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Cupcakes For Guys – Butch Bakery in NYC

by Abigail on July 22, 2010

This week CNN reported on cupcakes and cupcake bakeries especially for guys. What a great idea!

There’s Butch Bakery in New York that has been open now for 9 months. You won’t find a single “cute” or pink, frothy cupcake around. Lots of yummy cupcakes available made with guy type of ingredients like beer, bacon and pretzels. We can see a lot of guys going for cupcakes like those!

At their website you’ll see the sloagan “Butch it up, These ain’t your Grandma’s cupcakes Buttercup.” Everything about the Butch Bakery is fun, unique and totally guy!

The Butch Bakery cupcakes look masculine, with a thick layer of frosting under a chocolate disc. The chocolate disc has a pattern that is manly – perhaps a camo, plaid or houndstooth pattern.

This New York bakery has 6 of their 12 cupcakes that have alcohol is an ingredient. Customers definetley get a sense there is alcohol in them – its not just a hint or a whisper of it in the cupcake.

Here are the Butch Bakery flavors. We got them from their website and just had to share!

Rum & Coke. A rum soaked Madagascar vanilla cake with cola Bavarian cream filling. Sounds rich and delicious.

Mojito. Rum soaked lime cake with mint white chocolate ganache. What could be better than a mojito you can bite into?

Home Run. Peanut butter cake with banana Bavarian cream & crumbled bacon. We know you don’t have to be a baseball fan to enjoy this unique treat.

Beer Run. Chocolate beer cake with beer-infused buttercream topped with crushed pretzels. Perfect with a cold glass of….beer!

Sidecar. Brandy soaked lemon cake with an orange & white chocolate ganache filling. Mmmm, we have to say these all sound delicious!

B-52. A kaluha soaked Madagascar vanilla cake with Bailey’s Bavarian filling. Rich and sweet without being “girly” sweet.

Campout. Graham cracker cake with marshmallow filling and milk chocolate ganache. Reminds us of camp, camping or sleepaway camp.

Big Papi. Cinnamon spice cake with dulce de leche filling. Sounds spicy and rich, the perfect finish to any meal or day.

Old Fashioned. Orange soaked whisky cake with lemon curd filling. Great flavors and a delicious cupcake.

Driller. Maple cake with crumbled bacon and milk chocolate ganache. Somehow this reminds us of a breakfast with all the fixin’s. What could be better?

Jackhammer. Chocolate cake with chocolate hazelnut filling and hazelnut buttercream. Rich, sweet and perfect flavors to go together smoothly.

Tailgate. Caramel cake with salted caramel swirl with vanilla buttercream.

Owner David Arrick is a former attorney who was laid off in 2007. At 40 he decided it was time for a career change. He wanted to do something with cupcakes – but also wanted to do something that wasn’t typical. We think his guy themed cupcakes are rather unique! His cupcakes offer delicious flavors and lots of fun – perfect for that Super Bowl party, birthday or other guy themed celebration.

The Butch Bakery today ships cupcakes across the world. They sell their cupcakes online and bake from a commercial kitchen.

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When men and cupcakes collide

by Sprinkles on July 18, 2010

You get cupcakes such as ‘Rum and Coke’, ‘Sidecar and Driller’ and the ‘B-52′ which is a Kahlua soaked madagascar cake with Bailey’s bavarian filling!

Intrigued? You should be, as David Arrick’s website promotes “these ain’t your Grandma’s cupcakes”, but really I had no doubt of that.

During the U.S. recession, David Arrick lost his job as a Wall Street Lawyer and faced with the lifestyle change, had to switch from eating in expensive restaurants to cooking at home. He then simply combined his new love of baking and his vision of filling a hole in the market – the lack of manly cupcakes.

He says in an article by Michelle Nichols on Reuters Africa that “I saw that cupcakes were hot and cupcake businesses were thriving, but they’re all very feminine and pink. A lot of them are frilly with jelly beans and sprinkles”.

As a result he established the online Butch Bakery with 12 manly flavored cupcakes, delivering to the New York area! There is no doubt he is loving this business, his website is littered with quotes and one liners like ‘Butch it up, Buttercup’ and ‘Where Butch meets Buttercream’. I especially like their ‘Butch MAN-ifesto‘ which states “Our objective is simple. We’re Men. Men who like cupcakes. Not the frilly pink-frosted sprinkles-and-unicorns kind of cupcakes. We make manly cupcakes. For manly men.”

Later this year, Butch Bakery plans to open a store in Manhattan, and I cannot wait to see how they choose to decorate it! It is somewhat surprising though to note, that despite the levels of testosterone in this business, that 95 percent of their clients are women!

And check in tomorrow for the rest of our Cupcake News, including cupcakes and hockey. Is there any frontier that the cupcake will not boldly go forth and conquer?

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Butch Bakery Serves Up Mens Cupcakes In New York

by Party Cupcake Ideas on December 23, 2009

If you live in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, or visiting New York City and can’t find that man in your life the perfect cupcake….you might want to make time to visit Butch Bakery. This new bakery caters to men and features some “macho” cupcakes with names like Beer Run and Big Papi. Butch Bakery was created by David Arrick and strives to deliver a cupcake where “Butch meets Buttercream”. You won’t find pink or sports themed cupcakes at Butch Bakery…but you will find some amazing recipes like the Camp Out or Mojito.

Here’s a list of cupcakes served at Butch Bakery:

B-52 Kahlua-soaked madagascar vanilla cake with Baileys Bavarian filling.
Rum & Coke Rum-soaked madagascar vanilla cake with cola Bavarian cream filling.
Sidecar Brandy-soaked lemon cake with orange-infused white chocolate ganache filling.
Old-Fashioned Orange-soaked whisky cake with a lemon curd filling.
Mojito Rum-soaked lime cake with mint white chocolate ganache.
Beer Run Chocolate and beer-infused cake and with a beer buttercream, topped with crushed pretzels.
Driller Maple cake with milk chocolate ganache and bacon bits.
Home Run Peanut butter cake with banana Bavarian creme and bacon bits.
Camp Out Graham cracker cake with a filling of marshmallow and chocolate ganache.
Jackhammer Chocolate cake with hazelnut filling.
Big Papi Cinnamon spice cake with a dulce de leche filling.
Tailgate Caramel cake with a salted caramel filling.