Tonnie's Minis

Tonnie's Minis
120 W 3rd St
Btwn MacDougal St & 6th Ave

So, I am not so great at updating PC. I have been collecting my research (eating cupcakes) and I'm compiling my reviews and they'll come eventually.

I took an hour and a half lunch break today and I don't really feel like getting back to my current project of updating a mailing list. I'm feeling creative after spending an hour reading in washington square park so I guess right now would be ideal for a post.

After eating a sandwich and reading, I decided to take a walk to Tonnie's Minis which is just south & west of wash sq park. The sign outside calls it a 'cupcake and coffee bar' - I like the idea of a cupcake bar. It would be pretty cool if it were set up like an actual bar with shelves of cupcakes set up like bottles and a bar tender mixing up cupcakes instead of drinks, but that wasn't the set up. It was set up like a standard bakery with cupcakes inside of a glass casing. There were 5 black tables, circular in shape, each with 2 metal chairs. I sat in a table that was facing the window. The shop was pretty simple inside, however one of the walls was covered with laminated magazine reviews, always a good sign.

I, of course, ordered the standard vanilla with buttercream icing and I had a choice between frosting colors - white, blue, yellow or pink. I was feeling girly, so I went for the pink. The cupcake was on the smaller side and fit perfectly in the palm of my hand. I prefer smaller cupcakes that fit in my mouth easily, because I can get the full effect of the cake and the frosting in the proportion the baker intended.

With my first bite, I learned that cupcakes from Tonnie's Minis are served chilled, which was nice as its 87 degrees out today. The icing was delicious, a soft consistency with the perfect blend of sugar and butter and whatever else goes into icing. The cake was a yellow cake, which was moist to the point that it sort of tasted wet and that bothered me. I think most of the cupcakes I have been eating recently are more of a white cake, which mixes with the buttercream icing better.

Overall the cpck was ok but I wouldn't say its one of my favorites. Maybe if they switched out the cake for a white cake things would be different. I didn't try any of the other varieties because I was doing this review alone and I probably would have exploded from too much cupcake, but I did take a picture of a sign listing the different types and they seem to have a nice variety.

Ratings (out of 5)

1. Presentation: 4.5 - very pretty, swirled baby pink icing
2. Texture of
-cake: 3 - a little too moist for my liking
-icing: 5 - super soft, not grainy
3. Taste of
-cake: 2 - the yellow cake threw me off
-icing: 4.5 it really was delicious icing! :)
4. Ratio of cake to icing: 5 - perfect proportion
5. Price: $1.75; they had a special for NYU students (which I am for the summer) 2 cupcakes for $2. Unfortunately, I left my NYU ID at my office- therefore, did not qualify for this special. :\
6. Atmosphere of the bakery: 3 - clean, simple, to the point.