser for City Harvest!  Admission is only $5, and once you’re inside you’ll have the chance to purchase lots of special food items from all your favorite local food-type people like us! Will we be bringing some super awesome brand spanking new cupcakes? You freaking KNOW IT! We don’t know what they are yet, though, so if you want the inside scoop, remember to follow up on Twitter, where I sputter all sorts of ridiculousness day in and day out.  We’re almost certain that we’ll bring the fig-balsamic-prosciutto cupcake we did last week (aka “The Lauranzano”), as it was extremely popular and sold out relatively quickly.  

Also, if you have kids bring them on down, as I’ve been asked to run a cupcake decorating section for kids!  Apparently since I’m a mother of two, I am more than qualified for this position.  However, my kids won’t be going since I’m working, so let me play with yours to overcompensate for what I feel are my failures as a parent!

MASTER CLASS AUCTION: Just Food, the local charity that improves food systems in our area, is holding it’s annual fundraising auction, and we just happen to be one of the prizes!  We’re teaming with the GerNis culinary center to offer a master class and baking party for TEN ENTIRE PEOPLE!  It could be a birthday party, bachelorette party for those who fear gratuitous nudity, one of those corporate dealies where you all learn how to work as a team or some crap……but whatever it is, you’ll get to hang out with Matt and I for a night and take home lots of yummy cupcakes!  You can go straight to our auction by clicking HERE, but do poke around all the available auctions- there’s a lot of unique items that would make great holiday gifts.  Yes- I said holiday gifts.  It’s only a few weeks til you have to start worrying about that stuff, so why not get some of it out of the way now? 

MADISON SQUARE EATS: Starts in, like, two weeks!  You have absolutely no idea how effing stressed out I am about this!  But I hope everyone in Flatiron is getting VERY excited for all the fall flavors we’ll be bringing down, because what we have planned is going to smack you people in the face with AWESOME!

FOODAISSANCE AT THE JAMES BEARD HOUSE: So remember a few months ago when I posted that photography series “Foodaissance” we were a part of? It’s going to be exhibited at the James Beard House!  Being at the James Beard has always been a dream of mine which I figured would never happen since, well, we make cupcakes.  Matt already had his shot back in our pre-Robicelli’s days when he did an event making sushi with a young up-and-coming Food Network chef named Rachel Ray (a story for another day), but whereas I have cooked various dishes that were served at the Beard House, I have never been able to attend.  A BIG “Thank You” to super-photographer Donny Tsang, who has managed to finagle us and cupcakes into the back door of the White House of American cooking!  

NUTELLA WHOOPIE PIES: Are in existence, and are at DeKalb Market! Want to see our brownies and whoopie pies in a shop near you? Tell them! We’re going to start wholesaling both in the next few weeks!

But enough about whoopie pies and brownies……the cupcakes are still great, and here they are!

Clockwise from front: Apple Peanut Butter, Cinnamon Bun, Banana Cream Pie, Bea Arthur

Apple Peanut Butter: Apple cake, peanut butter buttercream, homemade peanut brittle

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon butterscotch, streusel

Banana Cream Pie: Banana cake, vanilla custard, vanilla custard buttercream, banana chip, graham cracker crumbs

Bea Arthur: Black coffee infused chocolate cake, cheesecake buttercream, espresso ganache

Available At:

Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market: Flatbush Ave Ext and Willoughby Street, Downtown Brooklyn

Cafe at Sam’s Bakery: 94th Street off 3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge

Bagel Schmagel: Third Avenue off 75th Street, Bay Ridge

Aloha Grinds: Third Avenue off 76th Street, Bay Ridge

Cupcake Stand: 5th Avenue and 60th Street, Sunset Park

Blue Apron Foods: Union Street off 7th Avenue, Park Slope

Crespella: 7th Avenue off 9th Street, Park Slope

Court Street Grocers: Court Street off Luquer, Carroll Gardens

Tazza Cafes: Henry off Atlantic AND Clark off Henry, Brooklyn Heights

Eastern District: Manhattan Avenue off Eagle Street, Greenpoint

Brooklyn Standard: Nassau Ave and Jewel Street, Greenpoint

Cake Shop: Ludlow Street btwn Stanton & Rivington, LES

Brooklyneer: 220 West Houston, West Village

Battery Place Market: 77 Battery Place, Battery Park City

Red Hook Lobster Pound (Whoopie Pies Only): 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, and Roving Food Truck, All Over the Damn Place

Flavors: Wednesday, September 7th

Our first fall flavor is here!!!!  Our first fall flavor is here!!! Oh my goodness, can you stand the excitement!  

Fall is hands down, without question, my favorite season.  I love the produce, our seasonal flavors, the crisp weather and the changing leaves.  I love sweaters- in fact, I’ve been wearing the only sweater my children haven’t yet destroyed since September 1st, even though I was sweating like a pig all week. Right now I’m counting down to our 5th wedding anniversary (October 7th) and our family’s “Apple Picking Day” (the MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF MY ENTIRE YEAR), and inside I feel like a little girl waiting for Christmas.

Today, we’re celebrating the first day of school with an apple peanut butter cupcake. Like most of you, one of the first things I ever “cooked” in my life was a peanut butter stuffed apple- you remember those, don’t you?  When you’d cut the core from an apple, fill the middle with peanut butter, then slice it up so you have perfect cross sections with a circle of PB in the center.  

I was SO GOOD at making these. 

So to welcome all of you back to class, or to make all you grown-ups feel like a kid again, we’ve brought back our delicious seasonal apple cake and topped it with our peanut butter buttercream and pieces of homemade peanut brittle for a little something special.  Really, there’s nothing better than something that makes you feel like you’re 7 years old all over again. Except if it’s Chicken Pox, because that sucked something awful. July 1987, you were a cruel and itchy month.

Coming up in the next few weeks, you’re going to start seeing more maple, more pumpkin, apples, figs, sweet potatoes and a lot more.  And now that the summer’s over, Cinnamon Bun is back, too!  Get excited! I am!

Clockwise from front: Cinnamon Bun, Tiramisu, Apple Peanut Butter, Duckwalk

NEW! Apple Peanut Butter: Apple cake, peanut butter buttercream, crushed homemade peanut brittle

Tiramisu: Espresso soaked cake, espresso ganache, mascarpone buttercream, cocoa powder

Duckwalk: Vanilla cake, blueberry port syrup, blueberry port mascarpone buttercream, port simmered blueberries

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon butterscotch, streusel topping

Available at:

Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market: Flatbush & Willoughby, Downtown Brooklyn

Bagel Schmagel: Third Avenue btwn 75th and 76th, Bay Ridge

Hom: 88th and Third Avenue, Bay Ridge

The Cupcake Stand: Fifth Avenue between 60th and 61st, Sunset Park

Tazza Cafes: Clark St off Henry AND Henry Street off Atlantic, Brooklyn Heights

Flavors: Friday, May 27th

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

Flavors: Wednesday, April 13th

Today is my best friend’s birthday, which I’m actually taking pretty hard.  Debbie and I have been soulmates since we met in Mrs. Reisert’s class back in ‘87, and today she is THIRTY ONE YEARS OLD.  This can mean that in only a few short months……*sigh*……….I will also be thirty one.

When we were in second grade, I don’t think either of us thought about what life would be like this far ahead.  We were fixated on what would happen when we got to high school and got finally lockers (consensus- lockers are highly overrated).  When we looked at someone who was 31, it was as good as looking at someone who was 85.  You know how I’m obsessed with the Golden Girls? Remember how they seemed to be ancient when we were kids?  They were only supposed to be in their fifties! They were younger on that show than my parents are now!  So can you imagine how old the two of us must look to MY kids?!?!?!?  Jesus Christ- my kids actually think I know what the hell I’m doing!!!!

Turning 30 last year didn’t seem too bad, because it seemed like the exclamation point at the end of your twenties.  I did pretty good with mine- from wild child and heavy metal clubs, to a cancer victim to cancer survivor, then to chef, then wife, mother and eventually entrepreneur.  But 31…..that’s being IN your thirties.  I always thought thirtysomethings were settled- they knew their place in the world, what they wanted to be when they grew up, and had it all figured out.  Now that I’m here with all my friends, I know that almost everyone in their thirties still partially feels like they’re still 8 years old, only trapped in a very large body that is beginning to hurt a lot more than it used to. 

But you know what the best part of being 31 is?  It means that for the past 24 years, I’ve had Debbie right next to me for the whole thing- through the first crushes and first rejections, the dreams and disappointments, on every path we’ve started down and every single damn time we’ve changed course.  And it means that in another 24 when I’m old enough to be Blanche Deveraux, Debbie is going to be right next to me as my Rose. 

Thirty-one may not be as grandiose as closing out our twenties, but I feel that each birthday we have is the exclamation point on another year where the two of us keep getting better, keep growing with each other, and keep picking each other up so we make it through another birthday side-by-side.  We may not have it all figured out yet, but as long as we have each other, we know we’ll get there. Eventually.  (In theory.) 

I lucked out with you, Deb.  Thanks for being my best friend.  And thanks for being 4 months older than me- it’s totally softening the blow.

Now- cupcakes!

Clockwise from front: Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp, Cinnamon Bun, Creamsicle, Banana Nutella

NEW!!!  STRAWBERRY RHUBARB CRISP:  Oat cake, vanilla buttercream, homemade strawberry rhubarb compote, oat crisp ***NOTE: Available this week only- then back in the vault til next spring!***

NEW!!! BANANA NUTELLA:  Banana cake, Nutella buttercream, hazelnut praline, chocolate chips

CINNAMON BUN:  Cinnamon spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon streusel, cinnamon sugar drizzle

CREAMSICLE:  Orange cake, vanilla buttercream, hand candied orange peel

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Available at:

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

HOM:  88th and 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge

BLUE APRON FOODS: Union St. off 7th Ave, Park Slope

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

COURT STREET GROCERS: 485 Court Street, Carroll Gardens

QATHRA:  1112 Cortelyou Road, Ditmas Park

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

JOE: GRAND CENTRAL STATION-  Graybar Passage

*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 directl

Flavors- Monday, April 11th

Today’s a first- we’re pulling the “flavors subject to change due to inventory” card. SOMEBODY went to Fairway before us on Saturday night and bought up all the hazelnut extract, so we couldn’t make Hazelnut Kiss cupcakes for today.  Whomever you are, I hope you’re reeeaaaalllly happy with yourself.

But of course, there’s a plan B.  To make it up to all of you, we’re doing a BRAND NEW FLAVOR on Monday!  :-O  This one was on the docket for next month- Banana Nutella.  This also marks the first cupcake that was partially designed by our Facebook fans, so if you’d like to have input on other future cupcakes, make sure you friend us.

Also we want to say hello to all our new friends up in Astoria who went to get our cupcakes at Queens Comfort and caused them to sell out in mere HOURS on Friday.  You guys are phenomenal, you know that? 

Short post today because I’m working on getting our Easter ordering page up- I’ll tweet when it’s up, hopefully early afternoon.  If you’re planning on ordering, do so quick, as we always take limited orders during the holidays, and we normally fill up pretty fast.  Now flavors!

Clockwise from front: Banana Nutella, Duckwalk, German Chocolate, Cinnamon Bun

NEW!!! BANANA NUTELLA:  Banana cake, Nutella buttercream, ground hazelnut praline, chocolate chips

DUCKWALK:  Vanilla cake, blueberry port syrup, blueberry port & mascarpone buttercream, port simmered blueberries

GERMAN CHOCOLATE:  Chocolate cake, salted caramel buttercream, roasted coconut

CINNAMON BUN:  Cinnamon spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon streusel, cinnamon sugar drizzle

Available at:

BROOKLYN

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

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

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

QATHRA:  1112 Cortelyou Road, Ditmas Park

RADISH- Bedford Ave off N8th, Williamsburg

MANHATTAN

CAKESHOP- Ludlow btwn Stanton & Rivington, Lower East Side

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

JOE: GRAND CENTRAL STATION-  44 Grand Central Terminal, Near the Graybar Passage

THE BROOKLYNEER:  220 W. Houston Street, West Village

QUEENS

QUEENS COMFORT: 40-09 30th Ave, Astoria

*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.

Flavors: Friday, March 11th

Well the cat is finally out of the bag……after months and months of keeping our mouths shut on a certain “super secret project”, The DeKalb Market was officially announced on Wednesday!  This has been in the works for us since last July, and for Urban Space (the curator) even longer, so we are tremendously excited to be getting so close to opening. 

Since there seems to be so many misconceptions about what this is and isn’t, I will sum it up with the CAPS LOCK button on, so you know I’m not fooling around:

THIS IS OUR BRAND SPANKING NEW RETAIL LOCATION!!!!  THIS IS NOT A POP-UP, NOT A FLEA MARKET, IT IS AN ACTUAL 160 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL SHOP THAT WILL HAVE CHAIRS AND TABLES AND THE WHOLE SHEBANG.  OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND.

EXCEPT CHRISTMAS. 

AND MAYBE MY BIRTHDAY, BECAUSE THAT’S ON AUGUST 1ST AND IT’S ALWAYS REALLY HOT THAT DAY SO YOU’LL ALL PROBABLY BE STAYING HOME ANYWAY.  OR WE’LL COME INTO WORK IN BIKINIS.  THAT INCLUDES MATT.

     Since we’re going back into retail, expect to see a LOT more of our flavors available all the time, being delivered fresh every day of the week.  AND this means you’ll be seeing fan favorites like The Elvis, The Iona and Chicken n’Waffles several times a month, not just once in a blue moon.  Plus, it means we finally get the creative outlet to take risks again, so you’ll be seeing us go back to developing more things along the lines of The Spicy Panda (chocolate Thai chilli) and The Mikey (Coke & Pop-Rocks).  AND it means that many of the other baked goods that you old-skool fans from our first store remember will be coming back, like the brownies, whoopie pies, coffee cakes with 63 inches of crumbs on top, and more!

     Visiting our new shop is reason enough for most of you to come down once it opens, but I’m sure you’re wondering what else the place will have to offer.  Well….

   ……there’s going to be a large performance space for outdoor concerts & conventions, that’s going to be enclosed during the winter to become a big indoor picnic spot

  ………there’s going to be an urban farm, with outreach programs to local schools getting kids involved in learning where our food comes from

     ……….there’s going to be LOTS more containers than just the one we’re in, and each will be it’s own unique retail store curated by some of NYC’s best.  Joining us in the food section will be:

• Our friends at Joe Coffee (their first Brooklyn location!)
• Roberta’s!!!!  (ACK!)
• Maharlika!!!!  (Yay Filipino food!)
• Cuzin’s Duzin!!! (I hear donuts are the new cupcake!)
• LOTS more that I can’t announce yet, but am ridiculously excited about.  And you guys know what an incorrigible food slut I am, so it’s gonna be good.

And that’s not to mention all the cute retail boutiques: Daga Antiques, Harriets Alter Ego, Dalaga, 3rd Ward, and dozens more.  There’s going to be an independent book store, cheese shop, greenmarket….pretty much if I didn’t have a shop there, I’d quit my job so I could be there every single day. 

Sure beats the hell out of just selling cupcakes out of a shipping container on Flatbush Avenue, doesn’t it? :P

(btw- It has been really hard keeping this a secret for the past 8 months. REALLY REALLY hard.)

We’ll be posting a lot more about this project over the next few weeks: raising funds for equipment, asking you guys for design ideas (we really shouldn’t be leaving the design portion to ourselves, as we’ll end up filling the place with stuff like this, or this, or this), and most importantly, having repeated nervous breakdowns which I will share with you in hilariously uncomfortable blog posts. 

But enough about the future- let’s get to today and the glorious flavors that it brings!!!

I have no idea how to make this picture go right side up.  I’ve corrected it on my computer, saved it, but the when I upload it to Foodspotting it flips it upside down again.  So instead of fixing the problem, everyone tilt your heads alllllll the way to the left so you’re upside down a little, and then say to yourself: “Clockwise from front: Wild Maine Blueberry Cobbler, Cinnamon Bun, Bluth and Butterbeer”.  Now you’ve done your stretching for the morning.  You’re welcome.

NEW!!!! CINNAMON BUN:  Vanilla cake with cinnamon swirl, cream cheese buttercream, streusel top, cinnamon drizzle

THE BLUTH: Chocolate banana cake, chocolate buttercream, roasted walnuts, chocolate ganache

WILD MAINE BLUEBERRY COBBLER:  Vanilla cake splashed with blueberry sauce, vanilla buttercream, wild Maine blueberry compote, streusel topping

BUTTERBEER: Butterscotch soaked cake, butterscotch buttercream, edible gold dust

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Available at:

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

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

MARKET- Cortelyou Road btwn Westminster & Argyle, Ditmas Park

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

BEDFORD HILL:  Corner of Franklin & Greene, Bed Stuy/Clinton Hill

RADISH- Bedford Ave off N8th, Williamsburg

RED HOOK LOBSTER POUND: 284 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook AND The Brooklyn Flea at One Hanson Place

EASTERN DISTRICT- Manhattan Ave off N8th Eagle St, Greenpoint

BROOKLYN STANDARD:  Nassau Ave & Jewel St, Greenpoint

CAKESHOP- Ludlow btwn Stanton & Rivington, Lower East Side

LILY O’BRIEN’S AT BRYANT PARK-  E40th btwn 5th and 6th, Midtown

THE BROOKLYNEER-  220 West Houston btwn 6th & 7th Avenues, West Village

JOE: UNION SQUARE-  E. 13th Street btwn 5th Avenue & University Place

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.