This was one of my secret places in first year university. When all else was failing, I would make tracks to Dessert Lady, order myself a vanilla cupcake, and stroll (happily yet grudgingly) back home.
I am a cupcake aficionado and I have a strong preference for vanilla cupcakes, and this is the place to go for something simple and sweet. The price was definitely in the $1 range and the cupcake was more than two bite.
As a vanilla loyalist, I'm not so much of a chocolate fan but I did give it a go once and decided to stick with what I know.
The Dessert Lady has a wide variety of sweets. I picked up a non-cupcake on a few occasions and whatever I got was delicious but not amazing enough to recall.
This is a nice place to go to for dessert after eating at Mela, a local vegetarian Italian restaurant that no one seems to know, or checking out the ice sculptures in Yorkville.