Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Look out, Nolita!


The Brooklyn-spawned Little Cupcake Bakeshop has landed squarely at the intersection of Mott and Prince, and it promises to be for Nolita exactly what Magnolia is for the Willage—a blessing or a curse, depending how you see it.


The uber girly space and especially outrageous menu is guaranteed to make both fans and enemies.

For example, Fruity Pebble Treat, anyone?

How about jelly and peanut butter three-layer cake, Nutella swirl cheesecake or oatmeal whoopie pies?




If only I hadn’t already been on a sugar rampage before I visited.

I think I could have had fun sampling the smorgasbord of cupcakes that are maybe a bit much, but probably delicious.

Strawberry, lemon, devil’s food...

French toast, blue velvet, coconut…

with frostings as varied as mocha buttercream, cream cheese and meringue.

Before you get too huffy and puffy that New York needs another cupcake shop as much as you need another accidentally-expensive shopping spree in Duane Reade’s beauty aisles, take note of their good points:
• Little Cupcake Bakeshop is carbon neutral and all their equipment and (biodegradable) products come from certified green companies.
• It’s LEED-certified and runs on wind turbine and hydroelectric power—you should be able to see its carbon scorecard in the window s of its two stores.
• It regularly donates to the Carbon Fund, a non-profit organization that plants trees that soak up carbon to balance carbon emissions released by the bakery.
• The Little Cupcake Initiative is their community outreach program that has created educational campaigns and volunteer activities to advance education, sustainability and green establishments.

9 comments:

Dianne said...

I would love to have that cup-cake shop at the corner of my street ~ they are definitely making a big effort to be enviromentally & socially friendly, I hope they are successful in their venture.
Now my choice for today would be a scrummy apple & cranberry muffin ~ oh! do they make coffee?
xx
Dianne

nycstylelittlecannoli said...

oatmeal whoopie pies...yummy!! looks wonderful and can't wait to check out the place. great post !!

cocoa and coconut said...

I love the girlyness of this place, as you've pointed out. I think I would dive into the choc chip cookie dough cupcake...a definite blessing!

Dmarie said...

wish businesses here in western Kentucky would start thinking about sustainability. Oh, and a lemon cupcake for me, please!

from cali said...

That devils food cupcake is calling my name! Too bad we don't have anything like that around these parts.

Maggie said...

I used to live on this very corner. I miss Nolita. Even more so now! :)

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Hughesayip said...

I used to live on this very corner. I miss Nolita. Even more so now! :)

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