Cupcakes, Cookies, and more! Eating in NYC
Thursday was a day of great culinary finds. It started in the morning. Cookies at Ferrara Bakery, donuts at the doughnut plant, and cupcakes at Sugar Sweet Sunshine.
The Doughnut Plant is a tiny little shop on the corner - they only take cash, so make sure you have some. The doughnuts are fresh, and interesting. They all seem to have the same insides, though some are filled. It's the glazes that are unique. They dip some in exotic chocolates, others in vanilla bean glazes, and others in banana bread/pecan. Other donuts are filled with jams and custards. The filled donuts are square and have holes in them. But my favorite was the tres leches donut. It was dry on the outside, but pleasantly moist on the inside. It wasn't a cream filling, but part of the donut.
Sugar Sweet Sunshine is a little cupcake place up the road a few blocks from the Doughnut Plant. they had an assortment of inexpensive homemade cupcakes. I brought back a bunch cupcakes for $1.50 a piece. A few red velvet cupcakes, some lemon, a pumpkin one. They were all good, the cake was nice and fluffy, but not dry, and the assortments of icings were pleasant. Some cream cheese, some buttercream, all were yummy.
Ferrara's is Ferrara's, and it's available online. I'll let the picture do the taking for me :D Side note -- that's my wife taking pictures. :D
On to Lunch -- I got an email from fellow Daring Baker, Kiersten Traina, to try a place called the ShakeShack. It's on the corner of Madison Square Park, and when we saw it, we knew we had a winner. I think the best street food can always be identified by who eats it. When you see a line of 80 people, outside, in light rain, with umbrellas - you know you have a winner. When you see people at the little metal tables whip out their umbrellas an keep eating - you have a winner.
The food was great! Burgers, hotdogs, fries, beer, and custard. The burgers were on potato rolls. The fries were very crispy, and the Flat Top Dog was excellent. Vienna all - beef dog butterflied and griddled. Topped with carmelized onions and cheese sauce.
After killing the afternoon doing stuff at the Rose Center, we headed to WD~50. But there will be another entry for that one.
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I really need to stop reading your blog first thing in the morning. Where the #$^$% am I going to find decent pastries here in RVA? I guess Panera will have to do but I don't think that's going to live up to my craving.
Tomorrow should be better :D
As for pastries in Richmond. Jean-Jacques (Carytown) is pretty good, and the Desserterie in south side always pleases.
http://www.thedesserterie.com/
I can taste those donuts just from looking at the pictures. Cupcakes I have no interest in... but I just love donuts.