Life Just Keeps Getting Busier

As the title of this entry says, such is my life with an infant these days! So, to cut to the chase, here are the latest cupcake encounters over the past few months...

Starting with Crave, I decided to try their apple cupcake recently. It's a Granny Smith apple cake with cinnamon frosting. Simple ingredients; simple, sweet flavor. This was better than I anticipated.

Next cupcake test came courtesy of Dessert Gallery. Without a detailed description of ingredients, the triple chocolate cupcake is just that...triple the chocolate. It was a chocolate cake with white chocolate frosting, topped with a chocolate cookie and drizzled with chocolate sauce. The chocolate combination was a good balance and was a tasty cupcake, although not the best I've had.

Onto our next adventure by way of Sprinkles...There was a limited edition cupcake recently featured in connection with the television show, "2 Broke Girls." It sounded delicious, so I had to try it since it was only being offered for a few weeks. It was a graham cracker-lined vanilla chocolate chip cake with dark chocolate frosting and fleur de sel. I really loved the flavors in this cupcake. I wish it was a little more moist though. I think a little bit of salt on almost any cupcake really brings out the flavor.

And the last victims of my devouring were from Ooh La La Sweets. First, I had Pretty in Pink, which was strawberry cake with cream cheese icing, topped with pink sprinkles. As always, Ooh La La's cupcakes are massive! This cupcake had a light strawberry taste and was balanced well with the frosting. And, it was moist!

The second cupcake was their November special, French toast. It was a maple cupcake with a swirl of cinnamon streusel, topped with cinnamon sugar cream cheese icing. The maple flavor of the cupcake was very prominent. I'm not sure what the little bread pieces were on top. They kind of tasted sweet and sort of like bread; I don't know. Anyway, this was a fairly decent cupcake.

That's all for now folks! Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Cupcake Bonanza

It's been a bit busy lately between work and the baby, but we haven't neglected to eat cupcakes! Here's what has been consumed over the last several weeks...

Hubby came home from work one day with a few cupcakes from Smallcakes that were graciously given to him by a coworker who knows that we are big time cupcake eaters. We both split each cupcake.

 Starting with Lemon Drop, which is lemon cake filled with tangy lemon topped with lemon buttercream and a dollop of tangy lemon. They weren't lying when they emphasized "tangy." This cupcake had huge lemon flavor. I'm not really a lemon fan, so I can't rave about this one too much.

The second cupcake was Choco-holic, which is chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream topped with vairhona chocolate sprinkles. Yes, this was A LOT of chocolate. Pretty good cupcake if you are a chocoholic!

Next adventure was with Gigi's Cupcakes.

I started with Chocolate Cola Cake, which is rich chocolate cola cake made with Coca-Cola, chocolate cola buttercream frosting and a dollop of vanilla buttercream. It really didn't taste like cola, but it was very good. Definitely a lot of chocolate, but not too strong, which I like.

Second, was Strawberry Shortcake, which is white cake baked with fresh strawberries, topped with a strawberry buttercream frosting and red sugar crystals. I had this one a long time ago before the blog. While it's nice to have real strawberries baked in, this cupcake is REALLY strawberry flavored. Not bad, but maybe a little overkill for me. I couldn't finish it.

And finally, we had the limited time S'mores, which is milk chocolate cake with chocolate chips baked in, topped with vanilla fluff, toasted marshmallows, graham cracker crumbs and a milk chocolate square. By the time we got home, this cupcake got a little sloppy with the marshmallow cream sliding off a bit. The cake part was slightly dry, but overall, not too bad. It was your pretty typical S'mores cupcake.

And now for last weekend...hubby and I had Gigi's again. Hubby's selections were on the top row left to right; German Chocolate; Apple Pie; and Pumpkin White Chocolate. My selections were on the bottom row left to right; Pumpkin White Chocolate; Bananas Foster; and Double Stuff.

My first cupcake was Bananas Foster, which is rich banana cake with spiced rum, spiced rum cream cheese frosting and topped with brown sugar sauce. One word...YUM. This was wonderful! The cake was moist and there was a sweet, cinnamon-y flavor mixed in. Even my hubby who hates banana flavor liked this one.

Next, I had Double Stuff, which is dark chocolate cake filled with marshmallow cream, Oreo buttercream frosting also filled with marshmallow cream and topped with a mini Oreo. This was a pretty standard Oreo cupcake. The cake was a tad dry, but the frosting was tasty.

And last, I had Pumpkin White Chocolate, which is pumpkin cake with white chocolate chips, cream cheese frosting, dusted with pumpkin pie spice. This was a delightfully delicious fall cupcake! I enjoyed it.

Keep on cupcaking!

September Cupcake Specials

Here are this month's specials...

Sprinkles

August 30-September 15:

• Maple Bacon: Thick, smoky bacon is cooked to a crisp and woven into Madagascar Bourbon vanilla cake. Topped with rich, buttery maple cream cheese frosting, crispy bacon crumbles and fleur de sel.

September 13-29:

• Almond Dark Chocolate: Moist almond cake studded with sliced California almonds and topped with bittersweet chocolate frosting.
• German Chocolate: The topping on this Southern classic is a rich, golden caramel laced with fresh coconut and crunchy pecans; piled high atop a light chocolate cake.

Gigi's

September 9-22:

• S'more: Rich milk chocolate cake with chocolate chips, topped with sticky vanilla fluff, toasted marshmallows, graham cracker crumbs and a milk chocolate square.

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

• The Old Fashioned: Traditional yellow butter cake, topped with chocolate fudge icing.

Another Box Mix Experiment

I recently bought this Betty Crocker Hot Chocolate cupcake mix that looked interesting. It had a chocolate cake mix with marshmallows and a frosting mix.

It called for the typical box mix ingredients like eggs, oil and water. The marshmallows looked a bit sparse, so I added some small ones of my own as well.

And then there was the frosting mix. As you've read in some of my older posts, I seem to always have a problem with making frosting. This time was no different. The packet of frosting was powdery like powdered sugar and all it called for was 1/4 cup of boiling water. Sounds easy enough, right? WRONG! I followed the instructions, but it turned into a watery mess! So, once again, another failed attempt at making frosting.

So, here was the final result; unfortunately, using jar frosting. It turned out OK for the most part, but I probably won't buy this again.

A Small Anniversary Treat

We recently celebrated our first anniversary with some cupcakes the hubby brought home from Smallcakes.

My selections on the top row were cookies-n-cream and fruity pebbles. Hubby's choices on the bottom row were birthday and decadent fudge.

I started with fruity pebbles, which is orange and fruity pebbles cake with orange buttercream frosting and topped with fruity pebbles. This cupcake tasted like the orange creamsicle. Not something I would normally choose, but I liked it.

Then, I had the cookies-n-cream, which is chocolate cake with oreo vanilla buttercream topped with oreo cookies. Pretty typical oreo cupcake; overall, it was moist and tasty.

Lots to Sprinkle About

The latest cupcake consumption was by way of Sprinkles. There were a few seasonal flavors I wanted to try, as well as post a review about a standard cupcake that I never featured before.

First, I had lemon meringue. Not a flavor I would normally choose, but for the sake of the blog... It's a graham cracker-lined lemon cake filled with lemon curd and topped with sweet, fluffy toasted marshmallow. At first, I enjoyed the light lemon flavor with the marshmallow frosting. When I got to the curd filling, I was shocked by how tangy it was! A bit too tangy for my liking. Overall, it was an OK cupcake.

Next, onto the black and white cupcake, which is one of Sprinkles' signature standard cupcakes. It's Belgian dark chocolate cake and creamy vanilla frosting. Simple, but tasty.

Last was the limited edition raspberry cupcake, which was sweet raspberry cake topped with luscious raspberry frosting. Very nice raspberry taste and not overpowering being that the cake and frosting were both raspberry.

Until next time, stay and eat sweet!

August Cupcake Specials

Here are this month's specials...

Sprinkles

August 2-18:

• Raspberry: Sweet raspberry cake topped with luscious raspberry frosting.

August 2-September 2:

• S'more: Graham cracker-lined Belgian dark chocolate cake filled with bittersweet chocolate ganache and topped with toasted marshmallow frosting.

August 23-September 8:

• Vanilla Hazelnut Chocolate: Madagascar Bourbon vanilla cake topped with rich, creamy hazelnut chocolate frosting.

Crave

August 19-31:

• Stracciatella: Vanilla bean cupcake streaked with rich Italian Perugina chocolate.

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

• Orange Creamsicle: Orange and white swirl cake with orange buttercream frosting.

SWEET Houston

New Seasonal Flavors:

• Chocolate with Strawberry (Mon/Sat)
• Orange (Mon/Wed/Fri)

Back in Business

Sorry for the break, but I had a baby recently, so needless to say, I've been pretty busy. Anyway...aside from visits to the usual cupcake haunts, here are reviews of the latest cupcakes.

From Gigi's, the hubby and I split a Merry Margarita cupcake. It's margarita flavored yellow cake with a margarita cream cheese frosting, rimmed in sugar crystals and topped with a candied lime slice. The candied lime slice is missing because my husband ate it before I could take a photo! This was a nice, citrus-y cupcake for the summer; moist and sweet!

Next, I tried Candy Bar Crunch. It is yellow cake with bits of Butterfinger baked in, topped with Butterfinger buttercream frosting and crushed Butterfingers. I'm not really a Butterfinger or peanut butter fan, but I decided to try it anyway. It was decent for someone who doesn't really like peanut butter flavor.

And then, on another occasion from Ooh La La Sweets, I went with the Velvet Elvis. It's your typical red velvet cake with fluffy cream cheese icing. All in all, a good tasting and the right consistency red velvet cupcake.

June Cupcake Specials

Here are this month's specials...

Sprinkles

May 24-June 23:

• Key Lime: Made with the tangy juice and zest of fresh key limes in both the cake and frosting.

June 21-July 7:

• Lemon Blueberry: This fragrant lemon cake is bursting with wild blueberries and topped with lemon cream cheese frosting.

Crave

May 24-June 16:

• Margarita: Sweet and tart lime cake topped with smooth Tequila blended frosting rimmed in sugar crystals.

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

• Strawberry Lemonade: Moist lemon cake with strawberry buttercream frosting..

One Big Cupcake Update

Whew! It's been busy the last month. Sorry for the lack of updates; it's been crazy lately. So without further adieu, I'm going to give a mash-up of everything that has happened since my last post...

Trader Joe's and Silicone Liners Don't Mix

In my last cupcake experiment, I used a vanilla cake mix from Trader Joe's. It contained Madagascar Bourbon vanilla and called for the usual suspect ingredients like eggs and butter. 

I also tried silicone cupcake liners this time, thinking I'd save on buying the paper ones. Well, not only were they a bit of a pain to clean, but I think it affected the way the cupcakes baked. While it still tasted OK, a bit of an explosion occurred. Check out the pic...

A Lime Twist from Crave

Last week, my coworkers had a birthday lunch for me, which included cupcakes from Crave. Even though I don't typically eat citrus-y cupcakes, I bit the bullet and tried key lime. It was key lime cake with key lime zest frosting and cake crumbles on top that mimicked key lime pie crust. As usual, Crave's cupcakes are always moist and delicious. The lime flavor wasn't overpowering; it had a nice, light and refreshing taste.

Sugarbaby's Sweet Send-off

The end of an era...Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique has officially closed their doors and turned off their ovens on May 18 due to family obligations that resulted in a failed attempt to sell the bakery. They were my first gourmet cupcake that contributed to my addiction. A sweet (not bitter) goodbye!

May Cupcake Specials

Realizing it's late in the month, yet Memorial weekend is coming up, so I still wanted to mention the specials...

Sprinkles

May 3-23:

• Magarita: Tequila-key lime cake topped with key lime frosting and a rim of fleur de sel. 

May 10-26:

• Salty Caramel: Fleur de sel granules are a delightful complement to the sweet, buttery caramel which flavors both the cake and frosting.

May 24-June 23:

• Key Lime: Made with the tangy juice and zest of fresh key limes in both the cake and frosting.

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

• Key Lime Pie: Moist lime cake with graham cracker crust, topped with white chocolate buttercream icing and sprinkled with white chocolate shavings.

Smallcakes; Big Taste

Last weekend, we ventured out to a new cupcakery called Smallcakes. They opened a few months ago in the Houston suburbs and another location opened up this weekend. Thanks to hubby for finding this little gem! The sizes are smaller than Gigi's and Crave and cost $3.25 each. The main website shows other desserts like doughnuts, cookies, cakes, etc., but I didn't see that at this location.

Now onto the important stuff. Our 6-pack consisted of Vanilla-n-Chocolate (top left), Decadent Fudge (top middle), Caramel Crunch (top right), Pink Vanilla (bottom left), Hot Fudge Sundae (bottom middle) and Red Velvet (bottom right).

First cupcake I had was the Vanilla-n-Chocolate, which was vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream topped with valrhona chocolate sprinkles. Valrhona fine French chocolate (I had to look this up). This was a fairly basic cupcake, yet tasty. Good flavors and consistency.

The second cupcake was Red Velvet, which is described as grandma's red velvet cake with their signature cream cheese frosting. This was definitely the epitome of a real red velvet cake. The cream cheese frosting was truly creamy cream cheese. Also a good pick.

Last was Caramel Crunch, which is chocolate cake with caramel frosting topped with sea salt and chocolate pretzels. I took off the pretzels; that's just not my style. This was by far the best cupcake I tried from Smallcakes. The frosting was more like gooey caramel than that whipped frosting you usually get.

I also had bites of hubby's cupcakes and I want to mention his Decadent Fudge cupcake was similar to my Caramel Crunch in that the frosting was like gooey fudge that you'd get on a sundae.

The only thing that was a little odd was that the cupcakes looked like they got a little swallowed up in the cupcake liners even though they were average size. I was mostly impressed by the cupcakes that didn't use traditional whipped frostings. I'd like to try some of their other flavors, so Smallcakes stays on the rotation.

Live Long, Be Happy, Eat Cupcakes

This blog title is the motto on Ooh La La Dessert Boutique's cupcake boxes. After subscribing to be on Ooh La La's email list the last time we visited, they sent me a free cupcake, so we took advantage of it last weekend. Of course there wasn't just one cupcake consumed. They only offer mini or jumbo sized cupcakes, so I had one of each.

My first cupcake was Cookies and Cream, which is vanilla cake with Oreo cookie crumbs folded in, topped with vanilla buttercream and finely crushed Oreos. I debated on trying this cupcake versus the cupcake of the month, which is "Dirt." The Dirt cupcake is sort of similar to cookies and cream, so the deciding factor was the Oreos on top versus gummy worms. Anyway, it was very yummy. The blend of vanilla and Oreo was perfect, as was the consistency of both the cake and frosting.

My second cupcake was the mini Strawberry Amaretto. It's vanilla cake soaked in amaretto with a strawberry center, topped with amaretto buttercream and strawberry sauce. This cupcake was OK. No complaints about consistency; it just wasn't as good as it sounded. I liked the cookies and cream better.

I also had a bite of the hubby's flavors, which were The Ultimate Chocolate Cupcake and Nilla Nilla. Ultimate chocolate is chocolate cake with chocolate chunks folded in with a gooey ganache center, topped with chocolate buttercream and chocolate chips. This was definitely a lot of chocolate; a chocolate lover's dream. I enjoyed it, but this type of cupcake is too much chocolate for me personally. I know...what is wrong with me?

Nilla Nilla is vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. This was your typical vanilla cupcake. All around a decent cupcake, but nothing extraordinary.

There are still many things to try at Ooh La La, so we will back again in the future.

April Cupcake Specials

Aside from Gigi's launching their new Spring/Summer menu, there aren't many specials this month...

Sprinkles

March 20-April 14:

• Cherry Blossom: Made with loads of sweet, pureed cherries in both the cake and frosting. 

March 22-April 7:

• Brown Sugar Praline: Rich caramel cake topped with brown sugar frosting and crunchy praline.

April 5-28:

• S'more: graham cracker-lined Belgian dark chocolate cake filled with bittersweet chocolate ganache and topped with toasted marshmallow frosting.

April 12-28:

• Cuban Coffee: Belgian light chocolate cake topped with powerful dark roast coffee frosting and subtle notes of cinnamon and cocoa.

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

• Dirt: Oreo crumb cupcake with Oreo buttercream center, topped with Oreo buttercream and sprinkled with crushed Oreo "dirt" and a yummy gummy worm.

Swirl of Happiness

The story behind this blog entry title comes from a silly comment my husband made over the weekend, but I felt it fitting with the tall swirl of frosting typical of a Gigi's cupcake.

With the Good Friday holiday, we made a trip over to Gigi's to try some of the new Spring/Summer menu items; plus take advantage of Friday flavors since we don't get a chance to try anything outside of the Saturday menu. We arrived a bit late in the afternoon and were disappointed that they ran out of a lot of flavors we wanted to try. I opted for a few flavors I haven't reviewed; albeit not my first choices.

I started with the new Tropical Spritzer flavor, which is lemon lime cake made with Sprite, filled with a pineapple coconut filling, lemon cream cheese frosting and sugar crystals. Surprisingly, this cupcake was better than I expected. However, the cake was a tad dry as was the outer edges of frosting. The taste of the cake itself was a nice, light fruity flavor. The pineapple coconut filling appeared to be only on the top, which I expected to be inside; hence it being a "filling." But I was kind of glad it wasn't inside because it was my least favorite part.

My second cupcake was Miss Princess, which is white cake baked with fresh strawberries, topped with a cream cheese frosting, pink sugar crystals and a pink fondant crown. This one was better than the Tropical Spritzer. The consistency was perfect and it had bits of strawberry baked in, which made it more authentic strawberry tasting.

It's a shame that Gigi's selection was so sparse when they were still scheduled to be open for several more hours. I understand it was a holiday, but for that reason, they should have been more prepared.

Battling Brooklyn

Awhile back during some of my Williams-Sonoma baking mix trips, I bought a kit called Baked Brookster Mix. They are essentially brownies with chocolate chip cookies on top. The recipe and kit originate from a popular bakery in Brooklyn named, "Baked."

We decided to make them last weekend. At $16.95, the mix makes about 18 "brookies" or "brooksters." I filled the muffin pan a bit more than I should, so I ended up with 14. It called for typical baking ingredients like butter and eggs. The process took a bit longer than a typical cookie or brownie mix as it required some additional steps to prep. As usual, I didn't follow the instructions exactly...instead of refrigerating the dough for an hour or more, I froze it to expedite the process. And the suggested bake time was 23-25 minutes, but I reduced it to about 18-20 minutes.

After a failed attempt with a similar project on my own using a brownie mix and tossing pre-cut refrigerated cookie dough on top, I was afraid this wouldn't work. To my surprise it turned out quite well!

Gigi's Spring/Summer Menu Announced

Gigi's Cupcakes announced 8 new cupcakes for the 2013 spring/summer season. The new cupcakes will debut Monday, March 25.

Candy Bar Crunch: Yellow Cake with bits of Butterfinger baked in, topped with Butterfinger buttercream frosting and crushed Butterfingers. Available Thursdays and Saturdays.

Chocolate Cola Cake: Chocolate cake with Coca-Cola, topped with chocolate cola buttercream frosting and a dollop of vanilla buttercream. Available on Saturdays.

Blueberry Lavender: Blueberry cake with lavender and vanilla, lemon cream cheese frosting, sugar crystals and edible pearls. Available on Fridays.

Double Stuff: Dark chocolate cake filled with marshmallow cream and topped with Oreo buttercream frosting, drizzled in ganache and a mini Oreo cookie. Available Mondays and Wednesdays.

Dulce de Leche: Rich caramel cake filled with dulce de leche caramel, dulce de leche cream cheese frosting, topped with caramel drizzle and a caramel. Available Mondays and Wednesdays.

Mojito: Mint and lime cake baked with rum, mojito buttercream frosting, rimmed in sugar crystals and topped with a fondant mint leaf. Available Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Sopapilla: Cinnamon sugar cake with honey butter, honey cream cheese frosting, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, topped with a sopapilla and honey. Available Wednesdays and Fridays.

Tropical Spritzer: Lemon lime cake made with Sprite, filled with pineapple coconut filling, lemon cream cheese frosting and sugar crystals. Available on Fridays.

Ooh La Lotta Desserts

Since it was a long time ago that we tried Ooh La La Dessert Boutique in Katy, never visited the Town and County location and not reviewed on the blog, I really wanted to try them again. Alas, we did last weekend. The store is pretty big with a lot of seating and a wide range of dessert options from cupcakes to gelato. While we got a few cupcakes (fairly large ones I might add), we also partook in a few other desserts.

My cupcake selection was the Tuxedo, which was chocolate cake with white chocolate buttercream, topped with white chocolate and chocolate chunks.

Hubby had Italiano consisting of vanilla cake with chocolate chips, coconut and pecans folded in, topped with fluffy cream cheese icing.

I truly enjoyed my cupcake. It was not as moist as some cupcakes I'm used to, but it wasn't dry by any means. Cupcake prices for jumbo are $3.25 and minis $1.25.

Next, hubby and I split white chocolate bread pudding. We heated it up and poured the sauce they provided; I believe it was a rum sauce. This dessert was just OK. I've had better bread pudding. I probably wouldn't get this again.

Last, hubby and I split red velvet cheesecake. We were anxious about this one being fans of red velvet and never having tried it in cheesecake form. Well, it didn't quite taste like red velvet, but it was still very good. It was more like traditional cheesecake flavor. The little bit of frosting on top did remind me of the cream cheese frosting used in red velvet.

Our experience with Ooh La La was positive enough to say we will return. I'd love to try some of their other cupcakes and especially the gelato.

March Cupcake Specials

Here are this month's specials...

Sprinkles

March 1-17:

• Irish Chocolate: Belgian dark chocolate cake topped with Baileys Irish cream cheese frosting. I tried this one last year...it's a must try! Very yummy!

March 16-17:

• Green Velvet: Light chocolate cake tinted green, topped with cream cheese frosting.

March 20-April 2:

• Cherry Blossom: Made with loads of sweet, pureed cherries in both the cake and frosting. 

March 22-April 7:

• Brown Sugar Praline: Rich caramel cake topped with brown sugar frosting and crunchy praline.

Crave

March 11-22:

• Kahlua and Cream: Vanilla bean cake with rich Kahlua buttercream frosting.

Sugarbaby's

Tue/Thu/Sat:

• Peanut Butter Doo Dah: Chocolate cake filled and  topped with peanut butter frosting and dipped in dark chocolate.
• German Chocolate: German chocolate cake filled and topped with traditional coconut pecan frosting. 

Wed/Fri:

• Hummingbird: Traditional Southern butter cake made with banana, pineapple, coconut and pecans, topped with cream cheese frosting.

SWEET Houston

• Chocolate with Strawberry (Mon/Sat)
• Chocolate with Vanilla (Mon/Sat)
• Vanilla with Chocolate (Fri/Sat/Sun)
• Hummingbird (Thu/Fri/Sun)
• Orange (Mon/Wed/Fri)
• Pistachio (Tue/Thu/Sun)

Celebrity Cupcakes

Now available daily:

• S'more: Chocolate cake with a graham cracker crust topped with toasted marshmallow.

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique

While out and about today, I noticed Ooh La La Dessert Boutique in the Memorial Town and Country Village/City Centre area. Evidently, they opened around November 2011, so I'm a bit late to realize it. We visited them a few years back at their Katy location and I recall they had some big ol' jumbo cupcakes. They are good, but now I will have to give the Memorial location a shot sometime. Here's Ooh La La's March cupcake of the month:

• Grasshopper: Mint cupcake with mini chocolate chips folded in topped with mint buttercream and mini chocolate chips.

Colossal Cupcakes

Last weekend, we were in the neighborhood of Three Brothers Bakery, a local bakery I've always wanted to try, so it was the perfect opportunity to grab some sweets. Well, we were in for some seriously large cupcakes that they referred to as "jumbo." They were about twice the size of standard cupcakes.

The husband and I decided on four. My choices were cheesecake (top left) and black velvet (bottom left). The husband selected red velvet (top right) and Italian cream (bottom right).

I started with black velvet, which was chocolate cake topped with cream cheese frosting and cake crumbles. The cupcake was good. It was a bit cold, so they appear to refrigerate them, which leads me to believe they aren't truly fresh baked. Refrigeration keeps cake fresher longer, but reduces the moisture. Some of the gourmet cupcakeries will actually instruct you NOT to refrigerate their cupcakes to ensure they retain their true flavor.

My second cupcake was the cheesecake. There wasn't a description of this cupcake on their website, but it seemed to be a yellow cake with a bit of cream cheese filled in the middle; topped with cream cheese frosting and white chocolate curls. This one was a bit more moist than the black velvet, but still refrigerated.

This bakery is family-owned and has been around since 1949. More than cakes and cookies, they also have hearty baked goods like breads and bagels. The cupcakes were good, but I prefer the cupcake-specific shops. However, I would try this bakery again sometime for cakes or breads.