Music and Cupcakes!
I have been listening lately to just a very select list of songs.
Edith Piaf (I will learn French and this is always wonderful music to tune my ear to)
Katy Perry’s I kissed a girl (what fun music!!)
Coldplay’s Viva la vida
Britney Spear’s Piece of Me
CUPCAKES!!!!
As Regina has already mentioned we have gone to Fresco, Crushcakes and to Sprinkled Pink Cupcake Couture. As of yesterday I went to Sprinkles in Beverly Hills with my lovely mum.
My reviews are as follows:
Fresco’s
Red Velvet cupcake was a horror! The blood red cake which tasted like nothing, no flavor, albeit it wasn’t dry. BIG DEAL! The frosting was gross. It was supposed to be buttercream, but it was not sweet. It tasted like something that would come out of a Home Depot tool…yuck! I have to try their vanilla cake with chocolate frosting, but overall I was disappointed with that tasting!
Crushcakes: I have enjoyed this place the best. Overall, their cakes are a bit dry, but the frosting makes up for it!
The crushcake: Red velvet cake which is yummy, although it is a bit dry. The sour cream frosting is yummy, but sometimes it can be too sweet. One accidental bonus: if you leave the cupcake in the car warm it up in the microwave the chocolate hearts melt and it adds a burst of chocolate! This is really one of the yummiest cupcakes they sell.
Strawberry Blush: Vanilla cake with strawberry frosting…yummy frosting. It tasted so fresh and like one of those mexican ice cream bars of strawberry cream. It was not too sweet, and had just the right combination of strawberry bits with a creamy smoothness.
Special Mojito: Didn’t like it, couldn’t finish it. It did taste like a mojito…a really sweet mojito but I don’t think I like the idea of an alcoholic drink reinterpreted as a cupcake. I wasn’t convinced.
Special 50/50: I love the 50/50 ice cream bars. They are one of my favorites, but I wasn’t crazy about this cupcake. It had great frosting and a cream filled center, but it was too sweet and simply didn’t make me want to eat more.
Sprinkled Pink Cupcake Couture: That’s mouthful!
What an experience! I understand that this place is supposed to be whimsical, but it’s on the verge of being a just plain nuts. It reminds me of not like the Original Willy Wonka film with Gene Wilder which was so nostalgic, and fun. It was like the New Willy Wonka with Johnny Depp. Odd, creepy and weird. Well, I liken this place to the new Willy Wonka because the music is just creepy and odd. It sounds like they do have oompa loompa’s cranking out the music from behind the huge counter. The counter was looked cool and like a child’s dream, filled with rainbow sprinkles and toys! Also, i’m sure kids go nuts over the neon green frosting on a cupcake, for me, not so much!
Whipple Scrumptious: Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting. What a tasty treat! It had a wonderfully moist cake! Just right! AND it had tasty frosting. It was really quite great! I enjoyed this one a lot. I think it merits a taste test with a Crushcake! It’s on!
Chocolate cake with Vanilla frosting: This one was good. Although it didn’t have a cool name. I enjoyed it. I should have been more adventurous.
Sprinkles Cupcakes
I went with my mom and she was simply shocked by the prices….poor lady doesn’t understand the value of a good cupcake nowadays. She thought they’d be a quarter a piece!! =) She’s funny and cute! We got a half dozen, so you can only imagine her sticker shock as she handed over the $20 bill! HAH! I paid for lunch later! I’m not such a brat!
We had a sample of different flavors and later researched these cupcakes at home with OD, Tato, Tio Rene and my mom. I’m sure this is why they think I went to college.
Lemon: I thought the cake was fine, the frosting was too sweet. But my family insisted it was delicious and had the perfect amount of sweetness and lemon flavoring. They enjoyed it.
Black and White: Dark Belgian chocolate cake, vanilla frosting. It was good. It wasn’t super moist cake, but it was one of my favorites for it’s rich chocolate flavor and the vanilla. Tato agreed.
Red Velvet: cream cheese frosting….yummy. The cake was good, they aren’t really moist but the cakes aren’t too dry. Good taste!
Vanilla: Good cake! It wasn’t everyone’s favorite because it was just vanilla! I knew I should have gotten coconut vanilla!!!
There you have it! Now I have to go to some other locations in LA and Ventura (Savory Bakery and Cafe)
