By Miriam Gottfried
Upper West Side bakeries are ramping up for the holidays, adding various seasonal items to their menus. Here’s a look at the December goodies at a few of them:
Bakery Soutine will be offering various gingerbread constructions, honey bourbon fruitcake, Royal Navy plum pudding, croquembouche and Buche de Noel. www.soutine.com
Buttercup Bake Shop will be [...]
What could be a better Halloween treat than cupcakes crowned with candy corn “teeth?” Try these goodies from Upper West Side Chef Renee Marton on your young (and grownup!) ghosts and goblins:
Witch’s Teeth Halloween Cupcakes
Makes one dozen cupcakes.
INGREDIENTS
1 28-ounce can pumpkin, drained in a paper liner or towel lined strainer, for one hour
3 eggs
¾ [...]
Update: Butta’ Cakes Birthday Cakes: The Best in NY Area?
If you’re looking for a great cupcake–one of the best I’ve sampled–you’ll have to drive a couple of hours to Greenport on Long Island’s North Fork. There, you’ll find vineyards laced with vines just beginning to bud. But the sumptuous cupcakes at new Greenport Bakery Butta’ [...]
Many people have asked to see an image of the Obama cupcakes I wrote about for Huffington Post. I can’t upload the picture to the original post, so I’m posting it here. These cupcakes were produced by the Little Cupcake Bakeshop in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to honor Obama’s inauguration.
