We're parked on Chapel Street

Come find us between College and High Streets. See you soon!

Did you win the free dozen Red Velvets?

Check your ticket. The winning number (chosen, as with our last giveaway, in a highly scientific way involving shaking all tickets in a jar then picking one out at random. This is rocket-science-esque stuff folks!)

Anyway we digress.

The winning ticket number is: 459112

If you have this ticket, you just won a free dozen Red Velvet Jones Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting. Please e-mail or call us to claim your prize. Remember to save your ticket. We do need to see it.

Thanks to everyone who ordered cupcakes for delivery over the past week. Keep those orders coming and hopefully we'll see you Downtown in about an hour.

Happy shopping! The Truck WILL park today

Thanks to all those who voted. Looks like the Downtown crowd won out. No sleeping in for us and we will park the Truck downtown New Haven today. Here's the deal:

LOCATION
Downtown New Haven (hopefully around the Green but we will update you once we park) 2:00 to 6:00 or till we sell out

CHOOSE A CUPCAKE ($2)
Chocolate Ruin
Red Velvet Jones (limited supply)
Loco Coconut
Lemon Meringue (limited supply)

TOP IT OFF
Vanilla Frosting
Chocolate Frosting
Caramel Frosting
Marshmallow Frosting
Any Frosting Shot ($1)

ADD SOME EXTRAS
Sprinkles (Rainbow or Chocolate) (25¢)
Toasted Nuts (25¢)
Coconut Flakes (25¢)
Oreo Bits (25¢)
M&M Bits (25¢)
Cocoa Nibs (50¢)
Fleur de Sel (50¢)
Organic Candied Flower (75¢)
Edible Gold Flakes ($1)

CONTACT US
Place an order at: order@followthatcupcake.com

Send questions to: baker@followthatcupcake.com or call 203-675-3965
Please note that we are not always able to answer the phone while we are in the kitchen or truck, but we will return your call within 1 to 2 days.

SPECIAL ORDERS
Need a dozen of fewer? Get it at the truck. Note: there's a 4 cupcake maximum per flavor at the Truck.

Need more than a dozen? Please call or e-mail your order at least 24 hours in advance.

Gobble! Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We're truly thankful for your warm reception of our little business and we hope to keep baking you our delicious cupcakes for many holidays to come.

Some new photos

Before and after cupcake delivery. Can you tell which is which?



It's been a while since we had the chance to take photos. We've been a little bit busy.

But you can take and send us your Cupcake Truck photos. We'd love to have them. Thanks Shavonne (hope your birthday was memorable), Joi (thanks for your call to WPLR about us) and the rest of the DOT gang for your business and your kindness last week.

Thanksgiving Week Schedule & Menu

Hello Cupcake Truckers, wondering what's happening this week at The Cupcake Truck? Here's the scoop:

Monday - Wednesday – We'll be making door-to-door cupcake deliveries.

Also Wednesday — We hope to be on Faith Middleton's Food Schmooze on NPR. So tune in on your radio or online. UPDATE: We hope to be on the show on 12/10. Stay tuned for more.

Turkey Thursday – We will not be parked and yes, we will be stuffing ourselves silly.

Friday - The Truck will park. So if you haven't had the chance to catch us cause you usually have to do stuff...like work :)...here's your chance. Bring your friends and family from out of town. Introduce them to your Cupcake Truck. Boast. Brag. Make them wish they lived in New Haven. Okay, well at least stop by and treat them to a cupcake. Oh, also you can help us decide where to park on Friday. We're hoping that with most people off of work there'll be lots of prime parking Downtown but you never know. Vote for a Cupcake Truck Stop now.

Also Friday – You could win a dozen "Free Red Velvets". Check the blog for the winning ticket.

Happy Birthday Phil

Best wishes from The Cupcake Truck.

Thanks Nancy and Natalie for thinking of us.

The Truck does not park on weekends

You can still get our fresh-baked cupcakes.

Check our daily cupcake menu (on the upper right of this blog) place your orders for delivery for next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday by e-mailing us at: baker@followthatcupcake.com

Have a great weekend.

The Truck won't park today. We're delivering cupcakes!

Order yours today for next week. We will be baking next Monday through Wednesday and we'll be debuting one of our limited-availability seasonal flavors — Cranberry Upside-Down But Oh-So-Right Cupcakes. We might (might!) even park the Truck one day next week. Stay tuned to the blog for more.

NEXT WEEK'S MENU

MONDAY
Cupcakes - Cranberry Upside-Down, Vanilla, Chocolate & Red Velvet
Toppings - Vanilla, Chocolate, White Chocolate Cream Cheese

TUESDAY
Cupcakes - Cranberry Upside Down, Sweet Potato, Chocolate & Red Velvet
Toppings - Vanilla, Chocolate, White Chocolate Cream Cheese

WEDNESDAY
Cupcakes - Cranberry Upside Down, Cupcakes, Caramel, Chocolate & Red Velvet
Toppings - Vanilla, Chocolate, White Choc. Cream Cheese, Caramel

Remember, orders have to be in at least a day ahead of time as we have a very limited supply available for day-of orders.

Stay warm all you wonderful Cupcake Truckers!

We're making cupcake deliveries - Order today!

Need a sweet break at work? Want to surprise the hubby, wife or kids after dinner? Need something other than the same old Thanksgiving pumpkin/sweet-potato pie?

Order your cupcakes today!

The Truck won't park today - We deliver!

As we said yesterday, it's now a bit too cold to peddle our yummy, fresh-baked cupcakes from our big, old Truck. But now you can get a dozen or more cupcakes delivered to your door. Simply e-mail your order at least 24 hours in advance to: baker@followthatcupcake.com

We will be accepting a limited number of day-of orders, but we need to receive your order by 10am.

Thanks to all the people who've placed an order. We hope you enjoy your free cupcake and good luck in our "Free Red Velvets" Giveaway. We'll post the lucky winner's ticket number on this blog next Friday.

Stay warm!

Delivery starts Wednesday - Caramel Day

Hello Cupcake Truckers,

Brrrr! Now that it's cold outside, WE WILL NOT BE PARKING THE TRUCK downtown as we did over the past few months. Instead, as we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we're starting our Cupcake Delivery and we want to keep this post sweet and simple so that it's as easy as possible for you to get your cupcake fix. Here's how we'd like it to work:

1) You (or you and your co-workers) order a DOZEN or more cupcakes.

2) Choose from our DAILY MENU (see main page of this blog). If you need another flavor not on the daily menu, we ask that you order a dozen or more.

3) Order at least a DAY IN ADVANCE. We can only accept a limited number of "day-of" orders

4) You can pay with credit card, check or cash (correct change would be great)

5) As a special brib...um...incentive...anyone who orders cupcakes for delivery over the next week will be entered to WIN A DOZEN FREE CUPCAKES. Red Velvet Jones with White Chocolate Cream Cheese. Because that's what so many of you told us you love. And from now through the end of November, when you order 12 cupcakes, you'll get a baker's dozen. That's 13. That's a whole entire FREE CUPCAKE!

Place your ORDER TODAY FOR TOMORROW and keep those orders coming!


PLEASE NOTE:
Orders will be taken on a first-come, first served basis and we will call or e-mail you to confirm your order or let you know if we are not able to fill it.

Our DELIVERY FEE will be $3 for deliveries anywhere in Downtown New Haven, $10 within a 10-mile of New Haven and $15 to Fairfield counties and other nearby areas outside New Haven.

In case you're wondering if the Truck will be out during the winter months, the answer is yes. We do plan to come out occasionally when the weather is nice and will let you know ahead of time when this will happen.

Want to win cupcakes?

Some of you may remember our grand opening promotion giving away a dozen cupcakes. Well we're doing it again very soon. More deets to come this week.

The Truck doesn't park on weekends or Mondays

See you on Tuesday!

It's Friday 11/14 and we'll be parked Downtown

Today we are doing a small event with the New Haven Convention & Visitors Bureau and Market New Haven. (Thanks for thinking of us guys. We look forward to helping you sell this city as a great place to visit).

Anyhow, that means....drumroll please...we'll be parking DOWNTOWN! That's right all you center-city New Haveners(ites?) who've been asking/begging/cajoling/pleading with us to come Downtown, today is your day.

And. I said AND. If that's not good enough we have Caramel! Do we love you or what?

LOCATION
Chapel St. (near the Temple St. intersection) – 1:30 to 4:30/5 pm or till we sell out

CHOOSE A CUPCAKE ($2)
Chocolate Ruin
Red Velvet Jones
Loco Coconut
Salted Caramel

TOP IT OFF
Vanilla Frosting
Caramel Frosting (you gotta try it with fleur de sel)
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Frosting
Any Frosting Shot ($1)

ADD SOME EXTRAS
Sprinkles (Rainbow or Chocolate) (25¢)
Toasted Nuts (25¢)
Coconut Flakes (25¢)
Oreo Bits (25¢)
M&M Bits (25¢)
Cocoa Nibs (50¢)
Fleur de Sel (50¢)
Organic Candied Flower (75¢)
Edible Gold Flakes ($1)

CALL US
203-675-3965
Please note that we are not always able to answer the phone while we are in the kitchen or truck, but we will return your call as soon as we can.

SPECIAL ORDERS
Orders of a dozen cupcakes of fewer will be filled at the truck. For orders of a dozen, please note there is a 4 cupcake maximum per flavor.

For orders of more than a dozen, please call us at least 24 hours in advance. We will do our best to fill any large order but ask that you order each flavor by the dozen.

Can the Truck come to me? And other q's.

We receive lots of phone calls, e-mails, faxes with comments, questions and orders and we'd love to be able to respond to all of them (really!), but we simply can't at the moment. Especially not in the mornings which is when we do our baking (that way you get 'em fresh).

BUT we are working quickly to change things and we wanted to take a few minutes out of our "crazy morning time" to answer a few q's that may be on your mind:

Q) I placed an order/requested the Truck for an event (yesterday, last week, two weeks ago etc.) and haven't heard from you. What's the deal?

A) Orders are filled on a first come, first served basis and up until now, we've only been able to get back to you if we can fill your order.

Q I understand but I still think you should call or e-mail me to let me know you can't fill my order.

A) We agree and are working on solving this right now. In fact, we have a plan that we think will allow us to start responding within a day or two to every single person who contacts us starting next week. For the rest of this week and for those of you who've been waiting on a reply up till now, we're asking you to please continue to be patient as we grow. If we haven't filled an order for you yet, we hope you will try us again.

Q) Can you come Downtown? To Science Park? To Wallingford? To Hartford?

A) We've worked hard to pick the two locations we currently visit and it's simply not possible for us to be everywhere we'd like to be. Parking is one reason. Distance, another. That said, the cupcake delivery phase of our business, which will start soon (once it's too cold for us to be in the Truck and for you to wait on line), will hopefully enable us to get you your cupcakes wherever you are in the New Haven vicinity. Or you can e-mail us about renting the Truck to come to your home or office for an event.

Q) How much is it to rent the Truck for an event?

A) We will be posting our rental rates/process/policies later this week and will have them on the website very soon as well. Stay tuned.

Q) Will the Truck be out for Thanksgiving?

A) No. The Truck will not park on Thanksgiving or the day after. We will do our best to fill your orders (a dozen or more cupcakes) during the days before and after the holiday. Again, this will be done on a first come, first served basis.

That's it for now. More Q&A's to come later.

Thursday at The Cupcake Truck

Neither rain nor weariness...Yes, we will park today and we hope to see you. Nothing like a little sugary-sunshine on a dark, damp, dreary day, right?

LOCATION
Sachem St. (Hillhouse Ave. intersection) – 12:30 to 3:00 pm (or till we sell out)
Cedar St. (York St. intersection) – 3:30 to 5:00 pm (or till we sell out)

CHOOSE A CUPCAKE ($2)
Chocolate Ruin
Red Velvet Jones
Hummingbird

TOP IT OFF
Vanilla Frosting
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Frosting

ADD SOME EXTRAS
Sprinkles (Rainbow or Chocolate) (25¢)
Toasted Nuts (25¢)
Coconut Flakes (25¢)
Oreo Bits (25¢)
M&M Bits (25¢)
Cocoa Nibs (50¢)
Fleur de Sel (50¢)
Organic Candied Flower (75¢)
Edible Gold Flakes ($1)

CALL US
203-675-3965
Please note that we are not always able to answer the phone while we are in the kitchen or truck, but we will return your call as soon as we can.

SPECIAL ORDERS
Orders of a dozen cupcakes of fewer will be filled at the truck. For orders of a dozen, please note there is a 4 cupcake maximum per flavor.

For orders of more than a dozen, please call us at least 24 hours in advance. We will do our best to fill any large order but ask that you order each flavor by the dozen.

Wednesday's Menu & Schedule

LOCATION
Sachem St. (Hillhouse Ave. intersection) – 12:30 to 3:00 pm or until we sell out
Cedar St. (York St. intersection) – 3:30 to 5:00 pm or until we sell out

CHOOSE A CUPCAKE ($2)
Chocolate Ruin
Red Velvet Jones
Salted Caramel

TOP IT OFF
Vanilla Frosting
Chocolate Frosting
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Caramel Frosting (Try it with a sprinkle of fleur de sel)
Any Frosting Shot ($1)

ADD SOME EXTRAS
Sprinkles (Rainbow or Chocolate) (25¢)
Toasted Nuts (25¢)
Coconut Flakes (25¢)
Oreo Bits (25¢)
M&M Bits (25¢)
Cocoa Nibs (50¢)
Fleur de Sel (50¢)
Organic Candied Flower (75¢)
Edible Gold Flakes ($1)

CALL US
203-675-3965
Please note that we are not always able to answer the phone while we are in the kitchen or truck, but we will return your call as soon as we can.

SPECIAL ORDERS
Orders of a dozen cupcakes of fewer will be filled at the truck. For orders of a dozen, please note there is a 4 cupcake maximum per flavor.

For orders of more than a dozen, please call us at least 24 hours in advance. We will do our best to fill any large order but ask that you order each flavor by the dozen.

We love change!

Single dollars! Quarters! You got 'em and they're a big help in the Truck. So bring 'em with you when you stop by for your cupcakes.

Tuesday 11/11 (Veterans' Day) at the Truck

Got the day off? Lucky you! Come visit the Truck and try our cupcakes.

LOCATION
Sachem St. (Hillhouse Ave. intersection) – 12:15 to 3:00 pm or till we sell out
Cedar St. (near York St. intersection) – 3:15 to 5:00 pm or till we sell out

CHOOSE A CUPCAKE ($2)
Chocolate Ruin
Red Velvet Jones
Sweet Potato Pecan

TOP IT OFF
Vanilla Frosting
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Frosting
Any Frosting Shot ($1)

ADD SOME EXTRAS
Sprinkles (Rainbow or Chocolate) (25¢)
Toasted Nuts (25¢)
Coconut Flakes (25¢)
Oreo Bits (25¢)
M&M Bits (25¢)
Cocoa Nibs (50¢)
Fleur de Sel (50¢)
Organic Candied Flower (75¢)
Edible Gold Flakes ($1)

CALL US
203-675-3965
Please note that we are not always able to answer the phone while we are in the kitchen or truck, but we will return your call as soon as we can.

SPECIAL ORDERS
Orders of a dozen cupcakes of fewer will be filled at the truck. For orders of a dozen, please note there is a 4 cupcake maximum per flavor.

For orders of more than a dozen, please call us at least 24 hours in advance. We will do our best to fill any large order but ask that you order each flavor by the dozen.

The Truck does not park on Mondays

See you tomorrow!

Oops! We'll be on Cedar St. at 3:45

We forgot to add time for restocking and making our way through traffic in a very old truck.

We hope to see you there.

Friday at the Truck

LOCATION
Sachem St. (Hillhouse Ave. intersection) – 12:15 to 3:00 pm or till we sell out
Cedar St. (as close to York St. intersection as we can get) – 3:00 to 4:00 pm or till we sell out

CHOOSE A CUPCAKE ($2)
Chocolate Ruin
Red Velvet Jones
Loco Coconut
Hummingbird

TOP IT OFF
Vanilla Frosting
Caramel Frosting
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Frosting
Any Frosting Shot ($1)

ADD SOME EXTRAS
Sprinkles (Rainbow or Chocolate) (25¢)
Toasted Nuts (25¢)
Coconut Flakes (25¢)
Oreo Bits (25¢)
M&M Bits (25¢)
Cocoa Nibs (50¢)
Fleur de Sel (50¢)
Organic Candied Flower (75¢)
Edible Gold Flakes ($1)

CALL US
203-675-3965
Please note that we are not always able to answer the phone while we are in the kitchen or truck, but we will return your call as soon as we can.

SPECIAL ORDERS
Orders of a dozen cupcakes of fewer will be filled at the truck. For orders of a dozen, please note there is a 4 cupcake maximum per flavor.

For orders of more than a dozen, please call us at least 24 hours in advance. We will do our best to fill any large order but ask that you order each flavor by the dozen.

The Truck will not park Thursday

We are catering an event that we agreed to do at the last minute. We'll see you tomorrow and we might just have Hummingbird. Stay tuned.

See you tomorrow Sachem St. Cedar Stt. here we come

We're back! Today at The Cupcake Truck

LOCATION
Sachem St. (Hillhouse Ave. intersection) – 12:30 to 3:00 pm
Cedar St. (York St. intersection) – 3:30 to 5:30 pm

CHOOSE A CUPCAKE ($2)
Chocolate Ruin
Red Velvet Jones
Salted Caramel

TOP IT OFF
Vanilla Frosting
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Caramel Frosting
Any Frosting Shot ($1)

ADD SOME EXTRAS
Sprinkles (Rainbow or Chocolate) (25¢)
Toasted Nuts (25¢)
Coconut Flakes (25¢)
Oreo Bits (25¢)
M&M Bits (25¢)
Cocoa Nibs (50¢)
Fleur de Sel (50¢)
Organic Candied Flower (75¢)
Edible Gold Flakes ($1)

CALL US
203-675-3965
Please note that we are not always able to answer the phone while we are in the kitchen or truck, but we will return your call as soon as we can.

SPECIAL ORDERS
Orders of a dozen cupcakes of fewer will be filled at the truck. For orders of a dozen, please note there is a 4 cupcake maximum per flavor.

For orders of more than a dozen, please call us at least 24 hours in advance. We will do our best to fill any large order but ask that you order each flavor by the dozen.

Ready for cupcake delivery?

We're almost ready, too, so we wanted to give you an idea of how it will work.

1) We will deliver a dozen or more cupcakes to your home or office in Downtown New Haven, the New Haven metro area and certain areas outside New Haven county (please ask if your area is included).

2) If you need fewer than a dozen cupcakes, we ask that you pool your smaller order for 1 or 2 cupcakes together with your co-workers or neighbors (it's the season for sharing and bonding!)

3) For orders up to 2 dozen cupcakes, our delivery fee will be $3 (c'mon! that's just 25 cents if you're pitching in with 11 other people). For larger orders and orders outside New Haven, the fee will still be $10.

4) Place your order at least 24 hours in advance. We will accept orders on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis. There will be a LIMITED amount of cupcakes available for those last-minute I-need-a-dozen-for-client/party/bribe-today orders but we can't guarantee these will last very long. We will do our best to get back to you to confirm your order or to let you know if we won't be able to fill it.

5) To expedite the cupcake dropoff process and ensure that you can enjoy your goodies as quickly as possible, we ask that you pay by credit card whenever possible (we will deliver your receipt along with your cupcakes) OR have your cash ready. Oh, and exact change would be really helpful.

6) As far as cupcake flavors, we will follow the same schedule we've been using over the past couple of months so you will be able to choose from the flavors available on your delivery day, much as you choose from what is available at the Truck each day.

Mon: Ultimate Vanilla, Chocolate Ruin, Red Velvet Jones

Tue: Sweet Potato Pecan, Chocolate Ruin, Red Velvet Jones

Wed: Salted Caramel, Chocolate Ruin, Red Velvet Jones

Thu: Hummingbird, Chocolate Ruin, Red Velvet Jones

Fri: Loco Coconut, Lemon Meringue, Chocolate Ruin, Red Velvet Jones

These will be posted on our website and blog along with any new items that we may add.

What else? We're probably forgetting something. Hopefully this post answers some of your initial questions but we are happy to give you more information via e-mail or phone.

In the meantime, keep checking our blog and watch for cupcake delivery starting mid-November!

"It's Election week. I need my cupcakes!"

We hear you. So we'll get right to the point.

Yes. The Truck WILL park this week from Wednesday to Friday.

We know it's sort of cruel and unusual punishment to make you wait a week to satisfy your cupcake cravings, especially when so many of you have told us that we've changed things. Elevated your standards and made it impossible for you to raid the office vending machine because your taste buds will no longer settle for Twinkies and other mass produced "baked goods." We do understand but there was much work to be done you understand.

You'd be amazed how much does not get done while you while away the hours of your day baking and chatting with folks about baking. For instance, you forget all about that whole taking-down-the-fall-
clothes-and-putting-away-the summer-ones thing. Until it's suddenly 40 degrees and your fingers are freezing along with your luscious Chocolate Ganache.

Anyway, the point is. In between filling orders, planning for our next phase and traveling out of the country, we've tried to steal some desperately needed time to get real life stuff done. How'd it go? We love our t-shirts but now we have sweaters and long underwear to wear with them :)

Okay, okay, on to the rest of the stuff you really want to know.

Yes. We will continue to take/fill orders for PICK UP ONLY at the truck during the week (LIMITED deliveries on weekends) as long as the truck is parked.

Yes. We will do our very best to return your e-mails, calls and queries in as timely a manner as possible.

Yes. We will have holiday gift cards that we think your friends, family and coworkers will love.

Yes. We will soon start selling our t-shirts and other fun promotional stuff.

Yes. We will have all your favorites (love that Hummingbird!) and add a new item or two to our menu. Think pumpkins. Maple. Spice.

Yes. We will soon start making cupcake deliveries so you won't have to stand out in the cold.

Have a happy Monday!