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| - After a full day's worth of driving, a friend and I arrived at Wicked at 5:55pm, five minutes before it was supposed to close. We ran from the car up to the front door to discover the owner, Slade, locking up. After explaining that we'd just driven from Vegas to try his cupcakes, he cheerfully led us inside. Whew!
We spent the next 20 minutes chatting with the super-friendly Slade while stuffing our mouths with his delicious Red Velvet cupcakes. Even though I'm not usually a fan of Red Velvet cake I had to admit his was pretty darn tasty. Slade bakes the cupcakes himself and does a different flavor every day. He explained that their specialty is filled cupcakes and that he's made it a mission to bring moist cake to gourmet cupcakes. (And yes, his Red Velvet cupcake was super moist.) He also said that they cover all of their cupcakes in a special glaze before they frost them, which gives them an added zip. He even showed us the fancy cupcake liners he gets from France that easily pull apart like an accordion, allowing you to remove the liner without getting frosting all over your fingers. Neat!
Anyway, the Red Velvet cupcake was freaking fantastic. The first thing you notice about the red velvet cake is its texture -- it's super moist and very soft with a sweet mild chocolate flavor. I think the cake might be too moist for my taste; I'm just not used to cakes that are simultaneously fluffy and moist. The flavor however, is excellent. Unlike most red velvet cakes I've had whose flavors are merely "passable", this red velvet cake transcends to "yummy". The cream cheese frosting is absolutely divine. It's extremely thick and creamy with a sweet, rich cream cheese flavor. It may not be the silkiest cream cheese frosting I've ever had (you can feel super fine sugar crystals in the texture), but it's definitely the richest. Sinfully delicious!
Even now, four months after I visited Wicked, I can say that Slade's Red Velvet cupcake is the best Red Velvet I've ever had.
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