Picking out our cup­cake ven­dor wasn’t on my last 6 month check­list, because we made the deci­sion a lit­tle while ago. But of course I for­got to men­tion it! There are tons of cup­cake bak­eries in the city, and I of course (unfor­tu­nately) haven’t got­ten to try them all. Cupcake Stop, “NYC’s first mobile gourmet cup­cake shoppe”, is part of the cur­rent food truck trend. And their cup­cakes are deli­cious. They have a huge menu (as you can see below) and are con­stantly intro­duc­ing new, cre­ative fla­vors that come in both reg­u­lar and mini sizes (we’re doing minis). We get to pick five fla­vors, which I’m sure will be a ridicu­lously dif­fi­cult decision.

And if you hire them for an event, you actu­ally have the option of the truck hang­ing out out­side so that your guests can go up and order for them­selves, which I think would add to the fun of the expe­ri­ence. It doesn’t make a ton of sense for us and our venue, so we’re just hav­ing them deliver a whole bunch of minis, but if you’re look­ing for a unique dessert option in the city I would def­i­nitely con­sider it.

The cup­cake stand or stands is going to be one of our DIY projects, so one of the next things on my to do list to gather some inspi­ra­tion for that, which you will be see­ing soon.