Whenever I head to Paris 66 for din-din, I ALWAYS pass Vanilla Pastry Studio. And it's always closed. This past weekend I had Paris 66 for lunch on Saturday and I walked by to see the store was open! So after lunch I headed back to check it out.
Vanilla Pastry Studio has a giant selection of tasty treats ranging from brownies to their special lolly's to of course cupcakes! I ended up getting their red velvet cupcake topped with a standard frosting and their chocolate cupcake topped with Espresso Buttercream. The Red Velvet was absolutely delicious; rich and moist and not dried out even though I had the cupcake three hours after I bought it. The frosting was a tad too sweet for my liking, but overall it was still delicious. I love all things espresso and I found the chocolate cupcake absolutely amazing. The flavor of the Espresso Buttercream was a perfect pairing with the chocolate. I found the cupcake itself to taste a little off just at the edges, but the espresso-flavor definitely made it all better.
At $2.25 each, it's definitely on the affordable side when it comes to cupcakes ($25 for a dozen, basically buy 11 get one free).
They're open until they sell out of tasty treats, so some days they might close earlier than other days.
Vanilla Pastry Studio definitely has the best cupcakes I've had in Pittsburgh so far, I'll definitely be back.