Artists AndrewAndrew Take Their Meals Together, Consider Themselves 'Lab Rats of the Culinary Experience'. We gotta get them to BabyCakes, right? Read their New York Diet in NY Mag here. 
These Guys are So Cute
What Ice Cream Truck Goods Do You Miss?
New York Magazine asked what novelty ice cream I missed most from youth and I quickly replied the ChocoTaco of course! Check out some other NY pastry chef's frozen favorites here. What about you? PS: how young do I look in that photo? Jeez, that's depressing...
We Love The Cults, The Cults Love BabyCakes
Oh and Madeline the singer is my niece! She's all famous now but she never forgot where she got her lucky break: WORKING AT BABYCAKES. Check her and her man Brian touring their favorite spots for Spin Magazine...
New York Times Rides the Rockaway Wave
If you live in New York and still aren't convinced that the rickety ride on the A train to Far Rockaway is worth it, read this love letter to the new seaside darling getaway from the New York Times.
Tip Jar Question of the Day
Comment your answers...
Ice Cream Sandwiches (Recipe! Recipe!)
I don't know what part of the country you are reading this from, but here in NY it was 98 degrees yesterday and pretty much more of the same today. I'm not one to complain about the heat but it does tinker with the appetite quite a bit, right? In the summer at the bakery we sell less of the cake-y stuff and pretty much anything frozen. I included a frozen cookie sandwich (an It's It mind you) in the cookbook for this very reason.
Gluten Free Girl did quite a round up recently of some products she recommends and included an adaptation of my It's It and I'm proud to say it was her daughter's first ice cream sandwich ever! Click here to check out the recipe (and some other goods she loves). Oh and by the way, if you don't already read her blog daily like I do it's time to change that.
Wall Street Journal Examines our Tip Jars
One of the reasons I love my job so much is that my employees make me laugh very hard, almost every day. When the lovely counter crew decided to prop two mason jars up to pose a daily question, a debate, in which people could tip their answers I thought it was clever and the customers enjoyed weighing in on the discussion with their hard earned dollars. Now it has become a thing. Every morning before opening the gates as we rush to dunk donuts, frost cakes and plate hot cookies we have our own debate about what the question of the day should be.
"G train on a Sunday night vs. the F train on a Monday morning?" Nah.
"Summer Hangover Vs. Summer Allergies?" Hmm, maybe?
"Drowning to death or burning to death?!" Rachel! NO. Bad.
We tend to settle on something that won't gross nor offend anyone because we are a happy place after all. Now on to the good stuff. I never thought that our first feature in the Wall Street Journal would have nothing to do with our product but here we are. It's a really great article and spikes a debate in itself. Read it here.
Now, what do you think?
Our Donuts Make the Cover of NYT Dining In
Not sure what else to say. Read our feature in the New York Times Dining In piece here. Gorgeous!
A Peak at our Rockaway Beach Concession
Awwwwwwwwwwww!!! Here's a look at our BabyCakes new Rockaway Beach concession isn't it excellent? Lizz Hickey (with the ginger hair in the photo) made the super cool sign which is so cool. We had so much fun selling donuts on the boardwalk all weekend--you have to come check it out! We're just at the boardwalk between 96-98th. Hope to see you there real soon.
Shame, Worry, Horror Begone!
Thank Choire Sicha for the new service! Problems begone! Here' how it works (taken from the site's How it Works):
• You tell us about a situation that you just can't deal with.
• You tell us what you'd be willing to pay to have it fixed.
• If we accept, we draft an email for you to send to fix up that mess.
You cut, paste and send--and then the shame is gone. It's just that easy.
Who's in?
Book Signing the Saturday at Bust Mag's Craftacular Fair!!
Any Bust Magazine fans out there? If so, you are well aware of their mind-blowing Craftacular fairs they throw each year. I try to take the day off from the bakery each time they put one on because you can literally spend hours wandering around and marveling at what each crafter has to offer. Plus, if you get hungry there's tons of food and drinks and good music. It's my kind of party!
This year I was lucky enough to be invited to come do a book signing and I said yes without hesitation! Here's what the Bust Mag blog says about the event:
Are you ready for our biggest spring Craftacular yet? This Saturday, May 21st, from 11am - 8pm, we're bringing 100+ of the most unique indie vendors and food artisans to 82 Mercer Street in SoHo, NYC for a one-day shopping extravaganza!
Be one of the first 300 shoppers and you'll receive a goodie bag packed with swag. All you BUSTies won't want to miss these -- we're giving away special BUST Magazine tote bags that were created just for this event by Night Owl Print Shop.
In addition to shopping, two amazing chef-authors will be signing and selling copies of their new books. Come meet them in person!
At 3pm, Erin McKenna, owner of Babycakes vegan bakery will be signing BabyCakes Covers the Classics: Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes from Donuts to Snickerdoodles.
At 5pm, Gabrielle Hamilton, owner of the Lower East Side restaurant, Prune, will be signing Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef.
Hungry? We've got you covered. In addition to our specialty food vendors, who are selling everything from cupcakes to pickles, the Red Hook Lobster Pound's new food truck will be parked outside, serving up their famous lobster rolls. For dessert, pick up a gourmet ice cream sandwich from the Coolhaus Ice Cream Truck!
And as always, DJs -- DJ Suzy Chase and DCD Collective -- will be spinning the grooviest tunes as you shop and nosh.
Tickets are $3 at the door.
R.S.V.P. on Facebook and let all your friends know you'll be attending!
Grab a banner and help us promote the BUST Magazine Craftacular and Food Fair on your blog, website, etc.
What else can I say? It's going to be so much fun I cannot wait!!
Rockaway Beach, Here we Come!
The rumors circulating are true. Andrew Field of Rockaway Taco and Jean Adamson of Vinegar Hill House invited us to be a part of their Rockaway concession takeover at 96th street! So, beginning the 28th of May, we'll be opening our first summer boardwalk concession I like to call the BabyCakes Donut and Waffle Hut. .Brooklyn Based blog breaks it down for you:
96th is going to be like going to a weekend-long music festival, with a wide variety of bands and scenes. Rockaway Taco will serve Mexican street food, according to Andrew Field. Tortas, elote (corn with cheese and mayo), ceviche and salads will complement the taco-centric menu around the corner from Rockaway Taco's original location (which opens Thursday). "We don't want to totally defeat the vibe we have going on down at the shack," said Field, explaining the two different menus.
Chef Jean Adamson (an owner of Vinegar Hill House ) and Lindsay Robinson formerly of Diner, Bonita and other Brooklyn restaurant standouts, have formed a business called Motorboat & the Big Banana that is like a fry shack with a sense of humor. They'll serve fries and dipping sauces, including a homemade cheese sauce incorporating bacon and pickles, oyster po-boys, fish and chips and seasonal items like tomato salad and raw oysters when available. They'll also sell big bananas-chocolate covered frozen bananas dipped in pretzels, peanut, toffee, the works.
The vegan bakers at Babycakes just joined the 96th Street gang as well, and Veggie Island, a farm stand around the corner that sells produce from chef favorite Guy Jones, will add smoothies and breakfast items to the mix. A few other players are still in the process of finalizing plans for the space, and there will be coffee and a bar..
We'll be slinging donuts, frozen cream sandwiches, fresh waffles for the surfers in the wee hours of the morning as well as a few unexpected twists. So get on the A train and bring your Beach Party Attitude! This summer is going to RULE!!!!
