We like a good cupcake -- we just don't need the drama or the lines at Magnolia on Bleeker Street in Manhattan (thank Sex and the City for that). Now, a sweet Manhattan transplant has set up shop right here in Montclair, just doors down from the Little Gym. Flour Patch Bakery (One Greenwood Ave., Montclair) is formerly Flour Girl, winner of Best Birthday Cake honors from New York Magazine for its whimsical, hand-decorated, cookie-enhanced cakes.
Seems Martha is a fan, too. Check out the full menu here. What we liked: the devil's food cupcakes with a rich chocolate buttercream frosting and the yummy banana cupcakes that managed to taste both wholesomely good for you and decadent at the same time. Kids get a kick out of the cupcakes made to look like ice cream cones, but our grown-up tasters raved about Flour Patch's brownies,too. For those who want something on the less sweet side, they've also got muffins and coffee.
Visually, the place is a treat -- painted in sherbet colors with white chandeliers and a cake-cut out in the wall so you can watch the bakers at work. Specialty cakes can be ordered and customized to any birthday theme, and you can mix and match fillings and frostings to create your favorite combination,
Flour Patch and the other kid-friendly merchants are getting together to plan an event to celebrate their newfound connection. They're calling the event the Crane Park District Festival (that's the triangular park where Lackawanna Plaza, Glenridge and Greenwood Aves. meet). The kid-friendly event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29th from 10 am to 4 pm., more details to come. -- Liz George
Flour Patch Bakery, 1 Greenwood Ave., Montclair
973-746-7555
My daughter and I stopped in for a treat the other day. The cupcakes are delicious. I am happy that a new business has opened in my neighborhood, but sad that I am going to have such delicious baked treats so close to my home.