Dessertbuzz | Baked by Butterfield: First look at the baked doughnut shop on the Upper East Side

Baked by Butterfield: First look at the baked doughnut shop on the Upper East Side

02 Apr 2012, Posted by Niko in Baked by Butterfield, Reviews

Salted caramel baked doughnut--the favorite of expert doughnut taster

The Times may have beaten us to the punch with a piece on Baked by Butterfield, but DessertBuzz brought something to the table that Flo Fab didn’t–a ten-year-old doughnut expert–who was hungry. Baked by Butterfield opened this past Thursday and we stopped by yesterday afternoon for a first look. We were impressed by how fine-tuned the shop was and how many different options were available on their first opening weekend.

Meyer lemon meringue doughnut

There are many advantages to having a ten-year-old on the DessertBuzz team for this review. 1) He was able to try more than a half dozen doughnuts at once 2) His opinions are not easily influenced by others 3) Eating doughnuts with a ten-year-old reminds you why eating desserts is fun.

Olive oil and thyme

Our first challenge was trying to decide on what doughnuts to order–there were over twenty different varieties of baked doughnuts available this Sunday at 3:00 p.m. We started out with a Ceylonese cinnamon, Meyer lemon meringue, olive oil thyme, salted caramel, triple chocolate, red velvet and Boston creme. All the doughnuts we tried were $3.00 except for the Meyer lemon meringue which was $3.75.

Ceylonese cinnamon

Our ten-year old expert happily munched through the first batch and announced that the salted caramel was his favorite because “it was sweet but then the salt and sweet together made the sweet even better!”. He also said that the [Ceylonese] cinnamon was a close second.

Banana chocolate chip

My two favorites were the salted caramel and olive oil thyme the latter of which was slightly more moist and less sweet since it had no frosting.

Mini--jelly-doughnuts $1.50

Our group enjoyed all the doughnuts we tried. We didn’t sample any of the mini-doughnuts such as the jelly ($1.50) but they looked good and would be well-suited for a quick snack.

Gluten-free

There was even a gluten-free doughnut. Will Vegan doughnuts be next?

Specialty mini-spork for doughnut sharing

A rating from Dept. of Health and "A-rating" from Flo Fab on opening weekend

Happiness for a new food business in New York City is an “A” rating from Department of Health and “A-rating” from Flo Fab from the New York Times–all on opening weekend.