Billy’s Bakery
“As soon as you walk through the doors of Billy's Bakery in TriBeCa, the hustle and bustle of the outside world stops.”
“Towards the end of the cupcake the frosting became a little cloying for my taste but was far less sweet than Magnolia.”
“It was clearly overshadowed by it's larger and more decadent Carrot Cake brethren.”
Billy’s Bakery
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Working: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range Moderate
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3.5 stars
A couple of years ago I got the BF a birthday cake (banana cake with Nutella & chocolate frosting). It was super rich and naughty, but being the sugar whore that I am I was addicted! I ended up freezing individual slices and eating it over time in pure bliss (even tasted good frozen). After that experience, I thought I Ioved Billy's and still wish since then that I could keep cake slices frozen in my home (oh, the dreams I have).
I went to the Tribeca location this past weekend and decided on their chocolate on chocolate gluten-free cupcake. By no means am I gluten-free, but I thought it might have a denser texture hehe. It was pretty standard – nothing bomb diggity. I saw a mother and her son eating cookies, so then I obviously felt the need to get myself cookies. I chose a butterscotch and a snicker doodle. Although I appreciated the texture, it felt like I was eating slabs of butter and sugar. As with most bakeries, I think you have to know what to get at Billy's. Just know that their baked goods are definitely on the richer, heavier side.
As far as bakery's go this place is the cutest and has some of the finest cakes and baked goods I've ever eaten while traveling. My partner and I wanted a snack and fortunately stumbled upon this place.
The deco is cool and simple. The seating and tables are a little plain, but you'll be focusing on the spoonfuls of yum. The vanilla cake was light and fluffy with thick sweet buttery icing. The brownie was filling and so delicious you'll want to buy the entire tray.
Coffee is available, which my partner had. I know nothing about coffee but she did enjoy it.
The location felt a bit out of the way, down a quite street. However if you are in the area do track it down, you won't regret it.
The Bourbon Salted Caramel was a hefty slice of cake, easily shared between two people. Mr. Joy brought this home for us to share. It's alright, not bad, but not great. It's a little too dense for me. Also, I may be biased as I don't usually like the taste of bourbon or liquor flavored desserts, because I think it makes the flavor cloyingly sweet.
Cute little bakery with a bench outside and some seating inside.
My office was celebrating a birthday so we decided on a banana cake. It was huge. It's pretty comparable to the magnolia's cake (size wise). The cake was moist and sweet.
I don't know what to say about this place except that between three woman, one of which is pregnant, we had quite the sweet tooth. This place definitely hit the spot! I'm usually a chocolate person but dannnggg their caramel pretzel cupcake hit the spot!
I've been here a couple times now and tried two different items. Yeah, they have a cool logo and a it's a nice spot tucked in TriBeCa, but that's about it. Here's what I had:
Peanut Butter Fudge/Brownie – 2/5. Super dense. Very rich. Yet… flavorless, somehow. It tasted like powdered peanut butter (my fellow fitness enthusiasts know about that PB2). It just didn't have enough of that strong PB taste we all love, like just dunking a spoon into a fresh jar of peanut butter…
Bourbon Salted Caramel Cake – 2/5. Decent sized slice of cake. Moist. No flavor of bourbon. Nor salt. Nor caramel. It really tasted like just a normal chocolate cake. A bit overly sweet I might add. Definitely a dessert to share with two or three.
Just from these two items alone, I wouldn't come back to try anything else.
Tried two more cakes but I was disappointed this time. The lemon raspberry cake sounded good, but it was sooo sweet and the icing was a little chalky. The crowd pleaser cake tasted better, but was still nowhere near on the level that the red velvet and carrot cakes are.
Billy's Carrot Cake was phenomenal and just set my Carrot Cake benchmark.
What really made it so scrumptious and unique was the texture of the cake. A real hearty (yet light) crumbly texture so un-cake like and almost akin to a multigrain bread.
Packed into the cake were shreds of carrot, raisins, and a most pleasant cinnamon/nutmeg flavor.
Cream cheese frosting was very soft and smooth yet still firm enough to hold it's structure when subject to the tines of a fork.
Sweetness level was in great balance as neither the cream cheese frosting nor the cake were overly sweet, a trait very much welcome (some cake frosting can be unbearably sweet).
A must try!
The Snicker Doodle cookie was a cookie-cutter (no puns intended) version, so there was nothing notably special. It was clearly overshadowed by it's larger and more decadent Carrot Cake brethren.
Go forth and seek a slice of the Carrot Cake (or Carrot Cake cupcake as I'm told it's the same, albeit smaller).
Billy can bake a mean a** Carrot Cake!