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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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Funny... I was just standing outside my office watching the FedEx guy flinging boxes around with reckless abandon.
Yes, my weakly written "This side up" is no match for just getting the packages to the next place.
I was thinking it would have been funny to put a small camera inside the box. And though they are a little banged up, they taste awesome.
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.
So, I'm coming to NY Sunday-Thursday, and I'm all about cupcake consumption-- which is my best bet?
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....
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.
Don't be silly. Go to Billy's!
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??
check out the after pic...
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!
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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