NYC Tastes

Yes!  More Robecelli's!  I think I have one of these cupcakes every Monday now almost as a ritual.  This week I had some tough choices but I was craving chocolate so I ended up with The Hinsch - Chocolate malted cake, vanilla buttercream, malted chocolate sauce, homemade chocolate malted milk balls. Talk about a malted lovers dream cake this was fabulous.  I really don't know how Robecellis gets there frosting and cake so light but so rich at the same time.   BTW I must tell you the other flavor choices that day:   Pecan Potato Chip:  Pecan potato chip cake, vanilla buttercream, crushed pecans and potato chips, salted butterscotch , Blueberry Cobbler:  Vanilla cake, vanilla buttercream, wild Maine blueberry compote, cinnamon streusel and finally the Southern Belle:  Banana cake, vanilla buttercream, brown butter bourbon glazed pecans. Seriously I may have do devote a week just to eating their cupcakes. Robicellis

Over in Brooklyn Heights sits Tazza, a mainly coffee and bakery type place that also morphs into a wine and panini bar as the day goes on. I’ve walked by a million times, looking at their sweets but never really stopping. Until one day last week when the cupcakes inside looked so delicious I just had to have one. I asked the woman behind the counter what the flavors were and I was surprised she didn’t know. After a few moments she consulted a menu and was able to list off the names but looked pretty unsure of her descriptions so I just picked one and hoped for the best. Opening up the wrapper I was hit with such an intense smell of fresh apples and a hint of cider. Peeling away the wrapper an insanely moist cake was reveled with little flecks of real apple throughout. The edges of the cupcake top were perfectly chewy and the ultra silky vanilla cream was extra buttery with just a drizzle of maple syrup and oat crisp on top! I ate every last bite of this cupcake including ...