Alright, this place was recommended to me by someone "in the know" as having creative flavors/decorations. My wife loves to make/try 'different' cupcakes, so this seemed right up her alley for Mother's Day.
I ordered in advance so that I could access all the flavors instead of just their daily menu, which was cool, because before I called I really just thought it would be whatever was featured on the day I picked up.
Unfortunately that IS what happened because they misfiled my order.
BUT...they made it right, offering a dozen cupcakes gratis in my two dozen cupcake order. I think that was super cool of them.
We weren't able to try the full compliment of their offerings, but at least I didn't go empty handed to the Mother's Day dinner.
The cakes were really well-made, very moist...but I found the frosting to be very sweet. My mother and I sampled the strawberry basil lime...and while my mother argued that she liked it, and that she thought the extremely sweet frosting helped to cut the extremely tart lime filling...she said it in that sort of slide whistle tone reserved for lying to loved ones whose feelings you're trying desperately not to hurt.
"Did you like it mom?"
"I liked it." (high note, low note, high note).
"LIAR!!!"
Anyway, the cupcakes got mixed reviews. I wasn't blown away by the black and white or the strawberry basil. My wife didn't rave about the salted caramel (but she seemed to legitimately enjoy it), my niece gave the so-so hand gesture to the tiramisu cupcake, and although my nephew liked the Elvis, it had too much chocolate filling for him and my father both.
I really wanted this to be a happy ending, but I'm thinking I'll try another place next time.