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| - Ok, yes, I've been on a Cleveland cupcake hunt. Having experienced the likes of Sprinkles out in California, I only dreamed I could find such a shop here at home. Mostly I've only tried cupcake companies where you order by the dozen and they are locally delivered. So I was ecstatic when this place opened with a storefront. The service was wonderful and friendly, and they were even receptive to my suggestion that they stay open later come summer evenings when Tremont diners want a post-dinner treat.
The place is also super-cute. Tiny little shop with impeccable decor. LOVE the multi-colored sprinkles under the glass tabletop. The cupcakes are also incredibly impressive in appearance. Unlike most cupcakes with a spread layer of icing, these have tall towers of swirled icing. They're also adorned with mini edible decorations (like mini cookies).
I'm only disappointed in the actual taste of the cupcakes. I tried the red velvet (always my barometer) and the cookie monster (so cute!), a chocolate with blue vanilla icing. I wasn't impressed. Cake was a little dry, and neither red velvet nor chocolate had much strong flavor. They were bland. Icing was not sweet enough for me, but for reference, I love grocery store cakes/icing. I've got quite the sweet tooth. So I decided these were not worth the calories. If I can resist cake and icing, I think that's telling.
All this said, my friends enjoyed their vanilla/vanilla and cookie monster cupcakes. So to each her own.
I'm more than happy to pay $2.50 for a large scrumptious beautiful cupcake. Unfortunately, I will have to keep searching...
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