If you want cupcake variety, you've gotta make Babycake Cupcakes your jam. They've got over a dozen types of cupcakes with sassy names like "Velvet Underground", "Thumper's Odyssey", "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Lemony Snickets." No plain vanilla or chocolate cupcakes here - they've taken the art of cupcakery to the next level with flavours like mango, mint, pumpkin, lemon, peanut butter, cardamom and marshmallow.
Cupcakes are baked on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays so check in on one of those days for optimal freshness. They're $3.25, so by no means cheap, but for the inventive flavour combinations I'd consider it a bargain.
I sampled two cupcakes:
* "Punk'd" - pumpkin with cream cheese frosting. There was a beautiful orange pumpkin fondant cutout on top of the cupcake and it was the perfect size. This was by far one of the best cupcakes I've tasted and I wouldn't hesitate to order a batch for a special occasion.
* "Blue By You" - chocolate cake with peppermint frosting. I *love* dark chocolate and eat it whenever I can get my hands on it (which is always) and this cupcake satisfied my craving for both mint and chocolate, combined. There was a beautiful fondant star on top and the icing was a vibrant robin's egg blue. Decadent!