PrintSugar Rush: Best Vegan Desserts
Cookies, jam-filled biscuit, and cupcakes from Babycakes.
Yesterday, Restaurant Girl Danyelle Freeman posted her list of the best Vegan Dessert Spots in New York City. We are well aware that for most people the words "Vegan" and "dessert" and "delicious" are words that when spoken together don't normally evoke a pavlovian response, but that being said we think there are a few vegan sweets in the city that could convert even the most hard core butter and egg lovers. Two of our favorites made Danyelle's list, but one we were sad to see left off.
Birdbath-Build a Green Bakery: I think Cookie Monster put it best when he said, "Me want cookie! Me eat cookie! Omm nom nom nom!" and that's exactly how we feel about the Green Bakery's over-sized vegan cookies. Restaurant Girl was right to mention the oatmeal raisin cookie, which along with the chocolate chip are two of our favorite all-around cookies in the city. It's probably worth mentioning that the banana-sesame-agave cake won New York Magazine's "Best Vegan Treat 2008" but we found it a little too healthy tasting for our liking. 223 1st Avenue, New York NY 10003; 646-722-6565; buildagreenbakery.com
Teany: The triple chocolate brownie at Teany, Moby's vegetarian cafe on the lower east side, is totally decadent, as is their chocolate peanut butter mousse cake (both sourced from Vegan Treats). Or, you could go for their "afternoon" tea special (it is actually available all day) which includes a pot of tea, two kinds of tea sandwiches, and a scone of the day, or cupcake or cookie (both vegan). 90 Rivington Street, New York NY 10002; 212-475-9190; teany.com
Babycakes: We were bummed to see that Babycakes didn't make the list, a heaven on earth for folks with gluten, dairy, casein and egg allergies—or people like me who like to partake in sweet indulgences with less of the guilt and fat. I know it doesn't sound delicious, but the spelt chocolate cupcake totally is. The biggest surprise? The biscuit with jam is a mighty fine stand-in for the traditional butterific southern biscuit. Other worthy bites: brownie and chocolate chip cookie 248 Broome Street, New York NY 10002; 212-677-5047; babycakesnyc.com
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2 Comments:
What about Atlas Cafe on 2nd Avenue?
kathryn at 10:29PM on 05/13/08
Atlas Cafe's desserts are sourced from Vegan Treats like Teany. I prefer Teany overall so I opted to leave Atlas off to avoid a "duplicate." But yes! Vegan desserts!
Alaina Browne at 11:04PM on 05/13/08