Cupcake Royale
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: September 2, 2008

If I were to live my life as a confection I'd definitely choose to be a cupcake. They're cute, everybody loves them, and because they're the perfect size you never hear, "Ugh, I really shouldn't have eaten that. It was just tooooo much!" Unless you're me, who gluttonously ate three of them the other day. But that's what happens when:
1) you love cupcakes,
2) you stumble upon a bakery in your new neighborhood that just happens to specialize in cupcakes,
3) you decide your readers need to hear -more than anything else- about said bakery's fabulous cupcakes.
So I blame my dessert debauchery on Cupcake Royale. It's simply their fault that they had so many delicious cupcakes from which to choose and make myself happily sick.
The flavors we chose for our dutiful experiment were:

Lavender: Real lavender buds in vanilla buttercream on vanilla cake,
Coconut Bunny: Vanilla buttercream topped with coconut on chocolate cake,
Peppermint Party: Minty green peppermint buttercream on chocolate cake,
Triple Threat: Chocolate buttercream with dark chocolate bits on chocolate cake,
A seasonal strawberry buttercream on chocolate cake,
A specialty Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting.

Cupcake Royale was voted Seattle's Best Cupcake 2008 and I gleefully concur. Their three Seattle-area bakeries whip up their diminutive sweeties bright and early each day. As they say, "Shelf life = Today!" Their "Rules of Cupcake Goodness" simply state: no preservatives, no box mixes, use only top-quality ingredients from local or sustainable sources, no shortening, hand frosted, and make them with lots of love.
Just like mom used to make!
I'll be back soon for another round of "testing."

Comments:
Alisa
September 2, 2008

Mmmmm...cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes, I love you cupcakes! More reviews please! *sigh* such lovely cupcakes!
Jean Ann

Hi there,
You left a comment for me on my (old) blog about beets...my new blog address is www.gardenertofarmer.net...and I also have a foodie blog at www.portlandfoodie.com. I would love to have a beta invite to learn more about your site as it is developed!
Tracey

While I love a good cupcake, and anyone who loves a good cupcake, I suggest you branch out on your next assignment. Perhaps you can solve the age-old argument amongst SCCs (Seattle Cupcake Connoiseurs--a 2-person group that I formed that allows me to eat cupcakes for breakfast guilt-free)... Which is better? Trophy Cupcakes? or Cupcake Royale? (My vote: Trophy). Happy Eating!
Mr.Sound

I thought you only ate 3?:) But you listed 5 flavors. Must be for some else I guess? :)
skin

I love cupcakes! but I couldn't find cupcake topping recipe which not melting or buttery.. it could be touch without ruin it.. a stiff one. I always used buttercream or the one with merigue in it. still not working. tell me if you found one yeh:)