Wedding cupcakes are no longer a specialty request for bakers — they’re now a standard part of the menu. Cupcake flavors and designs have been upgraded and now go far beyond the old-school choices of red velvet and chocolate ganache. If you’re sweet on these sweets, try these eight superb cupcake candidates that are anything but run-of-the-mill.
Subourbon Cupcake
From Lulu Cake Boutique, Scarsdale. This Best of Westchester-winning confectioner will deliver all over the county, with variable pricing ranging from $25 for parts of lower Westchester and $45 and up as you travel north. Set-up is $75. Minimum order is a dozen cupcakes at $4 per cupcake. Tasting kits start at $25.
Lulu Cake Boutique
Scarsdale
(914) 722-8300; everythinglulu.com
Earl Grey Cupcake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting
Maxine’s Earl Grey Cupcake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting features an unusual combination of flavors that blend really well together. For those who have guests with dietary restrictions, Owner/Chef Maxine Stein offers a gluten-free version of just about everything.
Cupcakes start at $3.25 each with a minimum of 50 per order. Stein’s delivery area covers the Hudson Valley (to the Catskills), and there is an additional $50 delivery charge, depending upon distance.
Maxine’s Catering & Bittersweet Bakers
Accord
(845) 626-2762; maxinescatering.com
Caramel Corn Cupcake
Looking to bring home the nostalgic flavors of a town fair? This made-from-scratch Caramel Corn Cupcake is sweet corn cake topped with vanilla buttercream, decorated with popcorn and homemade caramel.
To order, contact owner Brandon Harris for a consultation and tasting ($30) that goes towards the balance of the order. Delivery is available within a 60-mile radius (at $1 per mile round-trip). Minimum order for delivery is $200; cupcakes start at $2.75 each.
Hudson Valley Cakery
Valley Cottage
(845) 267-2253; hudsonvalleycakery.com
Hot Chocolate Cupcake
The Hot Chocolate Cupcake is a cocoa-based cake with toasted marshmallows, topped with hot-chocolate frosting, mini marshmallows, and a cookie straw.It’s just as decadent as it sounds, and comes in a gluten-free version.
There is a six cupcake minimum, and cupcakes cost $3 each. Delivery starts at $20, with an additional $25 for set-up.
Flour & Sun Bakery
Pleasantville
(914) 495-3232; flourandsunbakery.com
Passion & Roses Cupcake
Owner Lisa Wolf’s Passion & Roses Cupcake is a lemon cupcake filled with passion-fruit-flavored curd and topped with rosewater buttercream and petals made of white chocolate. Wolf uses only organic dairy products and, where possible, sources ingredients from local farms.
Cupcakes can be delivered throughout the Hudson Valley or New York metro area. Minimum for delivery is 48; cost is $30/dozen or about $2.50 each.
The Groovy Baker
Holmes
(845) 878-9703; thegroovybaker.com
Pink Champagne Cupcakes
Alyssa DeMarco’s Pink Champagne “Cocktail Cupcakes” mark a growing trend of “boozy” cupcakes. She can also pair the cupcakes with Corona and lime cupcakes for the groom (or any beer-lover).
DeMarco delivers and sets up — for a fee that is determined by distance and set-up requirements. Minimum order is 50, at $2 to $4 per cupcake.
CuteCakes Cupcakes
Marlboro
(845) 444-2883; cutecakescupcakes.com
Cocolado Cupcake
Cake in a Cup owner Roxanne Ferrance’s moist coconut cake with pineapple filling and rum-flavored icing conjures unexpected — and really pleasant — tropical elements. Ferrance can create a variety of decorations to add on top.
Ferrance delivers all over the tri-state area. Delivery charges depend on distance, with no set-up fee. Cupcakes start at $36 per dozen.
Cake in a Cup NY
Bronxville
(917) 225-5769; cakeinacupny.com
