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  • The first time I visited Wicked was exactly one year ago. My husband and I were in town visiting family and I remember hearing about Wicked on the Oprah show. In one of the Oprah shows Gayle King did a cross-country cupcake/dessert tour and she raved about Wicked, particularly the red velvet cupcakes. Figuring there must be something great about it I decided to check it out when we were in town. The bakery is somewhat small with a tiny display and not much room to sit and enjoy the cupcake. Nothing against that, just wanted to point it out. I immediately honed in on the red velvet cupcake. Slade was there and he let us sample some lychee chewy treats he was trying out. I thought that was very nice of him. I decided to go on blind faith and order my father-in-law's birthday cake there. Considering it was for the next day Slade was accommodating and offered suggestions on what type of cake to make. Ok, so with the red velvet cupcake I found it to be so-so. I have found that it is tough to make a moist red velvet (unless I'm just going to the wrong places) so I wasn't too surprised that it wasn't moist. I was a bit put off by all the cream cheese frosting on it. I much prefer Kara's or Love at First Bite's frosting since there's less focus on the frosting on more on the quality of the cupcake. The birthday cake we ordered was a tiger cake. Basically it is a marble cake. It turned out pretty good, but not fabulous like I would expect from a favorite of Gayle and Oprah! So fast forward to current times and we're back in Phoenix. So we go back to Wicked and this time we try the vanilla creme brulee, double chocolate, and the peppermint chocolate. Vanilla creme brulee: The cake part was not very moist. It was a bit spongy but not moist so it felt like a mouthful when I would take a bite. The frosting wasn't overwhelming like the red velvet but also nothing to write home about. It had these little black balls sprinkled on top that gave it a crunch, which I assume is to represent the crunchy sugary cover on a creme brulee. I wish there was a bit more though. The inside had a vanilla filling but there was so little of it you would blink and it's already in your mouth. Double chocolate: The cake part was super-moist so it definitely made up for the disappointment of the creme brulee. The frosting was not too sweet and overall the chocolate wasn't overpowering. Peppermint chocolate: This isn't really a cupcake but it looked more like a muffin. It's located in the glass display whereas the cupcakes are in plastic displays on top of the glass display. I LOVE peppermint almost to a point of obsession so I was very excited to try this one. Unfortunately that excitement didn't last too long. I don't know if I waited a day to eat it but it wasn't very moist. There were chocolate chips but you wouldn't know it because you couldn't really taste it. And, I tasted almost no peppermint flavor in it. How disappointing! I am extremely bummed that this place did NOT live up to it's hype. I suggest you go here with very little expectations! Update (1 day later): Slade responded to my review. I like how his response was immediate. It shows he is concerned about the quality of his product and provided the solution to some of my concerns. According to him the fillings were not done correctly at the time and they will be taken care of. So if you do still plan to try Wicked out I hope your have plenty of filling in your cupcake! Also, apparently the employee did NOT give me a peppermint brownie because they didn't make peppermint brownies that day. I apparently was given a double chocolate one. I guess that means I'll have to return and try their peppermint choc. brownies!
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