The first time I ever went to Babycakes NYC I was disappointed by the cupcakes, finding them dry and just not as exciting as I had hoped they would be. Since then I haven’t had much of an interest in visiting Babycakes until I heard about their donuts. Since you don’t come across vegan donuts everyday the Hubz and I decided since we were already in the neighbourhood that we would stop in and try a few.
After much debate and a little help from the girl behind the counter we decided on the french toast and the salted caramel along with one their heart shaped chocolate covered coconut mound. Immediately after we walked out the door we decided to dive right in and started with the french toast donut. The donut was out of this world! It tasted just like french toast! It was warm and mapley and caramely and oh so good. Next we tried the salted caramel which was also super sticky and delicious. We both agreed though that the french toast was the better of the two.
We held out on the chocolate coconut mound until the next day after a three hour trip to Ikea. It was the perfect treat after a crazy shopping trip. It honestly tasted just like a Mounds Bar but better. Unfortunately I didn’t get a photo, oh well.
All in all Babycakes redeemed themselves and we will be back!
glad to hear they’re making improvements bc my impression was the same as your first impression. champs in bklyn is another place to check out and you gotta go to lula’s, candle 79, and wild ginger! let me know if you want more suggestions (e.g., you can skip curlys) and enjoy your visit to the big apple.
We are actually back now- we liked Lula’s but I think Stogo is better. We haven’t been to Candle 79 yet- we were going to go this trip but they didn’t have any reservations open in time slots that worked for us. Wild Ginger is also on my list for another trip.
I wasn’t a fan of their cupcakes either. Glad to hear the donuts are good–I’ve been eyeing their upcoming “classics” cookbook!
I loved the donuts and the “mounds” bar they were both delicious- I haven’t tried the cupcakes again so I don’t know if they improved but hopefully they have. I have their cookbook and i love the recipes in it and I make the roasted apples and the apple pie all the time for special events