What We’ve Been Up To!

Cupcakes by Carousel has recently been featured in many different places!! Take a look at some of the links below to get an idea of what we have been up to!!

 We had many people blogging about our Cupcake Survival Kits for college students! You can see some of their reviews about our OPRAH Red Velvet cupcakes, as well as our other delicious flavors in the posts below:

• http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/win-mom-of-the-year-by-sending/e51f5739c34ff67566b6f66e695e7820
• http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/win-mom-of-the-year-by-sending-your-student-cupcake-care-packages-for-finals-week/e51f5739c34ff67566b6f66e695e7820
• http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/30/2169705/win-mom-of-the-year-by-sending.html
• http://www.i4u.com/
• http://www.pastrytalk.com/?p=67269&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=win-mom-of-the-year-by-sending-your-student-cupcake-care-packages-for-finals-week-sacramento-bee

Cupcakes are for Moms too!! Check out this great article that Mom wrote about her Mother’s day treat from her kids!

• http://www.nj.com/parenting/index.ssf/2012/05/for_mothers_day_let_me_eat_cak.html

But our Cupcakes arent only for College students preparing for finals or a treat for Mom’s on her special day!!

Keep Cupcakes by Carousel in mind for all special occasions!! You can see our menu which includes our FAMOUS OPRAH Red Velvet cupcakes, and many many more at www.cupcakesbycarousel.com. To send a Oprah Red Velvet cake to a special someone near or far, you can order online at www.carouselcakes.com and click on the Home Delivery link.

Thank you to all our of loyal customers and readers, thanks for keeping up with us, and visit us on facebook!

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Cupcakes by Carousel Coming to Monclair NJ

We are opening up our third Cupcakes by Carousel location in Montclair, New Jersey and bringing our delicious cupcakes, cakes and other fine desserts with us. Montclair is a fun area full of great shops and restaurants. We can’t wait to add a sweet touch to the town. Stay tuned to find out the date of our grand opening and more details about our new cupcake shop which will be located at 25 Church St Montclair, NJ 07042.

The Montclair Patch featured our new cupcake shop, read the article here.

Carousel Cakes Featured on News12

Carousel Cakes was featured on News12 this week. The story focused on our Red Velvet Cake which we are shipping to the Giants in Indianapolis for an “extra bite of good luck before the Super Bowl”. The Giants have been eating our Red Velvet Cake before home games this season as a good luck tradition. Read the full story and watch the video here.

Superbowl 2012

To celebrate this year’s Superbowl we have created some delicious themed cakes and cupcakes. Stop by our Nanuet, NY bakery to get some delicious treats for you Superbowl party. Our delicious Red Velvet Cake is a favorite of the New York Giants and the team eats some before every game as a good luck ritual! Let’s go Giants!

Try Our New JUMBO Cupcakes

For a big, sweet treat try our new JUMBO cupcake, readily available in chocolate, vanilla, and red velvet at our Nanuet, NY bakery and our NJ cupcake shops. You can special order our JUMBO cupcake with custom colors and fillings making it perfect for birthday parties and other special events. Please note that custom orders require 72 hours’ notice. Each JUMBO cupcake feeds 14-20 people.

March of Dimes Chairman’s Dinner 2011

We participated in the March of Dimes Chairman’s Dinner. The proceeds from the delicious night support research and education for pregnancy and baby health here in the New York area. We treated guests to an array of our delicious cupcakes and cakes for dessert.

The March of Dimes is an organization that focuses on pregnancy and baby health. They help moms have healthy babies, comfort families who experience issues with pregnancy and research problems with pregnancy. To learn more about the March of Dimes, visit their website.

Holiday Desserts featured in Rockland Magazine

We were delighted to see our cute and delicious holiday cupcake featured on the cover of the most recent edition of Rockland Magazine. Inside, our classic creamy New York Holiday Cheesecake was featured and the article spoke about the history of our Nanuet Bakery and our classic holiday desserts.

The holiday season is here and we will be taking your holiday orders. Stop by our bakery or visit our website to see our tasty collection of holiday specialties.

Fall Desserts Featured in the Journal News

The Journal News featured our delicious fall desserts in their New In Town section. The feature had some great things to say about our collection of Fall Pies (in particular our Pumpkin Cheese Pie), our new Pumpkin Cupcakes and our classic Apple Berry Crisp which are perfect for Thanksgiving and the holidays. Here is a sampling of what they had to say:

The Pumpkin Cheese Pie, which has a layer of pumpkin and a layer of cheese in pie form, is out of this word… And we love the Apple Berry Crisp, which has a shortbread crust is made with apples, blueberries, cranberries, then topped with a cinnamon sugar streusel with caramel on top.

Stop by our bakery to pick up one of our gourmet fall desserts, perfect for Thanksgiving, or any day!

Go 4 the Goal 2011

Cupcakes by Carousel will be supporting the fight against pediatric cancer again this September. Last year’s fundraiser was a great success, we donated $971 to help find a cure. We hope this year will be just as successful. Visit our Ridgewood or Englewood, NJ cupcake shops September 27th to pick up a delicious Go 4 the Goal cupcake. For each cupcake we sell, we will donate $1 to the Go 4 the Goal foundation.

The image to the left is of Blake at this year’s Go 4 the Goal event. Last year she decorated a beautiful cupcake for the event. Blake is currently in remission, however Mikey, who also decorated a cupcake for last year’s event is currently having a relapse. Please help us find a cure so great kids like this can live healthy and happy lives.

Click here to learn more about Go 4 the Goal.