Butter Lane and favorite cupcake flavors

I stopped by Butter Lane last night after eating nearby. My boyfriend got, I think, a chocolate/chocolate cupcake – it was gone so fast I didn’t even see it! I got these, strawberry frosting on chocolate cake, and the Elvis, peanut butter frosting (with mini marshmallows!) on banana cake, which I was sure would be my favorite. It was good, but the banana cake was not quite as perfect as I remembered; very good, but not as good as I've had it in the past. The strawberry was delicious and the chocolate cake extremely soft and gentle, if cake can be gentle. ($3/each)



What was hilarious is that a friend came in and we chatted about our favorite flavors, and they were out of his (it was close to closing time), so he left. Whereas if I go to a bakery for a cupcake, I’m not quite that picky; even if I have my heart set on a certain flavor, I can handle something else, maybe because I like a wide variety of flavors.

I also bought one of these cute bags for $5, because I can never have enough bags to carry around! Their SoHo popup shop closes today – alas, I didn’t get back there.