The other night at Book Club my friend brought over a dozen Mrs. Beasley’s cupcakes. We all dug in, ooeying and aweing, and sampling every flavor. I had two immediate thoughts upon first bite: 1- these were very moist and tasty cupcakes, and 2- the icing was way overly whipped.
Another point of contention was the vanilla frosting on the Red Velvet cupcake. A couple of the girls loved this cupcake anyway, but most of us missed the fresh cream cheese flavor that makes a red velvet cake special. The Chocolate Chocolate cupcake, however, was AMAZING. I’ve never had chocolate “frosting” quite like it. It was like a deep, rich, chocolate mousse whipped up onto a delicious, moist little cake.
Overall, these treats lurk somewhere between a 3.5-4 Cherry rating. While these cupcakes would surely please your party guests, they’re almost $5 a pop! At 1/5th the price you can get Hansen’s cupcakes on Fairfax. They taste a little more artificial, but they’re still delightful and will be much easier on the wallet!
For more info on Mrs. Beasley’s and their other baked goods and locations, click here. They ship nationally!
XOXO
A friend gave me a Magnolia chocolate cupcake to try this weekend, and I was surprised at how mousse-like the frosting was on that cupcake as well! There was quite a bit of it — too much for the cake in my opinion — but I didn’t mind with this frosting. I actually ate it by itself when the cake was long gone. Yum!
Yep, you gotta have that cream cheese flavor in the frosting, else it’s not red velvet.