Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend!
Here are some pics from yesterday at the Williamsburg Flea Market. It turned out being a great change of scenery and a really fun market. It's definitely a lot smaller than the Brooklyn Market, and has a much more Williamsburg vibe. Take for example the dj booth fit with a disco ball, lounge chairs, and the drink tickets for beer with every $1 cupcake you buy.
Hope to see you next weekend!
We've decided to shake things up a bit this 4th of July weekend and head back to where it all began....Williamsburg. I've yet to actually wander over to the brand new Williamsburg Flea market, but i've heard great things (not to mention it's only a few blocks from my humble abode!). That's why Kumquat Cupcakery will be setting up shop this Sunday July 5th!
So when your done with your bloody mary's from Relish, just wander down a few blocks to pick up a box of Stawberry, Red Velvet and Chocolate Blueberry Cupcakes, grill up a hot dog or two, listen to dj's spin, and hang out next to the beer and wine bar till that hang over is non-existant.
And of course, don't forget the Brooklyn Flea over in Fort Green!! We'll be set up there all day Saturday July 4th supplying you with beautiful boxes of red, white, and blueberry cupcakes, so you can be the most popular guest at your 4th of July party!
See ya this weekend!
xox
Keavy
Greenspaces, where I do my baking, has updated their site to include information on their kitchen space. If you're interested in starting up your own specialty food business this is a great, very reasonably priced location. Just tell them Keavy sent ya.....Check it out! 
I had way too much fun yesterday at the curry takedown. It was such a beautiful day, and the setting was absolutely perfect. Gorging myself on curry and beer at 1pm is my kinda Sunday.
Matt Timms helps set up the contestants set up their stations
soooo many yummy dishes. My favorites included a noodle thai curry from Melissa at Forkthis.blogspot.com and a Japanese dish that consisted of fried bacon topped with a green curry and pickles.
All finished up and writing down the final results.
The Timms....Zoe & Matt announcing the winners. To see who got to take home all the prices check out the Chili Takedown website.In celebration of his new spot at Greenspaces, Scott Ballum of Sheepless Co. hired Kumquat Cupcakery to cater his welcoming party this last Thursday. Scotts company is "interested in the intersection of creativity and social responsibilty as it applies to design, consumerism, and personal choice."
Free cupcakes and delicious red wine = my kinda party
Chocolate Peanut Butter
Zoe Timms of Womens Education Project enjoying a Red Velvet cupcake
Thanks Scott! I wish you tons of success!Speaking of Matt Timms, he's throwing yet another Takedown, and this time instead of participating, he's asked me to be one of the Judges! Fun! The theme this time round is curry, and all proceeds go to support the Women's Education Project.
Curry Takedown
June 14th @ 1pm
Loki Lounge
304 5th ave Brooklyn
Hope to see you there!
Keavy
I was approached the other day by Zoe Timms (the sister of Matt Timms who you might remember from a little thing called the Bacon Takedown) about photographing some of my cupcakes. Zoe owns her own non profit organization at Greenspaces, but is trying her hand at photography. I think they turned out pretty well! Check it out....
xo
Keavy
Ladies and Gentleman,
I would like to introduce you to Kumquat's newest cupcake.....
It's a vanilla cake with chocolate ganache filling, milk chocolate frosting & topped with Nunu Chocolate's chocolate covered cocoa nibs. oohhhh man, this one is yummy.
Along with this cupcake we'll have Red Velvet & Pb banana honey. Stop by!
Fort Green Market
10am-5pm
Saturday
The market yesterday was absolutely beautiful! Big thank you's to everyone who stopped by! The coffee caramel bourbon cupcakes finally made an appearance, and were a big hit. The over all consensus was that they remind people of waffles and coffee.....hmmm....that wasn't my intention, but I like it!
Betsy of Salvatore Brooklyn takes a break from her long day of sandwich making to try one of the caramel bourbon cupcakes .
After watching the lovely ladies of S.B. spread ricotta on baguettes all day long, I gave in and bought some. My main focus may be in sweets, but there's huge place in my heart, and stomach, for cheese.....and this stuff is sooo good.
Fresh bread, cheese, salt, pepper, and olive oil....you really can't go wrong.If you remember, I had the honor of catering a wedding about a month ago at the New Leaf Cafe WAY uptown. I was just told by the bride herself that it's been featured on Brooklyn Bride this week. Here is the write up on Kumquat, along with a few of the images by the photographer Kimberly Hurst....
"Cupcakes:
For dessert we had mini cupcakes from Kumquat Cupcakery. We happened upon them at the Brooklyn Flea last year and I made a mental note, must get them for the wedding! Keavy is the owner/baker and she’s awesome. Her cupcakes are just too cute, bite size and the perfect balance of cake to frosting ratio. The cake is moist and delicious, the frosting is perfect, not too sweet, not too buttery, just right. By far the best cupcakes I’ve ever had. She set up all 300 cupcakes and the presentation was amazing. She has great flavor combinations, some seasonal ones, but will also create custom flavors for you on request."
This was such a beautiful set up of cupcakes for a mid May wedding. Lots of fun colorful flavor choices. I love the green and pinks.
Keavy
My good friend Jessica Duffet has teamed up with my old boss Aurora Robson from Lumenhouse to create an amazing Chelsea worthy art opening right off the JMZ. The show is called “Euphoric Recall,” after a piece in the show by Lillian Kingery.
A couple weeks ago I got the really fun experience of getting interviewed for Hey Brooklyn, a podcast dedicated to interviewing "small creative business living and working in the borough." It was a lot of fun, and I even share my scandalous story about how I came up with the name Kumquat Cupcakery. oh la la! ;)
To listen click HERE
<3
Keavy
Here's a set up from a wedding we catered last Saturday. I was a little nervous about the heat, but under the shade of the trees the cupcakes seemed to hold up perfectly. The wedding was held waaaaay uptown, around 190th st., at New Leaf Cafe. A beautiful restaurant placed right smack dab in Fort Tryon Park.
Keavy
It was so awesome being back at the Flea this Saturday. The weather was beautiful, and if felt like a big family reunion getting to see everyone I grew to love so much last year.
And OMG, those grilled cheese sandwiches with spicy pickles?! What? How good were those?? Happy to have the new cheese man on board!
Keavy
I just realized I forgot to post these awesome pictures from Easter. Here's a glimpse of Kumquat's Easter boxes being built.
It's been fun hearing about where these boxes were delivered after they left our table at the dumbo market.
Keavy
SATURDAY - The Fort Green Market is back in business baby, and from the looks of weather.com, it's supposed to be BEAUTIFUL! Come hide in the shade of our bright orange tent and munch on some strawberry cupcakes. mmm.
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden has asked us to come up with some new cupcakes inspired by the blooming of the cherry blossom. awwww. It's going to be so darn pretty. Definitely stop by and take a look.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Celebrates Its Cherry Blossoms with Brooklyn Flea, L’Occitane en Provence, Matsuri, and Lucky Wang!
Brooklyn Flea
For the first time, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is teaming up with the wildly successful Brooklyn Flea in the creation of a limited-edition Sakura Set, rendering the beauty of BBG’s blossoms in handcrafted goods sold throughout the Flea. Brooklyn Flea features 150+ vendors of vintage furniture, clothing, collectibles and antiques, as well as new jewelry, art and crafts by local artisans, plus delicious food. For the Sakura Set, five handpicked Flea vendors will offer a special selection of wares commissioned by BBG and created using the Garden’s flowering cherries as inspiration. The vendors were selected for their high quality and innovative sensibilities, and each will create something totally original sure to enchant Flea-goers.
The Sakura Set will be available only on Brooklyn Flea’s outdoor kickoff day in Fort Greene on Saturday, April 18 and the following Saturday, April 25, for visitors to purchase prior to the Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom festival at BBG on May 2 and 3. The Flea vendors are:
· Bonbon Oiseau – jewelry and hair adornments
· Kumquat Cupcakery – inventive miniature cupcakes
· Kimono Lily – vintage kimono and accessories
· Foxy and Winston – letterpress stationery and limited-edition prints
· Osborn Design – whimsical fabric squirrels
Eric Demby, cofounder of Brooklyn Flea, noted “The Flea is tickled pink to ‘bloom’ in Fort Greene for its second season—and to mark our return by partnering with Brooklyn Botanic Garden!” Photos of the vendors’ wares—as well as behind-the-scenes images of the Sakura Collection as it is being created—are available by emailing kateblumm@bbg.org .
xoMy good friend, and amazing photographer, Seth Olenick took this hilarious photo as part of a series he's been working on focusing on Comedians. I believe this to be a caramel bourbon cupcake.....
xo
Keavy
YAY! This weekend at the market we're selling limited edition 6 pack egg cartons filled with a delicious mix of colorful spring time cupcakes!
FlavorsAnd I'm WAY excited about it. Scrap the bacon cupcakes (pun intended) and put your pastel booties on, because Kumquat Cupcakery is going all out this Easter. Stop by the Dumbo market (81 Front st. Brooklyn) this Saturday and Sunday to get your hands on the cutest darn cupcakes this side of the hudson river. 
I'm going to have more than my usual 3 flavors, and will be showcasing the Springtime-Summer line up. Exciting!!!
See you all there!
Keavy
Kumquat Cupcakery's Bacon Cupcakes got 2nd Place Judges pick!!! ow ow! Right behind the guy who actually cured his own bacon......okay, i'll take that.
Last night was CRAZY! 30 different bacon dishes, 400+ people, and 32oz mugs of beer. oy. If you'll excuse me, I need a nap.
Here's the video Good Morning America did of last nights Bacon Takedown. Seeing everything shoved into a 2 min video definitely doesn't do the night justice. *sigh* It's still fun to watch though, and I love seeing the news anchors reactions to the bacon sweets.
Let me tell ya....I don't give these morning shows enough credit, waking up at 5am for the past few mornings is starting to wear on me! More coffee please!
xo
Keavy
I'll be bringing these bad boys to the DUMBO market Saturday and Sunday, so go get um!!
I had a hard time embedding the video from their site, so just click on the picture and it will lead you to the real deal. fun!
xoxoxo
Keavy
Go grab a copy of The Post today, or check out the article online, to read about the NY bacon craze, and also take a look at yummy new Bacon cupcakes!!
If you can't make it to the Takedown, the cupcakes are going to be featured this Saturday and Sunday at the DUMBO flea market (81 Front st. @ Washington st. Brooklyn, NY).
Hope to see you there!!!
Keavy
I might have googled myself and found this great little write up, and adorable pictures in "A smart mouth" about our little cupcakery. Thanks Anjuli!
I just got word that Kumquat Cupcakery has officially been added to the list of competitors in the Bacon takedown!!! Apparently, we were able to woo over the organizer Matt Timms with our fancy video blogging. sweet. 
I am now on the search for the perfect bacon to add the to cupcakes......stay tuned.....
This past weekend Kumquat Cupcakery was invited by 303Grand to be the sponsor for their Grand Opening Flavor Tripping party. After reading about the flavor tripping berry HERE, I got so excited I decided to throw the normal cupcakes out the window and make some that might be fun to those under the influence of the berry.
Pickle cupcakes w/ salt and vinigar potato chips were a crowd favorite
Some of them actually worked and some were just.....interesting. Overall it was definitely a success, and I had so much fun making them. I've even been craving some of the combinations all week....the pickled bell pepper and tabasco cupcake was amazing!
