Butter cream me.
That's right.
Slap that sweet (but not too sugary), smooth, butter cream icing on a vanilla cupcake.
The Dessert Lady Cafe is a small bakery located in Yorkville.
They have your classic chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, and some funkier flavors too, red velvet with cream cheese frosting, banana and coconut.
Once in awhile they have infused short breads (also available through special order). The blueberry-lavender shortbread was amazing! Tasted like blueberries but you didn't think you were eating a flower with the lavender. Short breads are still buttery and perfectly crumbly. I wish they had this flavor all the time. =(
They have ice cream here too, but I generally stick to cupcakes.
You can buy single cupcakes and they have a cute single cupcake plastic container for easy carrying.
I haven't experienced any overly dry cupcakes but I think it's because I'm more interested in the icing...and the sample cookies that they put out while you wait. Mmm cookies.