Bye-bye scones, hello cupcakes at Ritz-Carlton

Cupcake Tea

Jenna at Hotel Chatter brings us this scoop about New York's Ritz-Carlton Central Park Hotel:

Well, they're actually inviting you to tea — and ditching the traditional scones and finger sandwiches in favor of cupcakes. On Saturdays and Sundays starting April 1st, the hotel will celebrate Spring by rolling out a Cupcake Tea menu at the hotel's famous Star Lounge. Each guest will get a pre-set selection of five petite, freshly-baked cupcakes and a choice of Ritz-Carlton blend teas (or one non-alcoholic beverage if tea isn't your thang).

Flavors of cupcakes to expect: red velvet with traditional cream cheese frosting, orange "creamsicle" with Tahitian vanilla filling and buttercream frosting, lemon chiffon with vanilla bean buttercream frosting, Valrhona chocolate with whipped Valrhona chocolate ganache frosting, and Tahitian vanilla with vanilla bean buttercream frosting. Yes. Yum.

The Cupcakes and Tea menu runs $25 per person and will be served on weekends from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., April 1st through May 17th.

Comments

knitness said…
Awww! I'm visiting New York (I'm from Sydney) in October... But this thing stops in May! Such a shame, would love to have cupcakes and tea - my two favourite things! (as well as chocolate and knitting. :D)