Cupcake Heaven!! Well... only because I haven't physically been to Yummy Cupcakes in LA - so a direct comparison is still pending. So, a 5-star update may be in the future.
Here at Mad Hatter you can actually custom build your own 4 layer cupcakes! ... Observe
First, you start off with the type of cake. Choose from flavors such as classic chocolate, vanilla bean, red velvet and several others.
Then you choose what type of oooey-gooey filling you want in it. Chocolate Ganache, White chocolate Ganace, Banana creme, Orange creme, etc etc etc ,there are literally over a dozen choices.
Next comes the topping ... More Chocolate? More Vanilla? More White Chocolate? Cream Chees perhaps? Ahhhhhh the Choices !!
What??? One more choice??!?. Pick a Topper! A Bite Sized Butterfinger? Baby Ruth? Snickers? Kit Kat? Twix? Chocolate chip cookie? A C-3PO HEAD??! yes, you can so choose that if you wish.
Cupcakes are $3.25each and can also be bought in Half Dozens($19.50) and Dozens($36.00).
Conveniently located just a stone's throw away from Cupcake Lane at the Target Plaza on Ft Apache/215, so we were able to make a direct comparison.
At Mad Hatter, I went for the Red Velvet, with Orange Creme filling and White Chocolate creme topping
I Then went next door to Cupcake lane for their Red Velvet with cream cheese topping.....sadly, it was no contest. Mad Hatter wins that comparison, hands-down. Maybe it's not a fair comparison... after all, I custom made the cupcake at Mad Hatter.
But, no worries. There will be further direct comparisons in the future