NYC to L.A. Cupcake Mail Pouch

In an attempt to share the wealth of New York's cupcake scene, Gothamist FedExed a dozen cupcakes to The Kristen Buckley Show in L.A. (8 with vanilla cake, 3 with chocolate cake, 1 red velvet). After telling them about our project, the people at Buttercup Bake Shop were very helpful in trying to buffer the cupcakes from the sides with extra wax paper. We then wrapped the box in some bubble wrap and slid it into a large FedEx box, putting more bubble wrap and paper to prevent shifting. Gothamist sent the cupcakes on their way at 2PM and tracked the package throughout the night.

The cupcakes arrived in L.A. at 9AM, a little worse for wear. Seeing this photograph, Gothamist can say for sure that cardboard dividers for the cupcakes would have been a wise idea - the mushed cupcakes to the right look like an optical illusion. At any rate, we're still impressed they held up this well, with the frosting still in tact. And they probably were still good enough to eat, and that's all one can ask for.

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By Jen Chung in Food on April 29, 2004 3:13 PM

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jacquelineT

in LA we have SPRINKLES!!!!

guest

i made some cupcakes to cheer up a friend on the 4th of july. they had pentagrams on the [i thought it was HILARIOUS haha] and i wanted to make sure they didn't get smooshed as i was riding around with them in my bike bag.

i kept the cupcakes in the tin that i'd made them in and then put [what may have been a slightly bigger] tin upside down on top of them, lining up the holes/sides as best as possible and taking a deeeep breath.

then i masking taped the tins together, stuck them in my messenger bag and went on my way.

the designs stayed totally in tact with maybe only a tiny bit of smudging at the very edges.

i'm going to attempt doing this with the disposable tins and mailing some cupcakes soon too. but i figure if it worked in a bike bag getting hauled around the city it'd probably work in a padded box.

2 cents!

:: smo ::

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Anonymous

Inspired by various posts, I present:

Cupcake

One cake, two cake,

Cupcake, Mmm-cake!

Tiny chocolate lovelies

Easy to bake

Throw them at your grandma

Throw them in a lake

Take em to a concert

Take em to a jail

Take em to a beach

With a shovel and a pail

Take em to the waters edge

hold em in your hand

Dig a little hole

and put em in the sand

Wait for twenty-seven months

No ifs ands or maybes

Then at dawn, up from the sand

Come little cupcake babies!

Watch em play and frolick

I can't wait to meet them

But even more importantly

I can't wait to eat them!

Kristen

check out the after pic...

um, weird

wait, so how did the cupcakes arrive??? who cares about how they were before, or how well-packaged they were...what did they look like upon arrival??

saltydog

Don't be silly. Go to Billy's!

Lemonsoda

NY Mag says 'wichcraft and, interestingly, Blue Smoke.

http://www.nymetro.com/nymetro/food/openings/n_10267//index.html

The original "Punschkugel" used to be made by mixing a bakery's leftover desserts and smothering them in Kirsch (Cherry Schnaps) or Rum. They didn't even have FedEx back then!

Yum yum.

Jen

They may not be the best cupcakes, but for sheer experience, I would say waiting for cupcakes in a cramped Magnolia, and then strolling along Bleecker (or sitting outside the Bleecker Street Playground). But since you're here for a while, try them all! Sweet Sugar Sunshine on the Lower East Side, Amy Sedaris' cupcakes at Joe...Billy's somewhere else....

Cail

So, I'm coming to NY Sunday-Thursday, and I'm all about cupcake consumption-- which is my best bet?

bklynbee

After reading all these articles about the great cupcake craze, I went to Billy's Bakery to score me a 'cake. Then I stood around for 10 minutes while everyone ignored me. Then I got fed up and left. So I couldn't tell you if their cupcakes are as good as reputed, since no one in there seemed to be serving the customers.