136 N. Old Woodward Ave
Birmingham, Mi 48009
(248) 593-1903
The Cupcake Station has a wide variety of flavors, but for the Young Frankenstein cast, they had a contest to create our own cupcake! At the theater tonight were the mini versions of this cupcake and everyone in the cast and crew was beyond thrilled! I knew of this delicious bakery because my sister used to work there! She would call me to tell me about all the flavors and cupcakes she would frost! So, as soon as I got to Detroit I had to stop into the bakery! All of the cupcakes look amazing and they even have mini versions just in case you need a “smaller” sweet! The Young Frankenstein cupcake is a dark chocolate cake with strawberry jam filing. It has green colored buttercream icing covered in chocolate chips around the edges and a red scar detail. The cake was EXTREMELY moist and very rich! It had an excellent chocolate flavor. The jam inside was SOOO good! It was a little surprise that burst out when you bit into the cake. The chocolate chips around the frosting added such a great crunch against the smooth, sweet buttercream. I could have ate the whole box!!! I can’t wait to go back to the bakery and try their other flavors. Thank you Cupcake Station for our signature treat! xoxoBlondie
187 9th Ave. (between 21st and 22nd)
(212)627-1144
466 Columbus Ave.(between 82nd and 83rd)
(212)875-2600
1522 1st Ave.(between 79th and 80th)
(212)988-2221 www.blossomnyc.com
Whether you are Vegan or have no idea what Vegan food is, there is something for everyone at Blossom. I was having dinner there the other night, and was just blown away but one of their desserts. Vegan food is made without any animal products, including dairy, which is huge in the dessert world. At first, I was reluctant to try anything sweet since I love the “real thing,” but I was interested in what a classic dessert tastes like without dairy….especially in what I ordered: a Butterfinger Shake. Notice, I didn’t say “milkshake” because it’s made with soy milk, soy ice cream, vegan peanut butter and chocolate. Of course, they couldn’t put an actual Butterfinger in it since that’s not vegan, but let me tell you, it tasted exactly like a Butterfinger. It was SO good! I really couldn’t tell much of a difference from a normal milkshake. I honestly will go back and have another if I’m craving a milkshake or “shake” in general. I encourage everyone to step outside the box and try one of Blossom’s delicious entrees and desserts. They’ve really done an amazing job at serving purely organic Vegan food! xoxoBrownie
Primehouse
381 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016-8827
(212) 824-2600
I love steakhouses, not because of steak, because they ALWAYS have a fantastic dessert menu! It’s like a gaurantee! And even though I am stuffed after eating filet with amazing bad for you sides, I can’t help to say “YES” to seeing the dessert menu. Primehouse was no different and I actually could have ordered everything they had to offer. Instead of committing gulttony and having to be rolled out of the restaurant, I sensibly shared two desserts. Brownie cheesecake with a scoop of homemade Nutella gelato and Hot Apple Cider donuts sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and three dipping sauces. Not bad at all, right? OMG! Let’s begin with the donuts. Displayed in a cute little box comes hot, freshly fried, little donut fritters covered in cinnamon sugar! As if that isn’t enough, on the side are three little paint-like tubes. The waiter explains that you take the painting tube filled with vanilla cream, caramel, and raspberry, and INJECT each donut with your choice of filling! I started off just injecting one flavor into each donut and ended up with all three in one tiny fritter! It was like an art project and dessert all in one! Having the ability to inject each donut was so much better than dipping sauces because it kept your hands clean! It also provided an explosion of liquid in your mouth with each bite!!! INCREDIBLE! Genius even! It was fun, flirty, and made the dessert interactive.
The chocolate brownie cheesecake originally came with cappucino gelato, but when I saw nutella as a flavor, I switched it out! Nutella is one of my favorite spreads in the world next to PB! This cheesecake was absolute perfection!!! About an 1 1/2″ inches high and wide, it’s served in a long slice…almost like a log. At one end is the scoop of gelato and on top is a chocolate slate. Two rich, velvety brownies sandwich the creamy, but light cheesecake. The gelato serves as a wonderful palate cleanser between these intense bites. It was like those ice cream sandwiches you by at the grocery store in the freezer, but in a luxury cheesecake form. The portion was perfect too! Not some massive slice that is in possible to eat, just a long and lean slice disguising the fact that you are, in fact eating, brownie cheesecake!
Primehouse is just one of the restaurants owned by the BR Guest Restaurants chain. I have to say that whichever one I am at, I always have great dessert. You can never go wrong! (I used to hostess at two of them, Ocean Grill and Blue Fin!) xoxoBlondie
Located in East Lansing, Michigan is a small shop that bakes lots of delicious pies, cookies, muffins, breads, etc. It called my name the first time I drove by; I knew I had to stop there before my week was over! Walking in I was immediately overwhelmed by all the options! Blackberry, blueberry, crumbles, creams! If there was a pie heaven, this may have been it! Luckily, I was buying for a friend as well so I had authority to get multiple delights. (I know what your thinking….I would have ordered multiple delights anyway!) I went for a “Blondie favorite”, the classic Banana Cream Pie as well as a homemade peanut butter cup and a frosted sugar cookie.
The Banana Cream Pie was excellent. Instead of a high meriq topping, it had dollops of whipped cream. The vanilla pudding was nice and creamy with big chunks of bananas throughout. The crust was a little dry for my taste, but held the pudding well and therefore was a nice base. If I ever come back to Traverse City Pie Company, I don’t think I would order it again only because they have so many flavors I would want to try something different.
The homemade sugar cookie was AMAZING! I admit that I am a sucker for any sugar cookie, especially if it is generously frosted! This was so thick and so fresh that it barely stayed together in my hands. You could actually taste the butter and sugar in this underbaked masterpiece. The frosting was that thin, hard sugar frosting that you see on a lot of Christmas cookies. Not a buttercream texture at all, it’s so full of sugar it almost disinagrates right away in your mouth. I planned on eating half and sharing the other portion with my friend, but that plan did not last! I ate the whole thing and felt just like a kid again!
I didn’t know what the homemade PB cup was until I asked the lovely employee. I saw the cookie bottom, but didn’t realize it was chocolate chip cookie in a cupcake form! When she told me that it was filled with creamy peanut butter inside and topped with chocolate buttercream…I said, “SOLD!” I couldn’t wait to try this version of my favorite candy bar. Unfortunately, the cookie was really dry. It crumbled away at every bite. BUT, the center filling made up for it and so I ended up digging out the PB topped with chocolate buttercream with a spoon! YUMMY! If the cookie would have been fresh, chewy, and soft, it would have been the ultimate peanut butter cup.
To sum it up…Yes, there were a few things wrong at Traverse City Pie Company. But, I would still suggest stopping there if you are ever in East Lansing. I’m sure that you would find something you liked! xoxoBlondie
There is a tiny shop located in the fabulous SkyWalks of Minneapolis called Coca and Fig. While on the human highway, I stopped in my tracks at the sight of the perfect confectionaries in front of my eyes! I definitely caused a small traffic jam as I veered off into the store. What caught my eye immediately were these chocolate covered little lollipops called Cake Balls. They had four different flavors that day, but Black Velvet with Cream Cheese buttercream coated in milk chocolate and Vanilla with Vanilla buttercream coated in white chocolate took my breath away!! I thought both flavors contrasted each other as well. Well, this was by far the best lollipop I have EVER had!! The chocolate coating had such a nice crunch as you bit into the creamy, moist cake inside. They must mix the buttercream into the cake to form the ball because it tasted like someone plunged their hand into the center of a cake and rolled the contents into a ball. I LOVED IT! The Black Velvet was uber rich and so creamy. The Vanilla reminded me of birthday cake, simple yet delicious. They were the perfect size too…about two bites, which was great for an after lunch treat. These lollipops look so cute displayed as well! I can only imagine ordering them for a special occasion and having them out on the table for dessert. They would definitely cause conversation before, during, and after indulging! xoxoBlondie
PUMPKIN PIE ice cream! It’s so nice to see that yet it is Febuary 7th, there is somewhere in America serving Pumpkin Pie (even if it is in ice cream form). I have always wondered why we can’t enjoy pumpkin flavored desserts all year round?! Luckily, in East Lansing you can! At Quality Diary, a sort of Michigan 7 Eleven, they serve ice cream. Pretty good ice cream in many different flavors. For $1.49, I had a HUGE scoop of perfect pumpkin ice cream with chunks of graham crackers, and a thick gooey marshmallow fluff swirl! $1.49!!!!!!!!! I am pretty sure it doesn’t get cheaper than that! I loved the graham cracker pieces adding a nice crunch against the fluff and ice cream. If I closed my eyes, I transported myself back to Canton, Ohio sitting at my dining room table eating Thanksgiving desserts. Thank you Quality Diary for keeping Pumpkin ALIVE! xoxoBlondie
Woodberry Kitchen might be one of the best restaurants I’ve ever been to. I’ve been dying to go here to try the CMP sundae ever since I saw it featured on Food Network’s, “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” Walking into Woodberry is like walking into a giant log cabin. Cathedral like ceilings add a cavernous feel to the already warm, rustic ambiance. Everything is locally grown and organic, which is why they pride themselves with the motto…”From the farm to the table.” I didn’t leave room for dessert, but luckily I have a whole other compartment in my stomach for it! The CMP sundae is definitely their best seller. It is made with homemade malt ice cream. Layered between the scoops is hot fudge, wet nuts, and marshmallow sauce. A hard sugar disc is placed on top to secure the sundae is done! When the waiter brings you your CMP, it is your job to crack open the sugar disc and DIG IN! The result is a bite filled with warm fudge, marshmallow fluff adhering onto the spoon, with a crunchy wet nut, and the smooth chill of the malt ice cream. Oh, and I can’t forget the extreme crack from the broken sugar disc that almost cuts the roof of your mouth! It sounds to good to be true, right? Well, it is. I not only finished mine, but finished my friends as well. I wasn’t going to let any amount of CMP left uneaten. xoxoBlondie
Scoop DeVille
1734 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215.988.9992
“Life is short…EAT DESSERT FIRST!” is the motto here at this unique ice cream parlor in Philadelphia! I wish I lived in Phili so that I could go here everyday! Luckily, I happened to be walking by this heavenly place and stopped in. Even more luck crossed my path when Matthew Shore, the owner, was there working! I had no idea what to order here! There were so many options that all sounded AMAZING! What makes Scoops DeVille so unique is the drill like machine that takes either your ice cream or yogurt base along with your toppings of choice and creates a speciality soft serve!!!! It’s absolutely incredible!!! You can either create your own flavor or they have blends that Scoops suggest. Matthew made me my first pick, Amber’s Ample Apple! With a yogurt base, he blended apples, sugar cookie dough, caramel, and marshmallow together and out came APPLE PIE IN ICE CREAM FORM!!! Matthew left two spoons in the cup, one that scooped the caramel and one that scooped the marshmallow. So, as you eat you can choose which spoon and sauce topping you want your bites from. I mean, this is taking ice cream to a whole new level!!! Why aren’t more places doing this???!!!! Ok, so the second flavor I tried is the #1 most ordered, Snicker Doodle Dough. The Snicker Doodle Dough was incredible! I can see why it is very popular with the costumers at Scoops. They blended yogurt with sugar cookie dough, Snickers, and caramel syrup. I could not stop eating this one! Each bite I took off the caramel coated spoon was chock full of candy! The sugar cookie dough blended perfectly and added extra sweetness!!!
I was amazed with both flavors how I could taste every ingredient, yet they were blended so well. It was really fun to have this blizzard like creation in a soft serve form. I tried to talk Matthew into opening one in New York City so that I could go everyday….or maybe work there! I’d spend all day creating new flavors and EATING THEM ALL! What a wonderful world that would be!!! xoxoBlondie
I know that everyone goes to Magnolia Bakery for cupcakes or at least associates it with cupcakes, but they actually have amazing pies too! I recently tried the Snickers Ice Box Pie and was blown away! The crust is really thick, almost an inch, and made from chocolate cookies! It was the perfect base and really crunchy. The inside was a cream cheese concoction that seemed to be sweetened with vanilla and sugar! Then the famous Snickers Bar candy was chopped into small pieces and placed on the edges!!! The chocolate crunchy crust mixed with the cream cheese center and chewy candy topping was definitely SNICKERS SATISFACTION! xoxoBlondie
PUMPKIN PIE ice cream! It’s so nice to see that yet it is Febuary 7th, there is somewhere in America serving Pumpkin Pie (even if it is in ice cream form). I have always wondered why we can’t enjoy pumpkin flavored desserts all year round?! Luckily, in East Lansing you can! At Quality Diary, a sort of Michigan 7 Eleven, they serve ice cream. Pretty good ice cream in many different flavors. For $1.49, I had a HUGE scoop of perfect pumpkin ice cream with chunks of graham crackers, and a thick gooey marshmallow fluff swirl! $1.49!!!!!!!!! I am pretty sure it doesn’t get cheaper than that! I loved the graham cracker pieces adding a nice crunch against the fluff and ice cream. If I closed my eyes, I transported myself back to Canton, Ohio sitting at my dining room table eating Thanksgiving desserts. Thank you Quality Diary for keeping Pumpkin ALIVE! xoxoBlondie
The Snicker Doodle Dough was incredible! I can see why it is very popular with the costumers at Scoops. They blended yogurt with sugar cookie dough, Snickers, and caramel syrup. I could not stop eating this one! Each bite I took off the caramel coated spoon was chock full of candy! The sugar cookie dough blended perfectly and added extra sweetness!!!
I know that everyone goes to 
