ninecakes

Delectable mini cupcakes by Brooklyn-based Ninecakes.
Chocolate Peanut Butter [L] and Vanilla Bean Cinnamon [R].

Can anyone really resist a cupcake? I mean, yes there is the calorie factor, and the too-much-frosting-to-not-enough-cake ratio that one encounters at a certain famous downtown purveyor. But in a city as great as ours, there are options.

I will repeat my question, can anyone really resist a cupcake, especially one so visually appealing and petite as one from Ninecakes? I personally would have to answer no. When baker/owner Betsy Thorleifson offered me one to sample so that I could write this piece more accurately, I chose the chocolate with a flourish of sprinkle-dotted frosting -- this was the cupcake that called to me as the crowds parted at the Atlantic Antic in Brooklyn yesterday.

And now I can say the following with confidence. Ninecakes mini-cupcakes have the perfect frosting-to-cake ratio. They are a delectable two-bite haute treat. The buttercream frosting, Betsy's signature, is beyond cupcake. You must try one. Order online! Or go to Brooklyn Indie Market on Smith Street in Carrol Gardens, and try Ninecakes in person.

Ninecakes come packaged in 9-packs or 4-packs. Ideal for gift-giving.

Pumkin Walnut Maple. Wow.
The frosting is so beautifully sculpted.


Chocolate Vanilla Bean.
This is the cupcake I sampled. Now I want another.