As you may or may not know, New York City bakery sugar Sweet sunshine (their capitalization), a Jared Leto favorite, was one of the big inspirations for this blog. They continue to excel at creating some of the most moist and delicious cupcakes around, at the bargain price of only $1.50 each. Owners Peg and Deb are in the bakery every single time I go, and have created a little sugary, warm haven on the Lower East Side. Seriously, their vanilla/vanilla cupcake (the pink one seen below), called the Sunshine, is just to die for, and I eat a lot of vanilla/vanilla cupcakes.
And they now sell sweatshirts (sorry about the blurriness), and were kind enough to give me one, to show your LES pride:
Plus they support the community by selling local artwork. I often see people on dates there as well as little kids getting their cupcake fix.
On Wednesday, I gave one to my new friend, Casserole Crazy blogger Emily Farris (also the author of the cookbook Casserole Crazy, which I highly recommend), and even though she's lived in New York for 8 years, she'd never tried them. Watching her eat it was a pleasure cause she kept looking at me like, "OMG, I can't believe it's that good!"
I brought some to a party where there was already plenty of catered food. I have to say, I knew maybe one person in the room and was instantly befriended by people who were ooh and aahing over the cupcakes, asking me which flavors were which, and basically stuffing their faces.
Sometimes during the holidays they make the yummiest peppermint frosting, which I think is like a York peppermint patty in frosting form. Maybe if we ask them nicely they'll make some again this year? Anyway, if you live in or are visiting New York and haven't tried this classic, delicious bakery's cupcakes, do yourself a favor and stop by.
sugar Sweet sunshine
126 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
212-995-1960
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Merry Christmas and God bless you!//Stefan
there really is a blog for everything out there. Cupcakes, who knew!