If I were to tell you that I recently had THE BEST CUPCAKE EVER, would you believe me? I know that this is a big claim … but I swear this cupcake lives up to it: The Salted Caramel Cupcake from The Sweet Spot Bake Shoppe in Chester, NJ. I don’t know how to describe it in a way that will convince you that it’s almost life changing –I promise I’m not overselling this – if you like cupcakes, this one is dressed to impress.
Read MoreMeatless Monday: Vegan Cupcakes at Cupcraze in Verona
In the vegan community, word spreads quickly when a new veg-friendly eatery opens, so I was surprised that it took 4 whole days for me to find out about Cupcraze, a new cupcake shop in Verona. As soon as I got the news, I jumped in my car and headed over, exicted to check out the new vegan bakery in my own neighborhood.
Meatless Monday at Sweet Avenue Bakeshop
There sometimes is a misconception that vegan food doesn’t taste very good, and with no butter or eggs, vegan baked goods must taste really awful, right? Wrong!The Perfect Summertime Cupcakes from Carousel
Barbeque season means burgers, ribs, and hotdogs galore! But a proper BBQ is not complete without a delicious and easy dessert! Cupcakes by Carousel has all your summer sweet tooth covered.
Cupcakes by Carousel offers a plethora of fabulously flavored cupcake creations. But a few of them absolutely scream summer. My choices for summer are the S'more Cupcake, the Key Lime Cupcake and the Banana Split Cupcake!
The decadent S'more cupcake features vanilla cake filled with a wonderful fluffy butter cream, that's dipped in chocolate ganache, and topped with a heap of marshmallow fluff and graham crackers. As if that wasn't enough, the cupcake is then drizzled with chocolate sauce.
The Key Lime Cupcake is an option on the other end of the flavor spectrum. This tangy cupcake features vanilla cake, infused with freshly made key lime pie filling, topped with key lime flavored butter cream & sprinkled with candied lime zest.
And what's summer without ice cream? For the Banana Split Cupcake, Cupcakes by Carousel has transformed the classic ice cream sundae, into a festive cupcake full of the familiar flavors generations have enjoyed. The cupcake features vanilla cake filled with tasty strawberry banana custard, topped with vanilla butter cream, chocolate syrup & rainbow sprinkles.
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Eat a Dirty Worm and Donate
Photo courtesy of Cupcakes by CarouselCupcakes by Carousel, the new sweet shop at 25 Church St., will be donating 10% of every Dirty Worm cupcake sold on Sunday, April 22. The Montclair location will be donating to the Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland. The other Cupcakes by Carousel locations will be making the donation to the James A. McFaul Environmental Center in Wyckoff, NJ.
As Hot From The Kettle reported earlier, Cupcakes by Carousel opened their third NJ location last month.