Cupcake vs. Cupcake vs. Cupcake! Part III

This was actually stop two on the quest to determine who sells the best gluten free cupcake in Lower Manhattan was Tulu's. Tulu's has cupcakes, bread, cookies, and other baked treats.

Everything in the case at Tulu's looks three things: professional, beautiful, and delicious! We have been here many times prior, but of course in the name of science we needed to have a cupcake that day for immediate comparison. We had the cupcake of the day, a lemon butter cream with a raspberry on top on vanilla cake, and it was delightful. Tulu's makes amazing icing and the cake itself is quite lovely. I also picked up a half loaf of bread as they sell it fresh and I hadn't tried it before. I enjoyed that subsequently.

Their flavor of the day cupcakes always get me, but I will not their red velvet and the vanilla cake with chocolate icing are my two 'reliable' there. 

Husband rating: 9/10

My rating: 9.5/10 - and for me the winner.

Do you know of any bakeries in Manhattan? Where should I go as I expand my journey to find the best cupcake?

Cupcake vs. Cupcake vs Cupcake - Part II

Ah, Babycakes. Now a multi-city bakery with a cookbook out, this is one I have been to many times but strangely I had never tried their cupcakes. I did already know their donuts to be incredible though. 

Babycakes has a win on variety, there just seemed to be lots of interesting choices. Instead of having standard options, they have more decadent and random options - my husband and I opted to have two cupcakes instead of splitting one here because we wanted to try both the Black Forest and the Banana Chocolate. And can I just give Babycakes props on those two flavors off the bat? Just typing them my mouth is watering.

The cupcakes here also look very homemade and have that special feeling, like when a friend gives you a cupcake. And the cupcakes themselves were very good. Icing was good. The cake was moist and the texture was good. My main complaint is the cake is quite tall (high?) so I had a had time biting into it. I did not look refined at all eating these bad boys, but the were delish. 

Husband rating: 8/10
My rating: 8.5/10

Cupcake vs. Cupcake vs. Cupcake! Part I

This may have just been a ploy to eat cupcakes for lunch, but I decided to go on a mission to find the best cupcake in the East Village / Lower East Side. There are now three gluten free bakeries near each other in this area so I thought I would pit them against each other. First up is the newest bakery, Jennifer's Way Bakery. 

Personally I love the name (ps: my name is Jennifer as well). It is just around the corner from Tomkins Bagels for any interested parties. The bakery itself is really cute and feels very homey which I loved, and all of their breads and treats look homemade as well. I felt like it gave the products a certain feeling of preciousness. My husband was along with me on this journey, There were only two cupcakes options when we went in, we decided to  have the devils food (which was vegan) cupcake and a cookie each. The cupcake itself was really good, flavorful and had a good texture, but was a bit dense and I wasn't in love with the icing. 

My rating: 7/10. 
Husband's rating: 6.5/10 

I'd like to come back for the breads to give them a sample. I'd also like to try a non-vegan cupcake as maybe the icing would be better?