I'm not big into fads or anything so I never got into the whole cupcake thing. I hear there are some good places around town and never had the time or urge to walk into one. Who on earth wants to pay roughly $3 for a cupcake? Seriously? I want to shake the hand of the person who decided to market these things for such a high price!
So I get an invite to a small dinner party with some chicks. They told me that they are cooking everything and all I need to do is show up. Of course I'm at work and the dinner is right after! I cant show up empty handed. Nope... Just cant! What would impress a group of chicks? Fancy cupcakes! Might as well I figured.
I did some last minute Yelping at work to find a cupcake place still open when I get off of work at 8. The only one I found was Mad Hatter. It was a little out of my way but I guess it would be worth it. I get off promptly at 8pm, at start driving up to Mad Hatter. I call ahead just to make sure they will have cupcakes when I arrive around 8:40. The nice lady on the phone was super helpful. Here's a sample of our conversation:
Me: I'm on my way to your shop right now and I want to know if there will be cupcakes left when I get there.
Girl: Let me know what you want and I can tell you if we still have them.
Me: Honestly, this is my first time going to a cupcake store so I have no idea what there is.
She begins to tell me the different flavors they have left. Chocolate, Vanilla, Carrot, Red Velvet, Peanut Butter, Lemon.
Me: Perfect. I'll take one of each. A perfect half dozen for the three girls and myself.
Girl: Now did you want frosting as well as filling?
Me: Uhh....... I didnt know this was going to be so complicated!
So we go through each cupcake one by one and she asks what kind of frosting and filling I wanted with them. My default answer for each of them was "I'll take whatever everyone normally takes." For the chocolate, people usually get the chocolate frosting and filling. Vanilla gets the vanilla frosting and filling. Lemon gets the same lemon filling and frosting. Same as the peanut butter one. The only ones that she didnt recommend a filling for was the Red Velvet and the Carrot. Just a simple cream cheese frosting for those.
Perfect! I told her I'd be there around 8:45. No problem she replied. Now Mad Hatter is in a large shopping plaza and it took me a little bit to get there. Once there my package was sitting there patiently waiting to get picked up. One thing I forgot to ask was how much it was going to be. I guess I really didn't care because they were for three girls! I hoped it wouldn't be more than $20 because that would be silly paying that much for cupcakes! The price came out to around $16 and change. I guess that was fine. I really hoped they would be good!
After the yummy dinner, we cracked open the cupcakes. Of course, it was a winner! We each had a bit of each one just to taste it. I definitely liked the Red Velvet a lot! The one I cared least for the was peanut butter.
All in all I would say these cupcakes were delicious! Would I get these again? Possibly. Maybe if I had time I would actually bake them instead of paying $3 each. Who am I kidding. The cooking time plus the clean up time would be waaaaay more than I would want to deal with! Ask me again... Ask me again! Would I get these again? Sure I would! Girls love cupcakes! Would I bring these over for the guys UFC event? Haha. I better stop while I'm ahead.