2 out of 5 stars
This shop seems to be a brand new one on Glenwood. They had balloons outside and a chalkboard advertising Grand Opening. I just happened to be driving by with Glen so we decided to stop in.
The shop had a small selection of cupcakes, including coconut, red velvet, chocolate with chocolate or vanilla butter cream icing, also chocolate with Oreo cream icing and a pumpkin cupcake which is the flavor of the month. There was also other cupcakes which I can’t remember. Each cupcake is $2.75. We each ordered a chocolate cupcake, I had chocolate icing, Glen had peanut butter icing. I’m glad we ordered some milk to have with the cupcakes because they were rather dry. There was what I felt to be an excessive amount of icing. It made the cake difficult to eat because it crumbled all over but there were no forks to scoop up the leftover big crumbs of cake with the remaining swath of icing.
While these of course beat out your average grocery store cupcakes, they’re not quite worth the $ IMHO. However, I do think you should stop and try for yourself – perhaps try one that’s not chocolate. Some people on the chow bulletin boards liked their cupcakes (negative comments seem to be repeated about the chocolate ones), and there was one repeat customer who wandered in asking for a lemon cupcake which was sold out today, so that may be one to try out. Another customer asked for carrot cake, which they also were out of.
Another thing to note, this shop has regular coffee (Larry’s Beans) but no cappuccino or lattes.
The Cupcake Shoppe
104 Glenwood Ave
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 821-4223
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