A while back I had some awesome house guests, the twist was they we’re vegan (and I’m not), but it really wasn’t a twist since it turns out being a vegan in NYC isn’t exactly hard. There are vegan products everywhere, vegan restaurants, vegan cafes and ,of course, a killer vegan bakery Babycakes! Now, mind you, these guests being crazy well informed already knew from the start that we had to go to Babycakes no matter what… And they were right, mostly.

My friends had already stopped by BabyCakes a few days earlier, they we’re mid Vinyl buying frenzy and they raved about EVERYTHING, but they might have been a little biased since being Vegan in Brazil is definitely not easy.

I was dieing to go and finally we did, amidst the big snow storm in December, we made our way to to the tiniest cutest little shop that is Babycakes in the Lower East Side. Even in a snowstorm people we’re coming in all the time we we’re there, and we lingered and ate everything, since we we’re enjoying the food and also the warmth after a day of cold soggy feet!

You’re probably thinking “Tell me about the cupcakes, already!” So I will. The cupcakes we’re good (and cute!), the cake itself was a little dry but the frosting more than made up for it! They even sell frosting shots, and I almost bought one it was that good! We also had donuts which I had read on Yelp we’re better than the cupcakes, while they we’re indeed good, they seemed to be a little old.

The winner, dear reader, isn’t even pictured since the four of us ravenously devoured it, was the crazy delicious Chocolate Crumb Cake Banana Pound cake! This cake was awesome, moist and rich, we all loved it even the 50 percent of us that are not Vegan. Just found my notes from when we we’re there and the Cinnamon Crumb Cake was also good but a little dry.

So there you have it, keep in mind that while the goodies are a little pricey, BabyCakes is a worthy stop in the LES, specially for the Vegan and Gluten Free folks.

Have you been there? What did you think?