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| - I wasn't overwhelmed, I wasn't underwhelmed, I was just whelmed by Classic Cakes and Confections Bakery, hence the meh rating.
I had family in town visiting who invited me over for dinner last minute and I couldn't show up empty handed. I contemplated heading to a corporate cupcake place that shall not be named but I like to support local businesses so decided to give CC&C a try. They had small and medium sized cakes and tarts ranging from $12-20+ and an array of baked deliciousness like cookies, brownies, and pastries. They also had AMAZING wedding cake models in store that are custom orders.
Walking up they had a sandwich board sign saying "cupcakes buy one, get one free" and inside there was a sign that said cupcakes were 2 for $5 so I asked to take all they had left which was 12 cupcakes. My total bill came to $33 and I was very confused. Cupcakes were BOGO free and the sign said 2 for $5 so I expected to pay $16 for the cupcakes. The cashier explained that the cupcakes are normally priced $4.50-$5 so the BOGO and the 2 for $5 were the same thing. Huh? $5 for a cupcake? I asked why there were 2 different signs indicating differently and his answer was "I didn't want to have to redo the inside sign for the cupcakes."
I ended up getting 6 of the only 3 flavors they had left, raspberry cake with vanilla frosting, vanilla cake with strawberry frosting, and almond cake with vanilla frosting. This is where the whelmed comes in, they were ok. Not great, not bad but just ok and definitely not worth $5. I am not sure what kind of frosting they were topped with, it was lighter than a butter cream and closer to marshmallow fluff consistency.
I do want to go back and try some of their other baked goods because they looked amazing but definitely not going to be ordering cupcakes again unless I'm ready to just be whelmed. So much for shopping local.
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