Little Cupcake Bakeshop is my new home. I am not a frequent customer, but, rather, I work here full time! What a great place to work! I am so lucky to have found it. Since it is a family run business hailing from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, I am feeling like it could really be a home away from home. I have now tried about half of everything. Considering we've been open on the corner of Mott and Prince for not quite 2 weeks, yet, I'd say that's pretty good...or pretty bad depending on how you see it. Not only do they have, in my opinion, the best cakes around, they also have delicious cheesecake, pie, cookies and a very popular banana pudding. One of my friends got to try some pudding that I took back to my apartment. He said he usually only takes one bite of it, but he took several of this kind from LCB and told me how it was the best he has ever had.
Additionally, a huge draw to working at LCB was their mission to be carbon neutral--one of the first bakeries of it's kind in NYC. I feel okay about handing out a cute bag because it has no environmental impact; it decomposes as a leaf falling from a tree would.
Customers are shocked when they walk inside to take a break from the bustling shopping and nightlife area surrounding the shop. The sweet aroma from the bakery in the back hits you, the warmth of the ovens cradle you, and the fact that there are about 20 different cakes amongst many other sweets to choose from makes your eyes grow wider by the second. You can stay for as long as you like, too. We wont kick you out. It'll be your neighborhood hangout. You'll feel like you've stepped into another time period when you walk inside--50s and 60smusic playing (or the occasional Pee Wee Soundtrack thanks to Massimo), and friendly girls wearing a lot of pink (and a couple sweet guys) describing the "Dreaming Princess" or "Blue Velvet" cake while hand icing cupcakes for all pedestrian's eyes to see and imaginations to travel. It's a sweet escape, you know, like the Gwen Stefani song. haha.
I'll have to take some better pictures (get out my actual camera and not my handy iPhone), but this is one from an evening outside looking in...at a red velvet cake, vanilla with chocolate buttercream cupcakes, and a brooklyn blackout cake.