Vanilla Frosted Chocolate Cupcake
I love cupcakes and even more I love when a place is KNOWN for their cupcakes. My sister Patti Reilly has been talking about these cupcakes for years. Finally I came out to California to visit her and I was able to try these "amaze balls" cupcakes that she keeps telling me about (her words, not mine).
Now for all of you who don't already know this about my reviews, I compare foods that I eat to the best that I've ever eaten. So if I haven't had something that is amazing before the company will have a darn good shot of pleasing me. If I have, well sadly for them, they'll have a lot to live up to. In this case it's a sad but true story. These cupcakes didn't live up to they "amaze ball" hype that my sister so cleverly called them. The place is small and well set up. I love their menu, display and even the smell is delicious when you walk in. I spent a few minutes smelling and viewing the beautiful cupcakes that were in the display and finally I chose a vanilla frosted chocolate cupcake while my sister found a red velvet and double chocolate with her name on it.
Now for all of you who don't already know this about my reviews, I compare foods that I eat to the best that I've ever eaten. So if I haven't had something that is amazing before the company will have a darn good shot of pleasing me. If I have, well sadly for them, they'll have a lot to live up to. In this case it's a sad but true story. These cupcakes didn't live up to they "amaze ball" hype that my sister so cleverly called them. The place is small and well set up. I love their menu, display and even the smell is delicious when you walk in. I spent a few minutes smelling and viewing the beautiful cupcakes that were in the display and finally I chose a vanilla frosted chocolate cupcake while my sister found a red velvet and double chocolate with her name on it.
Red Velvet (left), Double Chocolate (right)
I wish that I could enjoy a cupcake with a cream cheese frosting base, but I'm not a fan of sweet cream cheese. No cheesecake for me either. Now that I got that hiccup out of the way. We sat down outside the Sprinkles Cupcake location and cup up the cupcakes so I could try both of them. The first thing my sister noticed was that the chocolate one looked dry. She tasted a bite and said that it wasn't as good as normal. When I took a bite I noticed that the cake itself was dry, but the frosting was good. It was very sweet and had the right amount of vanilla flavor, but the cake was so dry that it longed for a glass of milk or even water at this point. When we cut open the red velvet I could see that it was a lot more soft and moist as a cupcake should be. My sister said that it was perfect and she wished that I liked cream cheese frosting. I did try a very small piece of it and I thought the cake was SO MUCH better than the chocolate cupcake. Even the frosting was pretty good on the red velvet cupcake. It was made with cream cheese, but it only had a hint of the cream cheese flavor.
Overall I'm going to mark down that I 'liked' Sprinkles Cupcakes, because I can see the potential. I think they might be a great asset to the California dessert industry, but maybe it's because people here haven't had much competition in that department. If you ever want a decadent cupcake you might need to travel to the East Coast.
Overall I'm going to mark down that I 'liked' Sprinkles Cupcakes, because I can see the potential. I think they might be a great asset to the California dessert industry, but maybe it's because people here haven't had much competition in that department. If you ever want a decadent cupcake you might need to travel to the East Coast.
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