Landing space outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art to sell hot dogs, drinks and other snacks is considered a coup, because of the throngs of visitors to the institution and to Central Park. But Cake & Shake, which won to right to sell there in return for paying over $100,000/year to the Parks Department, is refusing to pay the rent because of license-less vendors who sell there by using the veteran loophole. more ›

Cupcake vodka—it exists. We don't really need to tell you more, but somebody has to revel in the ridiculousness of this concept with us. According to the Cupcake Vodka Spirits Expert (that is a job you can have), the folks at Cupcake Vodka are super serious about their dessert-flavored alcohol: "What makes a good vodka is that it has not been sugared up or had glycerin added to it—and the stuff that should be has been cut away. That is what I like about Cupcake Vodka and the Cupcake team. They get that; they are wine makers and they are willing to do the work to produce the real thing." Finally, authentic cupcake vodka like they made in the old country! more ›

If there's one thing we've been thinking about during this whole Charlie Sheen clusterf--k, it's that we wish someone could take all the crazy and put it into one WINNING dessert...and the Sweet Avenue Bake Shop in Rutherford, NJ has with The Charlie Sheen Tiger Blood Cupcake. And we always thought Adonis DNA had a much subtler flavor. more ›

Cupcake shop Butter Lane (whose cupcakes are the best thing Ted Allen ever ate!) was shut down yesterday because tables outside counted as an "illegal sidewalk cafe." Owner Pam Nelson complained to the Post, "When people see the sign, they assume there are rats in our cellar and we are being closed by the Department of Health. This really hurts." But until they open again on Thursday, they're paying it forward. They wrote on Twitter, "Since you can’t have a cupcake, try Taureau for fondue!" As long as it's not Crumbs... more ›

Professional competitive eaters are having a hard time stomaching a Bay Ridge baker's decision to restrict her cupcake eating contest to amateurs only. "Sadly, we will not learn anything about humanity's ability to consume cupcakes, because it's not a sanctioned event," griped Major League Eating chairman George Shea to the Daily News. "This is like watching your Uncle Stan play football: It's amusing, but it has no bearing on the world of sports." Our Uncle Stan? Sports? Amusing? So many questions. more ›

The city won't allow cupcakes to be sold at school bake sales, but peddling them outside of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is okay. To compete with unauthorized vendors who've invaded the spot, they're going to start selling the tasty organic desserts, via Queens-based Culinary Engineers, Inc., reports the Post. The bakery will pay $108,000 in the first year of a five-year contract, and has also been awarded a permit to sell in Washington Square Park. But what about tourist obesity?! more ›

Reader Sacha sent us this photo of a cupcake-carrying "cadet corps" spotted on Sunday near Magnolia Bakery. The public display of cupcake affection is part of a site-specific dance performance called Unison Fetish, created by choreographer Sue Hogan as an exploration of the crazy lines outside Magnolia, and what they suggest about the changing neighborhood. According to our tipster, the piece involves several women and one man dancing along Bleecker Street "singing 'god bless magnolia' (to the tune of God bless America). The song also heralded the shopping in the area...ugh." more ›