Butter Lane

Best cupcakes I’ve ever had. So good that my bf came back and took a baking class. Diana was a great teacher and very funny.

Came here for the Cupcakes 101 class. Diana was a great instructor. All the baking materials were laid out on three stations. The flavors were chocolate, vanilla and banana. Your group was responsible for making one cake and two frosting flavors. The six frosting flavors were vanilla bean, raspberry-​vanilla, chocolate, chocolate with dulce de leches, cream cheese and cinnamon cheese. I’m not a fan of banana but it was still a delicious cupcake. The class size was perfect at 10. I got to take home 9 cupcakes. Such a great class. I’ll be back for the next level class.

Got the peanut butter frosting on banana cupcake and chocolate frosting on banana cupcake.
Banana cupcake: moist, flavorful, delicious
Pb frosting: good but not excellent flavor. Definitely tones of peanut butter. Enjoyed the consistency, it is like magnolias! I could have had much more.
Chocolate frosting: good but it honestly had a aftertaste that had hints of raspberry. Maybe it was a mistake but I was expecting a chocolatey aftertaste and instead had a raspberry one. My friend agreed too.
Overall satisfied. Will definitely come back to try more!

I’m new to the hood & felt like having a cupcake, so yesterday morning I headed to this place… Everything looked yummy, clean, organized & the ladies were welcoming; overall a pleasant experience. I ordered a banana cupcake with pomegranate frosting, it was promising. Headed home with a hot chocolate from the kitebox and sat down to enjoy.
First bite into the cupcake & eww I didn’t like the taste, it was like eating something old, as if there was an ingredient that was way past expiration date. So I decided to try separate the frosting & the cake, just to make sure where the flavor was coming from, and it was the cake; the frosting was quite tasty, creamy & to my liking, but I don’t eat my frosting alone!
Hope you have a better experience than I did.

Had brought some cupcakes from here to go w/​my moms bday present. She said they was good, had brought my half brother with me to get them he loved the one he brought…

Super awesome staff who are cool to share their trade with you in classes and just gabbing! Butter Lane ship around the continent, and the funky flavors are awesome. They’re also next door to Ruffian, then another couple paces from Big Gay Ice Cream, so bring your appetite if you go to East 7^th Street.

really delicious cupcakes. We picked our order up on ¹²⁄₂₄ for a party on ¹²⁄₂₅. The cupcakes remained moist, sweet and just the right size. I think I prefer them to the other bigger named places because the frosting-​cake ratio is spot on. The banana-​cream cheese frosting was the favorite. Check them out.

Amazing. Always. The banana cupcake is so naturally flavorful and delicious versus heavy additives and false flavoring.
They also have a $ 8 for $ 12 Unilocal deal! :) you literally can’t go wrong with anything here.

Amazing cupcake baking class!
Diana is an amazing baker and teacher!
We had a great time!

I have to admit, the cake itself is pretty tasty but the frosting is a bit too thick for me. Because of the weirdo I am, I like to taste each individual part by itself and then combine the parts. The actual cake itself is light and not too sweet. The filling was very thick. Some of the different frostings were too sweet for me.
Overall it is a good little store for cupcakes! The shop itself is a bit small and you can see people taking a class, which is adorable but i wished Butter Lane had a bench outside or something!

A tiny taste of heaven in the East Village. They have three cake flavors, banana, vanilla, and chocolate. Add to that your choice of frosting flavor and you have a specialty cupcake.
Prices are unbeatable for fresh made daily. The more you buy, the more you save.
Naturally I will have to try one of each. I think it best to take them home. No seating in this tiny shop.
You get the feel these cupcakes are made with lots of love. No doubt they will teach you how since they offer classes too!
I’ve attached their info in my pictures. Check out the flavors and other important information.
Support these local small businesses. You will not be disappointed. Keep the Village SWEET!

Such a cute place! This review is based on the classes they offer.
I had a great experience coordinating and customizing our event beforehand. They are super accommodating and responsive!
When we got there it was super organized and the instructor was great, our team had so much fun! They even gave us supplies to make a custom company brand cupcake, which we turned into a contest and Butter Lane gave the winner 6 free cupcakes for next time.
Highly recommended! We had so many cupcakes after the event that we had them delivered the next day to our office so that we could share them with everyone.
Such a great experience! Plus the cupcakes were delicious.

This review is just for the cupcake baking class!
Our instructor was super helpful and friendly. There were three different tables with four people assigned to each one. Every table had a certain kind of cupcake to bake and two different frostings to make. After each major step of baking, we got to visit other tables and see/​taste whatever batch they were making. At the end, we took home a few of every kind of cupcake and paired it with whichever frosting we prefer. I went home with about 12 cupcakes. It was definitely a fun way to spend the afternoon!

Good but not amazing. I had the salted caramel cupcake and while I loved the flavor — the salt on top was amazing — the texture of the icing and cake was just not great. Of course it was pretty, and it tasted better than Magnolia, but doesn’t even compare to Georgetown or Molly’s. I’d try other flavors in the future, but on someone else’s dime! 3.5 stars.

Sunday night with an utter dread to return to Devil’s Island for the evening, I used sugar as an excuse to stay out slightly later in the East Village to attain peace of mind. Some people need cigarettes, coffee, alcohol, or drugs as their lifeline as I have none of these urges but I opt for sweets, teddy bears and writing for my personal lifelines. Cupcakes galore! Staff is attentive, ready, willing, able and available to serve customers. I selected one strawberry and vanilla cupcakes with the base as vanilla. The cupcakes are flavorable and the breading is average but not entirely moist as I hoped for. I was hoping for Tiramisu or Green Tea as one of their flavors but it does not exist. Baking classes are available to the public.

I bake quite often but these cupcakes completely exceeded my expectations. The process works by selecting a buttercream and picking either chocolate/​vanilla/​banana cake base. Sadly, they’re pretty pricey at $ 3.25 for one small cake topped with a centimeter of buttercream.
I had the banana cake, which was a delectable bite of banana, honey, and vanilla with the perfect moist-​chewy texture. Will definitely go back if I find myself on Ave A again!

I used to be a HUGE fan of Butter Lane. I took three baking classes here, and would buy at least 8 cupcakes every time I visited NYC. Today I went for my usual cupcakes after a 2 year absence.
The good: I had an expired voucher that stipulated that I could not get the deal on the voucher after the expiry date, but could get the value of the voucher, and the store did not give me a lot of trouble with it honoring the value of the voucher.
So what’s different?
The store looks completely different, and I think it’s because they are renovating. The staff is also different, and so is the vibe. Also, the flavor and visual consistency is gone (e.g., how do you like my mini cupcake in the pic charged at the regular price? — HUH?!). These cupcakes no longer excite me or make me happy. It’s so sad since I ranted and raved to everyone about this store, and their Brooklyn location. I don’t think I will be returning.

THE best cupcakes in NYC! If there was a Butter Lane available in L.A., I’d pick them over Magnolia or Sprinkles any day. Yup!
The cupcakes here are so good! The cake is fluffy and moist and has a nice firmness to it, so it can withstand the amount of frosting on top. I like that Butter Lane doesn’t overly frost their cupcakes so I’m able to enjoy an even ratio between the cake and the frosting. I always prefer the cake part more when it comes to cupcakes so this makes me very happy. I don’t have to worry about throwing away any excess frosting at Butter Lane, which I do at other cupcake establishments.
Butter Lane offers two types of buttercreams: French and American. Neat, huh? I’ve tried both and yes, they are different. Not everyone will care for the French version but I liked it. The American version is sweeter (which is made with confectioner’s sugar, butter and milk) and denser. The French version is light, smooth and airy to the palate. It tastes silky because it’s made with whipped egg whites, melted granulated sugar and cold butter. (It actually sounds like the Swiss method but they did say they used egg whites.) The French buttercream melts fast too so I would not advise purchasing too many with this type of frosting on a hot, humid day. Enjoy them in a cool area or eat fast! ;)
You pick the cake base (I highly recommend the vanilla) and the type of frosting so everything is very fresh. The French buttercream is kept in the fridge (because it melts fast) so it will taste cold, at first, compared to the American version.
Frosting flavors that I’ve tried and would recommend:
— Blueberry
— French Chocolate
— French Vanilla
— Key Lime
— Sea Salt Chocolate (HELLO LOVER!)
— Strawberry
It’s a cute little shop so look out for their storefront and their yellow sign. Seating is pretty limited (a couple stools inside and a bench out front) so it’s more of a to-​go type of bakery. There is so much to do in the East Village so why bother sitting still? :)
Enjoy Unilocalers!

We attended the cupcake making class last week, and it was fantastic!
The class was very well-​organized and ran at a good pace. But what really made the class was Diane — she was upbeat, informative, and maintained a great sense of humor throughout the entire class. I loved how interactive the class was. We made new friends and made lots of cupcakes — what more could you ask for?
There were three tables, with each table making a different cupcake and frosting. Diane added something extra to half of everyone’s frosting — vanilla got some raspberry, chocolate got some dulce de leche, and cream cheese got cinnamon — so our class made a total of six different frosting flavors.
Diane taught us how to frost cupcakes with the «Butter Lane swirl». It was not as easy as it looked :) We were free to frost our cupcakes with whichever flavor (and whichever design, lol) we liked. We got to take home about nine cupcakes each, since nothing terrible happened to any of the cupcakes we made. Go team!
The class itself was a nice change of pace from the normal dinner date. And it didn’t break the bank either, since we used a Groupon-​type deal!
Neither the cupcakes nor the frosting were sickeningly sweet, which is perfect! (I find that *other* cupcakeries are toothachingly sweet.) Butter Lane’s are definitely one of the best — if not THE best — cupcakes in the city. Forreal. Definitely dropping by for cupcakes every time I find myself in the East Village.

Baking just isn’t for me, I get nervous about measuring everything and making sure the timing is right and it just plain stresses me out. I jumped at the chance when I saw the Gilt City deal.
At first glance $ 45 may seem a bit overpriced and yeah but you leave the class with 10 cupcakes that usually go for about 3 bucks each as well as a detailed and easy to follow cupcake recipes AND a ton of cool baking hacks. it’s a steal!
Even prior to the class starting, redeeming of my Gilt deal was very easy which I appreciated. I just went online and selected my dates and entered the codes. Cool.
I really didn’t know what to expect coming to this cooking class but when I walked into Butterlane I was surprised to see we would be cooking right in the store front. There were 3 stations set up for the 3 flavors of cupcakes we would be baking: vanilla, chocolate and banana.
Diana (I think that was her name, I am so sorry I don’t remember) was simply amazing. She brought so much humor and lightheartedness to the class. We all admitted to her that we had no idea what we were doing and she was right there with us the entire time to guide us along. Not only were all the ingredients pre-​measured for us, but she made sure to give us tips as to how and when to add each of the ingredients.
Occasionally throughout the baking time she would halt the class and allow for us to either taste the batter or taste different ingredients we were using (the biter taste of unsweetened chocolate still lingers in my memory).
The class was broken into two sections the first which we made the cupcakes and then she allowed for a break in the middle so that the cupcakes could bake and so she could clean!
Making the frosting was especially fun and a bit unnerving. Never again will I enjoy a dollop of frosting without realizing how much powdered sugar and butter I am ingesting. Oh well.
Like I mentioned before we made 3 different types of cupcakes and in all 6 different types of butter cream and cream cheese frosting. My favorite combo was the banana and peanut butter chocolate frosting. Yes, you heard me peanut butter frosting. Diana (that’s just going to be your name now) even walked us through a frosting lesson (the Butterlane way) and then let us at it.
I had such an amazing time and was so excited to shared with my friends all the cupcakes that I had a hand in baking. I highly recommend the baking class and the cupcakes!