Happy Cakes

We went on Saturday to pick out cupcakes for dessert for my husband's birthday (Sunday). My daughter was especially excited to go to the new cupcake bakery in the 'hood: Happy Cakes (on 32nd Ave. in West Highlands). It is a little place, with cupcakes displayed behind glass. The very thoughtful owners had placed little stools in front of their display so young children could step up and see all the cupcakes....very nice! We all picked out our cupcakes, brought them home & put them in an airtight container as instructed (not in the fridge). Even though they were a day old when we ate them, they were delicious.

I had the Chai cupcake, which was very yummy. Both the frosting and the cupcake itself was laced with spices. The cinnamon definitely came through, but the flavor was more complex than that. There were definitely other spices in there.

My husband picked out the chocolate on chocolate. His initial review was that there was too much frosting. However, after he ate a bit of my son's Vanilla on Vanilla, he changed his mind. His main problem with the Chocolate on Chocolate was that it was just too much chocolate. If you are the type of person who thinks that there is no such thing as too much chocolate, this is probably the cupcake for you. I think my husband will probably get a chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting next time.

My daughter got the Hot Chocolate cupcake, which was a chocolate cupcake with a white buttercream on top, garnished with a mini marshmallow. The frosting was less vanilla-y (vanilly?) than the vanilla buttercream and a little sweeter. I think they were going for a marshmallow buttercream.

The cupcakes were moist (even at a day old) and the buttercream on all of them was delicious. It tasted like it was made from butter, nothing at all like that yucky stuff you see piled on cupcakes in the grocery store. Happy Cakes is definitely a great addition to our neighborhood!