Cupcakes by Carousel Opens in Ridgewood, N.J.

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The new cupcake shop by Carousel Cakes of Nanuet opened on July 1 at 192 East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, N.J. 201-389-3090. Hours: Open every day at 10AM, late nights Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.

Taking a chance on a new business in a recession takes a lot of confidence. But Carousel Cakes is sure that their new venture, Cupcakes by Carousel, will be a big success.

After selling 7” and 10” cakes wholesale for almost 30 years the owners of Carousel Cakes Nancy and David Finkelstein and Nancy’s brother Howy Lefkowitz never thought they’d become a retail enterprise. The family decided that it’s time to branch out from the family bakery business, founded by their father in 1965, and open a sister company, a cupcake shop in Ridgewood, New Jersey to sell mini-versions of their 7” and 10” cake creations.

Coming Soon to Ridgewood, NJ. Our new Cupcakes by Carousel store!
“Cupcakes are hot!” says Nancy Finkelstein, co-owner and director of sales and marketing for Carousel Cakes “There are no retailers in Bergen County that just sell cupcakes, and many of our cupcakes customers will be converted into cake customers. Cupcakes will provide customers an entrée into our cake business. Buying a cupcake is an easy and inexpensive way to sample a Carousel Cake, once they’ve tried our cupcakes they’re sure to come back to purchase one of our 7” or 10” cakes for those special occasions, weddings, birthdays and holidays. Cupcakes by Carousel is a natural extension of our wholesale cake business.”
Carousel Cakes has a long history of making fine desserts; they sell their cakes to more than 300 restaurants in the tri-state area. Local restaurants and gourmet grocers include Zeytinia Fine Food Marketplace in Oakland and Englewood, Aldo & Gianni Ristorante in Montvale, Valentino’s of Park Ridge, the Clinton Inn Hotel in Tenafly. Manhattan customers include Zabar’s, the private Friars Club, EJ’s Luncheonette and the American Museum of Natural History.

There will be a cupcake version of Carousel’s red velvet cake, one of Oprah’s “O” List favorites
Cupcakes by Carousel now offering a full range of cupcakes. We have mousse-filled cupcakes, mini-cupcakes sold by the dozen and jumbo cupcakes for two. Also traditional frosted cupcakes and those piled high with crumbled cookies or candy. We have cupcake versions of Carousel’s different lines of white, mousse and chocolate cakes and the red velvet cake that made it onto Oprah Winfrey’s “O” list of her favorite things in her magazine’s February 2007 issue. The company became famous after the Oprah Winfrey magazine placement, receiving 1,500 orders that month for its new red velvet cake, a mild chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting.
By sampling the mini-versions of Carousel Cakes’ 7” and 10” cakes, there’s no doubt that the cupcake customers will come back again for cakes.

Grand Opening Cupcakes by Carousel Ridgewood, NJ

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