Cream Bakery Offers an NFL Special and More

Cream Bakery, the new cupcakery on Steinway is offering a fun special in honor of the start of football season.  Starting today, and every Sunday in the fall, they'll feature a Sunday Night Blitz, with 25% off of all baked goods from 6:00 p.m. on.  The promotion certainly caught my eye and can be especially useful if you're going over to a friends house to watch the game and need to bring a yummy treat.  Cream's cupcakes have proved to be delicious so far - moist and decadent with plenty of fun flavors to choose from such as banana, red velvet, chocolate cheesecake, your standard vanilla and chocolate and much more. 

They're also offering a week's full of daily specials for the fall season, which are outlined below.  I especially like the buy 1 get 1 free Mondays.  Who wouldn't want to start their week with that?

Cream Bakery - 31-78 Steinway Street, Astoria NY 11103 718.545.3800
R Train to Steinway Street
www.creambakeryny.com

Cream Bakery - Cupcakes That Will Make You Swoon

Last week, I posted a note about a cupcake promotion from Cream Bakery for buy 1 get 1 free cupcake.  For those of you who know me personally, you won't be surprised to learn that I tried Cream bakery the very next day.  Being a sucker for sweet things, and cupcakes in particular, I just had to taste the deliciousness they were preaching.  And I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed.

Although I didn't go to the bakery myself (I sent Dan in my stead), I got to sample Cream's cupcakes at a family birthday party last weekend.  Here are my thoughts and ruminations:

Cupcakes - From the minute I saw them, neatly wrapped in two 6 cupcake containers, I started salivating.  There were so many different flavors that my senses were on overload and I couldn't decide just which one (or more) I would try. 

Dan took advantage of the buy 1 get 1 free special of course, which limits you to 3 free cupcakes, so he paid for 9.  There were 5 varieties he picked including your standard vanilla and chocolate with different colored buttercream frosting and other fancier flavors too, including banana, red velvet and chocolate cheesecake.

I automatically gravitated to the chocolate cheesecake cupcake, which didn't have a creamy frosting like the others, but it was so rich that it didn't need a topper.  Wow! Once I bit into this soft mound of heaven, I knew I chose the right cupcake.  The chocolate dough was moist and not too sweet but still very chocolatey--and as soon as I took a bite out of the creamy, tangy cheesecake portion, my senses were delighted even further.  Overall, the cupcake was surprisingly light, given its rich ingredients and unlike a big slice of cheesecake, it went down easy.

Although I didn't try all the other cupcakes, I licked off the frosting on a few stragglers and was impressed with its sweet, velvety texture and its delightful taste.  I can't wait to sample the other varieties really soon.

Cost:
Despite the great deal we got with the buy 1 get 1 free, Cream's cupcakes are expensive at $2.00 - $2.75 each.  A dozen came out to $21, even with the aforementioned coupon.

3 Mmmms

Cream Bakery - 31-78 Steinway Street, Astoria NY 11103
718.545.3800
R Train to Steinway Street

Cream Bakery is Here - Buy 1 Get 1 Cupcake

About 2 months ago, I mentioned the imminent opening of a new bakery on Steinway called Cream Bakery.  It's officially now open and while reviews have been mixed, I do think it's worth trying and I'm personally dying to check it out.  The following coupon provides a good incentive to go, as they're offering a buy 1 get one free cupcake special in honor of their grand opening.  I'm surely going to take advantage and check out the cupcake flavors including chocolate, vanilla, carrot, red velvet and banana. Mmmm...sounds like cupcake lover's paradise.

The above coupon expires on 8/31/10 and it limits you to 3 free cupcakes.

Let me know if you've already tried this place and what you thought of it, regardless of good or bad.

Cream Bakery - 31-78 Steinway Street, Astoria NY 11103
718.545.3800
R/G Train to Steinway Street