H Bake Shop

I met Huascar before he opened the bake shop and his enthusiasm for baking with organic ingredients was infectious. He shared with me that he had won Cup Cake Wars on the Food Network and was the first New Yorker to do so. I became a fan without tasting his cakes. I somehow knew those cakes and other baked goodies were going to be special… and I was not disappointed. I can tell you his cupcakes are amazing. It seems like he has endless possibilities of flavors and combinations and they never fail to please. The cookies and macaroons are so good, they leave you wanting for more. I wish I lived within walking distance. If you haven’t had goodies from H Bake Shop, you need to go there and you will find out what you are missing — Cupcake Utopia!

One Friday afternoon, my co-​worker stated that she was visiting the business and in my gluttony and sloth, I asked if she could pick up a couple for me to eat when I saw her again on Monday. I could have gone to the bakery myself but given the business’ location and my new role as a Father, I just didn’t have the time to go. It was only till much later while changing my daughter’s diaper that I worried about the freshness and quality of the cupcakes after a couple of days.
Those worries were unwarranted as my co-​worker wrapped them well. I requested the Vanilla Introvert and the Boston Crème and was really taken aback at how nice the designs of the cupcakes were. I was equally pleased with the flavor as I quickly devoured both cupcakes in succession. My only complaint, if it could even be considered a complaint is that it’s too far out of my way to go to, regularly.
PLEASE open a location in QUEENS as soon as you can!

The regular vanilla cupcake is amazing. Would love a pint of frosting to go. This small bakery is worth the walk

Everything I’ve ordered from this place has been nothing short of amazing. I’M NOT EVEN A DESSERT PERSON, but I found H Bake Shop because my boyfriend has a big sweet tooth and because they deliver to us. This is by far the best bakery we’ve experienced in New York– gluten free goodness for me, the hard stuff for him!

The review is based off of their terrible delivery service. I placed and order through seamless for a few cupcakes when an afternoon craving hit. I received my confirmation from seamless at 3:27 saying the order would arrive between 3:50/4:00pm. As per usual I also received an e-​mail from seamless saying my order was out for delivery at 3:43pm and got excited and ready for my cupcakes as I only live four blocks from the restaurant. 4:15 then 4:30 rolled around and still no delivery. I called to make sure there was no issue and I was told well it’s out for delivery and should be there shortly. I waited as 5:00pm passed so I called back and asked if they could contact the delivery driver and to make sure there were no delivery issues. They put me on hold and when they came back to the phone I was told it’s out for delivery and they should arrive shortly. Needless to say it’s more than an hour and a half past the projected delivery time and I am still waiting empty handed and cupcakeless. I guess maybe it’s the universe saying stop eating cupcakes and go to the gym or it’s just bad customer service.

The best mini cupcakes i’ve had so far

My office has catered cupcakes from H Bake Shop, and they are as tasty as they look. They sell both filled cupcakes and plain cupcakes with numerous unique flavors like crème brûlée, toffee, tiramisu, and apple. H Bake also offers a ton of gluten free options as well.
I have had the «plain» V2 Cupcake — this vanilla cupcake was far from being plain! The vanilla bean cake was moist, while the whipped vanilla frosting was fluffy and light. I’ve also tried the Pink Lemonade Cake, made with lemon sour cream cake with raspberry lemon butter cream frosting and raspberry coulis. Unfortunately, I couldn’t really taste the difference between vanilla and lemon sour cream cake — both tasted quite similar.

Mini cupcakes are now @ H BAKE SHOP! Absolutely WONDERFUL! Moist, fresh & delicious! Raspberry Lemonade my fav!

This is my favorite cupcake place in Manhattan. The frosting is a perfect mixture of buttery and sweet– it doesn’t taste like cheap store frosting that other cupcake places use throughout NYC. The cake in the cupcake is very moist. I’ve tried almost all the flavors and so far nutty fella is my favorite. For those who are gluten free– their gluten free cupcakes are amazing!

Best cupcake of my life. The regular vanilla is anything but regular. The frosting is so light it’s almost whipped and the cake is moist.
As for the mason jar cheesecakes, I’m not sure what’s more delightful the way they come in the jar or the actual cheesecake. The Oreo is outstanding.
I’m a bakery fanatic is this city and this place tops the list with the famous Magnolia. Must try if you in the area and quick delivery!!!

First, the cupcakes are not only delicious, they are also very beautiful visually. Second, equally wonderful is the fact that the owner Chef Huascar Aquino takes customer service extremely seriously. His response to a minor complaint was swift, gracious, and completely (forgive the word) SWEET.
My experience here was so great, I’m tempted to double my cardio just to partake of Aquino’s baked delights more frequently!
Definitely back for many «cheat day» snacks and looking forward to ordering more for my next birthday bash!

See below for my original review. However, I received a lovely note from the owner on Unilocal and I have decided to give this place another chance. Since the owner was so sincere and apologetic, I decided to stop by the bake shop (which is really out of the way for me since I work in midtown and live in Astoria) and give them the benefit of the doubt.
I got the Boston Cream Pie cupcake and the Oh My Guinness cupcake. Both were very, very good. The vanilla bean cake for the Boston Cream Pie was a little dry, but the pastry cream filling was delightful, as was the chocolate ganache glaze. The vanilla frosting was a little too heavy for me and not sweet enough (I prefer a lighter frosting that is more sweet and vanilla tasting).
The Oh My Guinness cupcake was — oh my! Quite delicious! The chocolate cake, while not quite possessing a rich chocolately flavor, was very moist and had a lovely spongy texture. The buttercream frosting, was, again, a bit heavy, and I wished it did have more of a Bailey’s caramel flavor (I was hoping for something sweeter, I guess), but the frosting was quite good and you could tell it was made from scratch and quite fresh. You could TASTE the butter in this buttercream. And I mean that in the best way possible, because most buttercreams are overly sweet with too much confectioner’s sugar, making them taste really processed with no depth of flavor. For me, I prefer somewhere in the middle, a little more sweet, more vanilla/​caramel/​whatever undertones, but still that savory buttercream consistency.
So great cupcakes, but not personally my absolute favorite. However, if I needed to order something sweet for the office or send something special to a friend (because they do deliver, yay Seamless) I will definitely be calling them up, because I do believe in their business and product and I have no problem paying for quality as long as I am not being ripped off, and thankfully, they have cleared up the misinformation that their staff provided me with yesterday.
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Original Review: One Star
After several phone calls back and forth, I was ready to pull the trigger and order a delicious birthday cake from H Bake Shop. I wanted the Toffeeana cake for ten. I had previously called and inquired about ordering a cake for 8 people, and they said that would be a six-​inch cake for $ 40-​$ 50. So ordering a cake for ten (they said it would be a ten-​inch cake) I thought would be around the same price range.
After a brief holder, the woman on the phone said that she just spoke to someone on her end, and that he said the price for a cake that would serve ten people would be ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. Are you friggin’ kidding me? I know you don’t have prices on your website, but this sounds like a blatant price fabrication, versus a ballpark figure.
I really just wanted a cake that was a little bigger, with a volume increase of twenty percent or so. But to say that you’ll charge me TWICE AS MUCH for that small of a size increase is just ridiculous. No thank you. Ordered my cake instead from Empire Cakes (which have excellent customer service and transparent menu prices right on their website). Too bad that their greed lost them a lifetime customer.

Red velvet cupcake was the absolute best I’ve ever had. The service was impeccable. Staff is extremely polite and helpful. I went in wanting a cupcake and left with an experience to remember. I recommend this spot to anyone with a sweet tooth that’s having a bad day. Cupcakes make everything better. 5 stars for going above and beyond cupcakes providing professional and polite service.

After a random craving for cupcakes, I made the trek to this lesser known cupcakery (I made that up) in the front of Hudson Eatery. Yeah it’s a trek for most, but this is actually in my ‘hood! Dessert spots are always welcome in this area of town.
I was welcomed by a partner and his first-​day-​at-​work niece and she helped me pick out a couple cupcakes. Of course I went for the watermelon mint one with a berry frosting. I also picked up the nutty/​Nutella cupcake. The watermelon mint cupcake was unique and I loved the cake itself, but I thought the berry frosting was too overpowering and took too much away from the flavor. The Nutella cupcake didn’t taste much like Nutella at all, unfortunately, but it was still a good chocolate cupcake. I liked the cake for both, but was not a fan of the frosting consistency. It’s too funny and airy for my liking, but that’s just my opinion. I like a dense frosting that doesn’t overpower the cake.
At $ 4 a pop, these aren’t the cheapest cupcakes but in an area where dessert is lacking, they’re kind of a monopoly. I’d come back when I’m craving a sweet, but wouldn’t put it at the top of my list of cupcake shops, unfortunately.

So far so great! Dropped by this unassuming little shop and tried two cupcakes and was truly blown away. I wish rid make their signs a little more obvious that it’s a bakery because this little ace is camouflaged!

Don’t focus on the negative posts here because they are incredibly skimpy. Huascar is an absolute genius and all of his selections are scrumptious and well made. The PB&J cupcake is heavenly and the chocolate chip cookie is hands down the best cookie I’ve ever had in my entire life. Head on over to 57^th and 11^th and experience the best bake shop in NYC period.

Everything you get here is worth every penny. Chocolate chip is my favorite out of everything. Best cookie I ever had and I’m a huge chocolate chip cookie critic. Macarons are on point. Brownies are fudgy and rich. Staff is super nice. I’ll definitely be back!

My date & I stopped by at this tiny bakery before the show to get a cup of coffee to warm up but this place really has no room for customers who wanted to chill with their preferred drink/​pastry. After ordering my $ 2.50 coffee which costed more than a tall Starbucks, the female cashier/​order taker/​server asked if we would like to get a piece of pastry. Yes I would love to, but there were NO ROOM for us to enjoy them!
There’re only 2 seats and the tattooed employee is taking his time playing with his phone and chilling there while our party of 2 just stood there waiting for him to give up his seat so we can comfortably enjoy our coffee.

Had the Watermelon Mint cupcake with Blueberry Frosting which was amazing. It also had lemon peel garnish. You could taste each of these flavors. I really enjoyed this cupcake.
Also had the Campfire. This cupcake albeit good, left something to be desired. It was to have cinnamon marshmallow filling however, the cinnamon flavor was hard to find. I was excited for the cinnamon aspect as that is what set it apart from other smores-​like cupcakes you can find elsewhere.
The reason for the 4 vs 5 stars in that I only order cupcakes with fillings; though couldn’t resist the uniqueness of the mint watermelon so had to try that despite the no filling. There weren’t too many options with fillings. Also, the $ 10 cc minimum is a slight annoyance.
Overall I really like the creativity in the ingredient pairings in the cupcakes offered.

I was completely surprised by the PB&J — I’m usually not a fan, but these flavors came together amazingly.
I also found the Cookie and Cream cupcake to be heavenly.
The Carrot Cake was also delicious. I was blown away by the ingenuity and subtlety of flavors in each cupcake. Wow!