Sweet Generation

These are the best cupcakes I have had in NYC by far (and i’m a huge baked goods snob!). Practically every time I know someone is having a Birthday, I stop by and grab a box of cupcakes from here on my way home… specifically for the lavender lemon and the rose water. I have to say I get very disappointed when they don’t have those flavors (half of the reason I go there!), but the past two times I have gone, they have been fully stocked with both.

Lavender lemon cupcake is amazing!!! The best lavender cake I’ve had so far. Lavender is baked into the cake, and there is a strong taste of lavender in the frosting as well. Silvery bits and tiny flakes of salt bring out the lavender in the frosting. Can’t recommend it highly enough!

Sweet Generation provided cupcakes for our wedding. My guest always remember and remark on how good they were. The lavender is extra good!

Found this place a little while back… Wow… The cupcakes are amazing and I love the hot cocoa… I can’t wait to go back and try everything :)

I thought the red velvet was a-​OK, my wife said it was nothing great.
we have yet to try cookies and cream
why are these so small for $ 3 each?

Minimum on credit cards, so I couldn’t get an iced coffee. Won’t go back because the employees were rude about it.

I went in for their 1 year anniversary and a sweet surprise they were giving away free mini cupcakes. I had the lavender lemon. I was delish. Customer service was pleasant too.

Absolutely love that a small bakery can do so much in terms of great cupcakes and positive mission. I stop in here whenever I’m nearby and love trying out whatever they’re serving. It’s a good thing I don’t live nearby otherwise I’d be here everyday.

Voted number one cupcake by the Village Voice! It doesn’t get better than that. A small business with a big mission. Can’t disrespect that!
A soft delicate atmosphere inhabits this homey bakery shop. Plenty of seating. Warm baked goods and drinks for a cold day. Advertise your support with one of their souvenirs. They are displayed on the wall. Celebrate your special day with a home made cake. Stop in for breakfast on your way to work, or anytime just for fun!
While you are there be sure to enjoy the art work. The beautiful display will please your senses. It decorates the café and invites you to stay!
All pastries look so good I want to try them all. One day at a time. I must restrain myself!
If you don’t find some thing here to dazzle your taste buds, then you have a serious problem with your sense of taste!
I will return! Please check out my pictures!

small bake shop with just a few seats, so more of a grab & go type spot unless you’re only with one other person
they were sampling the brownie when i came which was okay but i still went for their cupcakes instead!
—lavender lemon cupcake: MOIST and the lavender paired very well with the lemon!
—iced coffee: cute that they offer paper straws, but not practical since the straw soaks up the coffee and makes it harder to sip if you drink slowly
they also have scones and cookies, lots of baked goods!
NOTE: 10% off with Unilocal checkin when i came, not sure if it’s still going on!

This place is a waste of calories. I got several items are and I was dissatisfied with everything. The cupcake was dry and dense. It wasn’t very sweet at all. I got a biscuit that was crumbly and hard like a hockey puck. There are way better places to get a cupcake. This place is not one of them. I won’t even go into detail how bad the counter service was.

I just happened to be walking by when I noticed this, from the outside very mild unassuming bakery. Upon stepping inside I was lulled into a warm diy décor surrounded by sweet treats. The cup cake display was stocked full of all kinds of mini cupcake creations. We ended up with a red velvet, cookies and cream, & a rose water cup cake that seemed to be… an acquired taste. It fell short for me. The other two were good and definitely filled the void I had at the time. But if I had one criticism it would be that they seemed a little too moist. Almost soggy in texture. I did still enjoy them however. We also got the double chocolate brownie which was my favorite and probably the best I’ve had in a long time!
I would still recommend Sweet Generation and look forward to revisiting to try some of their other flavors.

Cupcakes here are good but I really don’t see how or why a normal-​sized cupcake should cost more than $ 2.50. I got a mocha cupcake and it was $ 3.50. Cupcake was good but I ate it in 2.5 bites so I think 2.5 dollars would be a more appropriate price.

Sweet Generation taught me something new: size doesn’t matter with cupcakes. Usually, I’m not one to get mini cupcakes, since I find that most places can’t master making sure that they stay moist with to their smaller size *cough cough Baked by Melissa*.
–Cut to my trip over to Sweet Generation.
After doing a small dessert tour of the East Village, my friend and I popped into this bakery. With our stomachs stuffed already, we chose to go for the mini vanilla and lavender cupcakes, despite my fear that I would be biting into a dry piece of dough. I have to say that my fears were not reaffirmed.
Pealing back the cupcake liner, i placed my fingers around a very moist vanilla cake with lavender essence and lavender icing. It was well balanced, without being too sweet or having too much lavender flavor, which I find can ruin a dessert easily. Taking only one small bite, I was very pleased with my selection. My friend ended up liking it even more than me, so I swapped cupcakes with her.
The vanilla cupcake was just as moist, and my gay self appreciated the addition of glitter on top of the icing. It was a pretty standard vanilla cupcake, but I was again happy to see that the cake was not dry and had a strong flavor coming out throughout all the elements.
It’s 2.25 for a mini cupcake, which in reality, wasn’t really much of a deal since a standard sized cupcake was only a dollar more. Still, I’d recommend Sweet Generation to someone who’s looking for a small bite of sweetness.
Side note: the woman manning the front was great the whole time. She gave us water and we talked about food and desserts for a good five minutes, which I think adds to just how great my experience was here.

No cappuccino avail. at 10 am but Regina set to make it right and offered steamed milk with a reg. coffee (sign of a true business woman, selling what’s available now :) Ordered a slice of banana poundcake. With oldies playing over the loudspeakers this is as good as it gets. Bookmarking this place now! :D

OMG. What a disaster. I bought a coffee that when I asked when it was made I was told «today». At the time, a 16 hour window at 4:00pm. The «eternal chocolate» cupcake, which would be a mini anywhere else, was worse. When I asked how old that was the answer was «no more than two days». I kid you not. I longed for Hostess after one bite.
How in hell whoever owns this place plans to survive in the EV with the soaring rents escapes me. Perhaps they’ve already surrendered.
Don’t even think about Sweet Generation, though it’s who gives a shit attitude applies.
Can I say God Awful?

Really delicious and MOIST cupcakes! The rose ones were amazing and tasted like real roses. Definitely getting my bday cake here!

I had a chocolate crossiant which was buttery and yummy, just the right amount of chocolate. Also a chocolate peanut butter cupcake. The bread part was okay kinda heavy and dry, the pb frosting was AMAZING tho, i really wish the bread delivered cause it would have been phenomenal with the frosting. Cute lil place, the staff was very helpful and friendly. If I was in the neighborhood I would definitely stop in again to try something else.

Really small and bland salted chocolate chip cookie, and very pricey for the size (nearly the same as City Cakes which is significantly larger and tastier). Awfully boring selection, too; nice mission and staff, but nope, never again. PS $ 5 cc minimum

Cute little place that opened up the day we were walking around.
An unsuspecting Sunday. They were offering little samples and I enjoyed the rice krispies squares although they would’ve been even more perfect without the sprinkles (albeit less pretty).
The brownie bites were pretty good too. We were able to pull up a $ 5 off Unilocal coupon, though only one of us purchased something as we were stuffed from brunch and headed to our dessert place.
Wouldn’t mind stopping in again if I’m in the neighborhood.

Darling little place with sweet goodies that balance the simplicity of home baking with the finesse of professional pastry chefs. The place is cozy though, so it’s best to take the baked treats to go.

New place conveniently located on 1^st Ave near St. Marks! I was able to try the Cayenne chocolate mini cupcake, which was around $ 3. Unfortunately, I can’t say it was entirely worth the steep price for a tiny cupcake because the cake itself could’ve been more moist. The frosting was okay but you really couldn’t taste the spice at all, which was the reason I wanted to try it in the first place.
I will come again to sample other items before making a solid decision on the place. But for now, I can only say it was simply OK.

Walked upon this place on my weekly neighborhood stroll to find something new, something tasty and something in a beer glass that tastes like IPA. This place was a nice little stopover on my way to find each of those things.
We walked in here and instantly wanted to smile from ear to ear. The case is filled with some of the best looking confections in the neighborhood. Each one prettier and more delicious-​looking than the next. The music coming from the back was all throw back tunes that my mother would grace us with when we would ride in the car with her. This was a nice touch, both by this place and by my mother when I was a kid. The tiny place has a couple of chairs for you to perch yourself on if you are interested. I dont think you would go out of your way to come hang here, its that small. Not a knock, its just tiny.

They offer regular-​sized and mini-​sized. We tried the regular-​sized mint cupcake. I gotta tell you, it looked beautiful. The mint green frosting was perfectly coiffed and hit with a sprinkling of sugar glitter that made it look even more inviting. But, I gotta tell you, the chocolate cake itself was dry and the dense. I made a comment that I thought the cupcake might have been an old one or may day old? It was pretty sad, considering I had never left a bite, much less a half of a cupcake and that happened. I will try it again. The coffee was great. The staff was smiley and helpful and this is an east village small-​business, we need more of these!

Grand opening so they are offering small samples.
Staff was very friendly and happy to explain what the pastries were. I ordered two of each of the little pastry tart things. There’s a name for them but it escapes me.
Each of these were $ 1.50, which is a bit pricey for what I would pay for a small pastry. However, the pastry was still slightly crispy hours later with enough doughy chew so it wasn’t just air. The filling tasted fresh although I wish there was more of it! Any less filling and it wouldn’t be worth it. I also thankfully used the Unilocal offer of $ 5 off (most likely a limited time offer).
Overall very cute, kind of small so don’t get excited for seats. Seems like there’s a lot of care put into the treats but the price point makes it a bit difficult to say it’s a definite buy. I’d definitely seeing by again to check out their offerings though!