Crumbs

There are several of these cupcake bake shops throughout Manhattan.
Thanks "J" for treating me to these cupcakes when I was having a rough day at work. The first was an Oreo cupcake and the 2nd was a coconut frosted cupcake...two of my favorite!

Cupcake Crew

I stopped in my tracks when I spotted the Cupcake Crew truck parked on 40th Street near Sixth Avenue in NYC (near Bryant Park).

They had an extensive cupcake menu and two sizes: regular ($2.75 each) and min ($1.25 each), but a 4 pack of regular size was $10. So I bought 4 different flavors:

Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting

Somoa - chocolate cake with caramel cream cheese frosting, and toasted coconut with chocolate drizzle

Lumberjack Louie - vanilla cake with hickory smoked bacon and vanilla maple buttercream frosting

Cousin Vinnie - vanilla chocolate chip cake filled with cannoli cream, rolled in a fried cannoli shell

The cakes were all a little dry. This could have been because they were cold and when they came back to room temperature they lost some moisture. All of the frostings were good, and not too sweet. My favorite was the Cousin Vinnie although it was not filled with cream. The cream was perched on top of the cupcake.

Europan

...is located in NYC's borough of Queens at 70-35 Austin Street.

During the weekdays they have a lunch special - half of a sandwich, wrap or panini with soup or salad for $6.99. I had the sweet corn chowder soup with 1/2 of a chicken mozzerella sandwich.

And I also took home two cupcakes ($2/each) - red velvet and vanilla with coconut. They were okay, but the cake was a bit dry.

Little Pie Company

...is located at 424 W. 43rd Street near NYC's Times Square.
I am a big fan of their Sour Cream Apple Pie, but this time I tried a coconut cupcake ($3). It was moist and had a cream filled center.

Foodparc

...is a quasi food court attached to the new Eventi hotel at Sixth Avenue and 29th Street in NYC's Midtown/Chelsea area.

There are several different types of cuisine - each with their own counter and name. I went to the "Fornetti" counter for an Eggplant Parmigiana sandwich - fresh mozzorella, marinara sauce, parmesan and basil on whole wheat flatbread - baked to order ($5.95/half). I also ordered a blood orangeade ($2.75) and a peanut butter and jelly cupcake ($2.95). But I had to cross over and pick up the cupcake at "The Press" coffee/juice counter.

The sandwich was open face and good. But the flatbread was a bit doughy like pita bread. The orangeade was very good. And the cupcake was extremely moist, but difficult to eat without a fork as it fell apart after 3 bites.

There is aso a burger counter, ice cream/gelato caunter and "Refarm Stand" which servies asian food.

Little Debbie

Today in front of NYC's Penn Station at 31st Street a Little Debbie van and tent was set up and reps were giving away Little Debbie treats such as this cupcake.

Cupcakes - Vancouver

The cupcake craze has made it's way north to Vancouver. I stopped by this cute little store (one of two I saw in downtown Vancouver) on Thurlow Street and tried a Koo Koo Roo (coconut with vanilla cake) and Chocolate Caramel (2 for CA$5.95). Both were moist and very good.