I decided to undertake an ambitious task: eat cupcakes from six of L.A.’s best cupcake stores in one sitting to find out which is the bestest of the bunch. So I enlisted the help of five cupcake-crazy friends for this special taste test. We had to retrieve a red velvet cupcake, a chocolate cupcake and…
Category Archives: Cupcakes
Dainties Cupcakes: A Different Kind of Cupcake
While strolling to Zankou Chicken for lunch, I was cutting through the alley when I noticed a sign behind Winchell’s Donuts for Dainties Cupcakes. Despite the fact that the entrance didn’t look like a store front at all, let alone one that sells cute cupcakes, but rather a sketchy office entrance, I was drawn to…
SusieCakes: Off the Beaten Sprinkles Path
OK, just when I thought Sprinkles was the only cupcake bakery for me, I read about SusieCakes, “an all-American homestyle bake shop” in Brentwood. From Gayot.com: At SusieCakes, Susan Sarich is baking all-American desserts using her grandmother’s recipes. Think butterscotch toffee pudding, chocolate wafer icebox pie, iced molasses snap cookies and frosting-filled cupcakes in flavors…
XOX: Sprinkles Cupcakes' Valentine Special
Sure, there are a lot of cupcake stores now (there’s even one in Santa Monica Mall food court) but Sprinkles will always have a special place in my heart. Why’s that? Because they know how to celebrate the holidays. For Valentine’s Day, “the Original Cupcake Bakery” is offering something that’s even sweeter than the standard…
Koo Koo for Choco Loco: Sprinkles' Cinco Cupcake
For Cinco de Mayo, Sprinkles Cupcakes is celebrating with its specialty dessert. No, not tequila-flavored cupcakes. Choco Loco, a dark chocolate cupcake with Mexican cinnamon frosting and decorated with the patriotic red and green of Mexico. Although it looks kinda like a big cartoon olive atop this thing, it still sounds yummy. Get some for…
Sprinkles: Easter/Passover Cupcakes 4/12-4/15 Only
Flickr Shot by dotsara Just in time for the holidays, Sprinkles Cupcakes is featuring special Easter-themed/Passover cupcakes ($3.25 each) from only April 12-15. Such a short time so, quick like a bunny snatch them up while you can! Brown Sugar Praline: Brown sugar cupcake with caramel frosting topped with crunchy praline (My new favorite) Banana…
Bluebird Bakery: Culver City's Well-Hidden Secret
My friend Bernadette and I love to catch up over weekend brunch and one Saturday morning she suggested Bluebird Bakery in Culver City. She had read that they had a great bakery as well as many breakfast items. Excited, we drove all the way over there to discover to our dismay that cute little Bluebird…
Yummy Cupcakes: It's a Party in Your Mouth
Perusing through Daily Candy this fine morning, I saw a write-up of a new-to-me cupcake store in Burbank that’s sure to rival my beloved Sprinkles! It’s uncreatively called Yummy Cupcakes (of COURSE they’re yummy!) and is touted as “Delicious New York-Style Cupcakes,” whatever THAT means. And apparently they have a fancy cupcake bar where you…
O Sprinkles, My Beloved Cupcake
Desire, instant gratification and daily variety — what more can a girl ask for? Man, I can’t even write this without salivating.
