‘Colossal’ 4-pound 6,000-calorie cupcake created by beloved NYC bakery hits supermarkets

‘Colossal’ 4-pound 6,000-calorie cupcake created by beloved NYC bakery hits supermarkets

Fans of The Original Crumbs Bakeshop are in for a sweet treat. On Monday, the beloved New York City bakery announced that their new four-pound Colossal Cupcakes are now available at Kroger Family Stores. The gigantic cupcakes each weigh 68 ounces, or 4.25 pounds, and can feed about 20 people, a spokesperson for the brand … Read more

Walmart’s affordable cakes may be local bakeries’ biggest competition

Walmart’s affordable cakes may be local bakeries’ biggest competition

Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of what will be a triple-deck dessert. It’s graduation season, the busiest time of year for the 6,200 employees the … Read more

NJ bakery urges customers to stay out and only use their drive-thru if they’re wearing this

NJ bakery urges customers to stay out and only use their drive-thru if they’re wearing this

No cupcakes for you. A New Jersey bakery is laying down the law for who can enter their business. Century Bakery in Bridgeton urged customers who wear a ton of perfume or cologne to only buy from them by utilizing their drive-thru. A surprising request, some would say. In a Facebook post, the South Jersey … Read more

Exclusive | Michelin-star pastries with longer lines than cronuts making NYC return — and they’re vegan: ‘That good’

Exclusive | Michelin-star pastries with longer lines than cronuts making NYC return — and they’re vegan: ‘That good’

How long would you wait for a Michelin-star treat? Even if it was vegan? Madison Squares — made without dairy butter, eggs and usual staple ingredients for yummy baked goods — are the latest pastry to take NYC by storm, drawing lines even longer than the great cronut craze. The Bake It Nice pop-up is … Read more

Costco changed a beloved bakery item — and customers are angry: ‘58% more expensive’

Costco changed a beloved bakery item — and customers are angry: ‘58% more expensive’

Costco is making a big change to one of its beloved bakery items — and customers are not happy. Earlier this week, a shopper saw a sign at their local store showing the changes being made to Costco muffins. The bakery is switching to smaller muffins and will no longer offer mix-and-match muffins. Instead of … Read more

Exclusive | Legendary NYC pastry shop Veniero’s celebrates 130th anniversary with nods to customers like Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio

Exclusive | Legendary NYC pastry shop Veniero’s celebrates 130th anniversary with nods to customers like Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio

As New York City bakeries go, this pastry shop takes the cake. Veniero’s Pasticceria is celebrating its 130th anniversary this fall, and its fourth-generation owner dished on the East Village shop’s star-studded clientele — from Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio to Knicks star Jalen Brunson and the cast of “Sex and The City.” Although known … Read more

NYC bakery serving Italian donut bedazzled with gold and jewels to ‘high-end clientele’

NYC bakery serving Italian donut bedazzled with gold and jewels to ‘high-end clientele’

This puts the “dough” in doughnut. New York City has been home to some ostentatious eats, from the $28 chicken nuggets at Codoqac to Sip & Guzzle’s $150 Wagyu cheeseburger. Now, Angelina Bakery is serving arguably the crown jewel of lush confections — a $300 gold and gem-encrusted Italian donut. Offered exclusively at the sweet … Read more

Whoopi Goldberg claims NYC bakery ‘refused’ to make her a birthday dessert because of her ‘politics’

Whoopi Goldberg claims NYC bakery ‘refused’ to make her a birthday dessert because of her ‘politics’

A sweet moment, soured. Whoopi Goldberg has claimed that an NYC bakery refused to serve her because of her political beliefs — and the 145-year-old eatery has now fired back. On Wednesday’s episode of “The View,” Goldberg and her co-hosts Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Joy Behar and Sara Haines, took a moment to celebrate … Read more

Passenger ripped for baking sourdough bread on flight: ‘That’s an airplane — not a bakery’

Passenger ripped for baking sourdough bread on flight: ‘That’s an airplane — not a bakery’

That’s not the way to make the dough rise. A baking influencer has been ripped as “inconsiderate” after making bread for her sister while aboard a long-haul flight. “Do you want to see the final results?” Maria Baradell teased in a clip of the sky-high cooking hack that’s blowing up on Instagram. The content creator, … Read more

‘The Great British Bake Off’ star Dawn Hollyoak dead at 61

‘The Great British Bake Off’ star Dawn Hollyoak dead at 61

“The Great British Bake Off” contestant Dawn Hollyoak has died at 61. Her family made the heartbreaking announcement on Hollyoak’s Instagram on Friday, sharing the news “with a heavy heart.” “Not only a wonderfully talented baker but first and foremost an amazing mother, grandmother, wife and friend,” the statement reads. “Dawn passed away peacefully surrounded … Read more

NY baker blasts ‘beginner influencer’ demanding free cookies to ‘spoil’ bridesmaids

NY baker blasts ‘beginner influencer’ demanding free cookies to ‘spoil’ bridesmaids

He doesn’t play about his dough.  Freebies are absolutely not on the menu for wannabe influencers at Halfsies Cookie Company in New York.  And its no-nonsense owner, David Maffei, has absolutely no qualms about putting content-creating cons, including brides-to-be, on full blast.  NY bakery owner David Maffei tells The Post that giving away free treats to … Read more

Hole lot of hype as escargot-lovers race to get limited Dominique Ansel bagel in NYC: ‘Match made in heaven’

Hole lot of hype as escargot-lovers race to get limited Dominique Ansel bagel in NYC: ‘Match made in heaven’

It’s one shell of a take on a Big Apple staple. Crowds swarmed Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City Saturday morning to get their hands on an escargot-schmeared bagel only on sale this weekend. Bagel lovers crawled out of bed early and queued up on Spring Street in Soho as early as 6 a.m. … Read more

Is this the new Cronut? NYC bakeries selling out of ‘Crookies’ say it’s a boon for business

Is this the new Cronut? NYC bakeries selling out of ‘Crookies’ say it’s a boon for business

Later, cronuts — there’s a new must-have French pastry mash-up in town. Meet the “crookie,” the ooey, gooey croissant-cookie hybrid that might at first sound uniquely American, but actually only recently hopped across the pond straight from France. But for those with a sweet tooth, it’s no longer necessary to book a trip to Paris to … Read more

NYC woman turns illness into opportunity, and her apartment into a bakery

NYC woman turns illness into opportunity, and her apartment into a bakery

She’s gonna cake it ‘til she makes it.   Every weekday, Oriana Molina Garcia rises at 5 a.m. to bake confectioneries, then spends the rest of the day peddling them from her Midtown apartment.  “Baking is amazing, I really love it – and it’s nice to hear the feedback that I get from people who really … Read more

Botched $200 birthday cake divides social media: ‘In what trailer park was that bakery located?’

Botched 0 birthday cake divides social media:  ‘In what trailer park was that bakery located?’

This woman was feeling really crumby after picking up her granddaughter’s birthday cake. TikTok user Khrissy Joe paid an unnamed baker $200 for the colorful creation, but was baked with fury when she laid eyes on the finished product. The irate grandmother shared a not-so-sweet video of the lopsided fairy-themed cake to her page, where … Read more

Delicious toilets and dragons: The wild desserts that ‘Cake Boss’ has crafted

Delicious toilets and dragons: The wild desserts that ‘Cake Boss’ has crafted

These half-baked ideas turn into decadent desserts. Although “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro gets many unusual and seemingly daunting requests from clients, he finds a way to hit the sweet spot with some crazy creations. “I’ve gotten so many — from a toilet bowl that had to flush to a cake that’s got to spit fire,” Valastro, 46, told … Read more

Magnolia Bakery transforming its iconic desserts into cannabis edibles — but there’s a catch for New Yorkers

Magnolia Bakery transforming its iconic desserts into cannabis edibles — but there’s a catch for New Yorkers

Get baked with your favorite desserts from Magnolia Bakery. New York City’s world-famous bakeshop is transforming some of its fan favorites into THC-infused edibles — but it might be tough for residents of the Big Apple to get their hands on them. Magnolia’s first-ever cannabis product, presented in partnership with award-winning cannabis edibles brand Incredibles, … Read more

I love my small-town bakery — but I just discovered the shocking truth

I love my small-town bakery — but I just discovered the shocking truth

Viewers got a rise out of this. A befuddled TikToker was shocked to learn that a cute bakery she so adored was actually a massive chain operating in the U.S. and Canada. For the entirety of her youth, Eli Rallo would have sworn that Nothing Bundt Cakes “was a local, small-town, family-run business.” “I was, … Read more

McDonald’s ditches McCafé Bakery items, fans revolt: ‘I’m so sad’

McDonald’s ditches McCafé Bakery items, fans revolt: ‘I’m so sad’

Goodbye, my lover — goodbye, my friend. McDonald’s is discontinuing its line of McCafé Bakery pastry items, The Post can confirm — and it’s all happening faster than you can say, “I’m Lovin’ It.” The three sweet treats in the line that will be no more include the apple fritter, frosted cinnamon roll and blueberry … Read more