The website for Miss Cora's Kitchen references a piece on them by Blog.to and asks "Toronto's best cupcakes?". I sincerely hope not. I may have to find some other comfort food...or actually embark on the promised diet.
They're not bad-they're perfectly edible but they're by no means cupcakes I would travel for.
The first day I went in I had a lovely lady serving me. It was fun! They had samples of (delicious) brownies and I bought a trio of mini cupcakes which she put in a tray for me. The carrot cake one was really good-spicy bun, fresh tasting cream cheese frosting. The chocolate one was dense and heavy but tasty. A mini one would be enough. Vanilla tasted a bit strange.
The following week I had a guy. I wondered at the red velvet cupcake they have-I'm used to it being a dark red/brown bun with a white frosting ...like this-http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieanne/2722561177/. He looked at me like I was demented when I tried to explain so I just trailed off and mumbled something about "bit obsessed...". Bought vanilla and chocolate again. He helpfully placed them in a napkin so that the frosting got smashed into it. Vanilla definitely not nice. Too much extract in the frosting (which was hard) and a rock hard bun. Probably partly because it came from the fridge. On second tasting, the chocolate one is only OK. Frosting pretty much exactly like the Betty Crocker one.
At $1.50 per mini they shouldn't be just acceptable....they should be practically gourmet and consistently good. I'm not overwhelmed. This is probably a good thing considering the proximity to my condo and my too tight clothing!