TWSF goes to the Big Apple, next stop: N.Y. Cake

Photo from New York Social Diary

My last semester of college was mostly filled with general education courses (scuba diving anyone?), so I had a lot of extra time to enjoy those last months of freedom before entering the corporate kingdom. I really started to get into cooking and baking and decided to sign-up for an extra-curricular: a weekly Wilton cake decorating course at Michael’s arts and crafts. Although my roommates teased me endlessly (what 21 year old signs up for a cake decorating course?), I highly recommend this class for all you bakers out there. The course requires you to buy the essentials, a tackle box of beginner decorating tips, colors, and a cake pan. Being on a college budget, I didn’t expand much beyond the required. This weekend I found myself in baker’s heaven, and treated myself to a few new tools to add to my old cake kit.

On our walk from Eataly to Chelsea Market, we stumbled across a massive baking supplies shop, N.Y. Cake and Baking Distributor. Chuck kindly allowed for me to indulge in this side trip and I must say, this place was totally awesome. At first I was a bit overwhelmed, this store was pretty ridiculous. Cake pans, spatulas, sprinkles, flowers, you name it, they had it. The walls were covered in baking supplies and I timidly walked down the aisle just taking it all in. After my head stopped spinning, I was able to focus and leave N.Y Cake with a big a** cake pan, some decorating tips, a tart pan, and a big smile. If you are in the area and need specific baking supplies, this is absolutely the place to visit.

N.Y. Cake and Baking Distributor
56 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 675-CAKE