It works just like a normal cash machine except hungry users select what flavor and how many cakes they want instead of hard cash.
Despite holding up to 760 cakes the Sprinkles New York Cupcake 'ATM' was sold out within hours after being launched Tuesday morning, May 24 this year.
Sweet-toothed New Yorkers headed to the machine - on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan - from all over the city.
Charles Nelson, 44, who founded Sprinkles Cupcakes with his wife Candace, 39, told the New York Post: "The cupcakes are as fresh as they are at the store.
"I got the idea six years ago when Candace was pregnant with our first child.
"It was the middle of the night and she really wanted a cupcake - I own a cupcake shop and couldn't even get one."
The company, based in Beverly Hills in California, USA, has already opened cupcake ATMs in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas.
Each cupcake costs $4.25 (£2.60) with flavors including red velvet, Cuban coffee, banana dark chocolate and cinnamon sugar.
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Story and photo lifted from the Express online news
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