Butter Lane is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

1. Butter Lane

8.3
123 E 7th St (btwn 1st & A), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · East Village · 167 tips and reviews

Abigail W.Abigail Wright: Become a fan on Facebook while visiting the shop and get a free frosting shot! Amazing cupcakes, and they deliver all over Manhattan for a small charge. Ask for their special alcohol-induced cupcake! Read more.

Esther L.Esther Leibel: The cupcakes are deliciously fluffly and the frosting is soft and fresh. I loved chocolate and sea salt frosting on the chocolate cupcake.

Roxxan H.Roxxan Hanson: Their season chocolate raspberry frosting is to die for!!! Best cupcake I've had in quite a while.

Sugar Sweet Sunshine is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

2. Sugar Sweet Sunshine

8.4
126 Rivington St (btwn Essex & Norfolk), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · Lower East Side · 248 tips and reviews

JaimeJaime: Chocolate almond frosting, yum! Also, $1.50 per cupcake... awesome!!

Karin R.Karin Rendelman: Black and white just right...strawberry cupcakes with punt butter icing...sunshine cupcakes...strawberry with cream cheese icing...I love them all<3 And the staff...uber sexy haha!!

Renee D.Renee DiResta: Get the pumpkin spice cupcake with cream cheese frosting.

Molly's Cupcakes is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

3. Molly's Cupcakes

8.9
228 Bleecker St (at Carmine St), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · West Village · 254 tips and reviews

Wei V.Wei Vayn: Try the Mini Vanilla Cupcake With Vanilla Frosting - Very moist. Love the frosting. It was cream cheese frosting on the sweeter side. :) the lady was super friendly.

Mike C.Mike Chau: Try the Peanut Butter Nutella cupcake - Peanut butter cake topped with Nutella frosting and filled with Nutella

Serious EatsSerious Eats: The Crème Brûlée cupcake is a standout, outfitted with a glorious caramelized sugar top in place of frosting. Take that first bite and out oozes cool vanilla bean custard.

Magnolia Bakery is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

4. Magnolia Bakery

8.7
200 Columbus Ave (at W 69th St), New York, NY
Bakery · Lincoln Square · 280 tips and reviews

Bloomingdale'sBloomingdale's: The bakery that began the cupcake craze is still the best. We suspect it’s the lick-your-fingers-to-get-the-last-bit-of-butter-cream frostings and fillings. They do a mean banana pudding too.

Stephanie S.Stephanie S.: red velvet! or basic vanilla with the chocolate frosting. deeelish!

Sara S.Sara States: Magnolia is my favorite bakery and this is my favorite magnolia. Banana pudding is the ultimate dessert. The buttercream frosting on the cupcakes is perfect. AND the people who work here are so sweet.

Billy's Bakery is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

5. Billy's Bakery

8.1
184 9th Ave (btw 21st & 22nd St), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · Chelsea · 209 tips and reviews

Charley M.Charley Ma: Banana cupcakes with cream cheese frosting is amazing. Red velvet is aite

Bron H.Bron Holmes: I ordered a custom tiered banana cake with cream cheese frosting for birthday party and it was delicious!!! Staff are also very friendly and helpful.

Bron H.Bron Holmes: I ordered a custom tiered banana cake with cream cheese frosting for birthday party and it was delicious!!! Staff are also very friendly.

Magnolia Bakery is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

6. Magnolia Bakery

8.6
401 Bleecker St (at W 11th St), New York, NY
Bakery · West Village · 436 tips and reviews

Margie S.Margie Shoop: This is a "must" - awesome moist and the "best" frostings on these amazing and varied cupcakes flavors. Priced very reasonably.

CANDY @.CANDY @digital_sweet: Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting is yummy. Especially after Brunch on a sunny afternoon walk.

Diane G.Diane Gauld: my favorite cupcakes especially the frosting:)

Buttercup Bake Shop is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

7. Buttercup Bake Shop

8.4
973 2nd Ave (btwn E 51st & E 52nd), New York, NY
Bakery · Turtle Bay · 71 tips and reviews

KarenKaren: Cupcakes (vanilla/vanilla frosting; vanilla/chocolate frosting; red velvet) & brownies are out of this world!

Let's GoLet's Go: Best Place in NY to Relive Elementary School. Especially with their legendary chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting! They serve cakes, cheesecakes, pies, and other desserts too! Read more.

Jany X.Jany Xu: The cake is mediocre but the buttercream frosting is the best frosting I've ever had. Seriously.

Sprinkles is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

8. Sprinkles

8.5
780 Lexington Avenue (btwn E 60th & E 61st St), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · Upper East Side · 199 tips and reviews

CANDY @.CANDY @digital_sweet: Sprinkles red velvet with cream cheese frosting is the best ever, Amen! I rated Sprinkles as the best NYC cupcakes @ www.getamen.com

Chrissy B.Chrissy B: Favorites: Pumpkin, Carrot and Strawberry. But I just tried the Raspberry and OMG its mind blowing! And I dont even like raspberries!! A lil too much frosting though. I always wipe some off

Ruby D.Ruby De la Garza: Red velvet is a must, the frosting is by far the best I've tasted before! The service is great and the ATM cupcake one of a kind!

Erin McKenna's Bakery is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

9. Erin McKenna's Bakery

7.7
248 Broome St (at Ludlow St), New York, NY
Bakery · Lower East Side · 159 tips and reviews

Jen L.Jen Lee: Their cookie sandwiches are the star here. Try the chocolate cookie sandwich with strawberry and mint frosting. The cupcakes are decent too. And vegan-friendly.

Marisa F.Marisa Frank: Frosting, you can ask for frosting on everything, it's worth the little bit extra!!

JPJP: Even if you don't get a cupcake, get a shot of frosting...also a cookie and chocolate chip mini donut Read more.

Schmackary's is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

10. Schmackary's

8.7
362 W 45th St (at 9th Ave), New York, NY
Bakery · Hell's Kitchen · 287 tips and reviews

Nancy C.Nancy Chen: Such a cute place. I love the red velvet cookie complete with a cream cheese frosting. Def recommend it for the sweet teeth out there.

Tasting TableTasting Table: Dunk sugar-bomb cookies (such as the Cookies & Cream made with dark cocoa powder, white chocolate, Oreo pieces and vanilla buttercream frosting) in chilled milk or hot coffee until midnight here: Read more.

Liz C.Liz Choy: The Maple Bacon cookie was pretty awesome, a perfect balance of sweet and salty. The Red Velvet cookie was a little too sweet for my liking, with frosting and chocolate chips.

Little Cupcake Bakeshop is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

11. Little Cupcake Bakeshop

8.4
30 Prince St (at Mott St), New York, NY
Cupcake Shop · NoLita · 320 tips and reviews

AprilApril: Hummingbird cake - dense cake with thick frosting! Great combo. Wish they also served sundaes

Amanda B.Amanda B: Adorable and seriously one of the best bakeries in town! I got the simple but utterly divine vanilla cupcake w/ chocolate frosting. Moist, not too sweet, and had the perfect crumb!

Laura C.Laura Chin: Nutella banana slice! Super moist cake plus I'm pretty sure they use an entire jar of nutella to frost it

Amy's Bread is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

12. Amy's Bread

8.5
672 9th Ave (btwn W 46th & W 47th St), New York, NY
Bakery · Hell's Kitchen · 267 tips and reviews

Angie S.Angie Sit: On a mission for good, REAL coconut cake. Coconut in the frosting, filling, etc. This one's a contender.

Versha S.Versha Sharma: People ain't lying 'bout the chocoholic twist. So good. Also silk chocolate frosting on cupcakes mmm

Cameron J.Cameron Jones: Get the monkey cake! Best known as hummingbird at other bakeries. It has cream cheese icing and is to die for.

Billy's Bakery is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

13. Billy's Bakery

7.6
75 Franklin St (btwn Church & Broadway), New York, NY
Bakery · Tribeca · 60 tips and reviews

Tuesday R.Tuesday Rae: No such thing as blue cream cheese frosting at Billys. Espresso shots here are actually a double so the small has 2 shots and so does the large. Just wanted to share. =]

Cupcakes Take The C.Cupcakes Take The Cake: Try the Creamsicle cupcakes. The cake was moist and the Creamsicle frosting reminded me of summer which is great on a cold winter day.

Alison T.Alison Tarwater: Pumpkin muffins with cinnamon cream cheese icing. And the carrot cake. Amazing.

Lloyds Carrot Cake Shop is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

14. Lloyds Carrot Cake Shop

8.3
1553 Lexington Ave (99th St), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Harlem · 17 tips and reviews

kate kkate k: The carrot cake is excellent, and I'm very picky about carrot cake. Perfect moistness and proportions of carrot, nuts, raisins and frosting. Not sickly sweet either.

Kimmie O.Kimmie Ohh: Carrot cake, duh! You can order it with or without nuts & raisins. The cake is really moist, frosting is sweet but not overly sweet. Get the red velvet cake too!

Tariq A.Tariq Ahmad: Carrot Cake was ok, but the Red Velvet cupcake was awesome! And it was only $2. Highly recommend.

ChikaLicious Dessert Bar is one of The 15 Best Places for Frosting in New York City.

15. ChikaLicious Dessert Bar

8.4
203 E 10th St (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dessert Shop · East Village · 252 tips and reviews

Phoebe E.Phoebe E: They have the best banana cupcakes I've tasted. Their frosting is not cloyingly buttery and slightly tangy. For something lighter, get the green watermelon shaved ice.

Mike C.Mike Chau: Try the Michelle Obama Sundae - Shapely arms of salted caramel over clever vanilla bean soft serve in savvy espresso with a classy frost of pecan

Andy D.Andy D: My favorite cupcakes in NYC. The merengue buttercream frosting is heavenly and to die for.