On a West Village cupcake crawl (well, two stops, in any case), with Izzy, Shannon, Catherine and Kate.
Because it's...umm...Rue McLanahan's birthday. And Kelsey Grammer's. And Alan Rickman's (whom the kids apparently thoroughly embarrass themselves in front of minutes before my arrival). And Sean's. And Roy's. Anyone else? Who am I leaving out?
First stop: Batch on W.10th. We try the white and black (great frosting), carrot salted caramel (lovely), velvet (good frosting, but just-ok cake), bacon caramel pumpkin (great cake, frosting a bit too sweet with not enough bacon), and green tea iced chocolate cake with apricot (lovely).
Winners: the carrot salted caramel and the green tea and chocolate.
Next stop: Sweet Revenge on Carmine St. We try the signature Sweet Revenge (peanut butter cake, peanut butter buttercream frosting, ganache filling - so very good), the Crimson & Cream (red velvet with raspberry filling - so very good), the Dulce De Leche (a big hit at the table but not my favorite, though much improved with the suggested pairing with Stella Artois), and the Spice Islands Carrot (winner of the "ugly duckling" prize - while not presented as stunningly as its neighbors, it's a very good cake with a strong ginger-flavored frosting that's very, very nice).
We also try the Very Strawberry (Mexican vanilla cake with baked-in fresh strawberries and strawberry cream cheese frosting - very nice), which is unfortunately attacked by the table before a proper photograph can be taken.
Winners: the Sweet Revenge and the Crimson & Cream.
So happy birthday, um, Rue McLanahan.
8 comments:
How did the kids thoroughly embarrass themselves in front of? From the way the blog is writen it sounds like they saw Alan Rickman...did they?
They did see him...and they thoroughly embarrassed themselves in front of him.
haha, we did see him - and laughed hysterically as he stood a good block away catching a cab.
if mike wasn't running 20 minutes late, we may never have caught him. thank you, mike, for your delays!
Hi there, what did those kids do to have embarrassed themselves in front of him? And what did ALAN do? Inquiring minds would love to know. ;-) Thanks in advance from an intrigued reader.
He was seen at the National Theatre in London (cited in several blogs) possibly on Tuesday. That doesn't mean he wasn't at the bakery, but are you guys really, really sure?? :-)
http://londonsamwc.blogspot.com/2009/02/snape.html
We did not embarass ourselves...we were having a jolly good time. And yes, we're absolutely sure it was him. London is only a 7 hour flight from New York...
For clarifcation, we didn't see him at the bakery. It was just in the street.
staaaaaaaalkeeeeeeeers
That's not fair, they didn't stalk him or hassle him as some fans have.
Guys, thanks for your report!
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