Should have been last month that I published this blog about the random blooming of cupcakes in the city everywhere! But since I'm the kind of blogger who hardly find time to just sit down in my favorite off-white, dirty beige couch (designed like the one you saw in the movie Up!) with either my leather (Starbucks) journal book or just write everything directly in my iPad, found time just now. Anyway, I assure you my dear readers that you will get a concrete points and tips as to whose baking the best cupcake in town! Read on...! ;)
my couch?! the box is where i put my stationery journals..
Two thumbs!! for their chocolate flavor. Kids love it!!
Vanilla Cupcake's Halloween cupcake!!
I gave my little John a surprise cake on his birthday last November 6, and as told you I don't have much time to sit down and stay in my favorite chair located at "my own space" in one corner of our house, mows the only time I'm free for this journal. We just had a simple celebration of John's birthday over a dinner in one of the pizza parlor in the place. While seating and waiting for our order I come across this "Cupcake by Sonja" just across the escalator in front of our restaurant that evening. And so I thought maybe they also have a little bit of cakes for occasion. Off I went. Although the dine-in setting is not attractive for me at all, unlike the Royal Touch Cupcake, wherein you want to stay forever for a day, I found their cupcakes a little limited in numbers. (Which I like most, so that I wouldn't have a hard time making my choice). I asked the very friendly staff: "Do you have special cupcakes for occasion or birthday in particular?" "We can put a candle on top of the cupcake ma'm, but as for the flavors here's all we got". She recommend the chocolate flavor or the banana and mango flavor as the most kids choice. I chose the banana since I know John like eating banana fruit might as well he likes banana flavored cupcake. Besides it's the only cupcake there with a blue-colored icing on top and it's simple. To make the story short, I asked the friendly staff if she can deliver the cupcake just across the restaurant we're dining in after around 20minutes. Without any hesitation she and the other male staff there easily agreed! I was surprised but thankful their so accommodating. ;) And that night for me was the best "cupcake night" for me. Before making my first slice of the cupcake, I try to smell it......and I did smell! It's so light sweet and freshly-baked smelling! With this I got even more excited to finally taste Cupcakes by Sonja. Delicioso! Delicious! Yummy and taste so newly, freshly baked, sooooo soft cake and so nutty icings. And then I finally said this is the "Best Heaven".
So there you go my dear readers. My blog and rating for each four cupcakes I tasted in town!
The Royal Touch Cupcake - Heaven
Hazelberry and Vanilla Cupcake - Second Heaven
Cupcakes by Sonja - Best Heaven
If you haven't tried them yet, make sure to go and make the perfect choice of trying which cupcake shop. Happy Cupcake Eating.. :)
The very first cupcake I tasted in the market was Hazelberry by Ara. Well you should have heard that after a year of enrolling in a culinary/baking school, former actress Ara Mina or Hazel Reyes in real name, has got her golden hands in baking cupcakes and cookies. And I would say she's a success on this. My finger crossed her IG site one day, and upon reading all the "yummy and delicious" comments there, block off the date specified for her next bazaar.
It was Sunday and the venue is in Centrist Mall in Quezon Avenue. Tagging my husband along (but mostly just for the purpose of driving for me), he and my 12year old son accompanied me. I was lucky enough to meet ms. Ara herself or Hazel she was nice and accommodating. Telling me about the different pastry she herself made as testified by her cousin and all her corteus staff there! Okay, to finally share you my rating on her cupcake goodies I tried the very famous Red Velvet Cupcake. "Heaven"....was what my mind says after taking my first bite. The bread was soooo soft and the top icing is so enticing. Just very right sweetness that complement the cupcake's body. I tried the oatmeal cookies and their just so perfectly created. I remember hating the store I previously bought on my oatmeal cookie bag because I was so craving that time and I badly needed one. Whooah! It was awful coz the cookie might be a week old already, so hard and textures not good. I know should not be mentioning which store I bought it. ;)
So the ending, you should have guessed it right, I take home with me 2tray of Hazelberry Red Velvet Cupcake; 1bag of Oatmeal Cookie ( thinking it would be healthy for my little John); and 1box of coconut macaroons. And my husband beg me we should go. The price? Red velvet at P400++ cookie at P175 and macaroons @ P200++. Then a bonus pic with the artist.
My next cupcake adventure was in the Royal Touch Cupcake. What attracted me first on this place to come is their interior design of : it's like calling His Royal Highness' Cupcake but of modern touch. There's a four-seater table and there's couch or sofa style too. Each table is adorned with cute and very dainty flower arrangement in small cute and dainty pot or some are in vase. Me and my friend order cupcake according to its appearance, I guess. Not being familiar yet with each and every flavors taste I pick the ever famous Vanilla Cupcake. "Second Heaven" I'd say. The cake is soft, taste fresh but I hate the event that one slice the body is falling apart already. Does that mean it's not well-done, too much flour or dough? Or just not "fully made-up body". I don't know but anyway aside from the fact that it's delicious taste is well complemented with their free house tea (every order of 3cupcake) I can't taste the vanilla flavor at all. I don't know what to say now.....uhmmmm, it's yummy and delicious I swear but I can't taste the taste I supposed to taste as it's cupcake name says: "Vanilla Cupcake".
Vanilla Cupcake was next in my bucket list. As this cupcake shop has been long time booming in the industry and is so accessibly located in the Glorietta mall I found a day after a mass one Sunday afternoon with my John to go and visit the place. The shop is very. Dainty, neat looking, so "fairy-tale like" and so Audrey I'd say. We're so lucky enough that day to be sitting just exactly on the beautiful chair I was eyeing. I ordered Red Velvet Cupcake ( since the staff highly recommend it as their best seller) and for John he ask for chocolate (well, what can you expect for kids choice). They provide
free drinking water contained in a goblet (wow, sosssy!) although I ordered a hot chocolate marshmallows for my John. :) since this place has been taking the first place in town because of its exposure and growing branches I expected too much. Well here's my taste-findings.
Light sweetness only, soft cake, soft icings and flavorful chocolate. Fair enough, I guess.
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| they also offer Hot Choco with Marshmallows (like our fave Swiss Miss)! |
Vanilla Cupcake's Halloween cupcake!!
I gave my little John a surprise cake on his birthday last November 6, and as told you I don't have much time to sit down and stay in my favorite chair located at "my own space" in one corner of our house, mows the only time I'm free for this journal. We just had a simple celebration of John's birthday over a dinner in one of the pizza parlor in the place. While seating and waiting for our order I come across this "Cupcake by Sonja" just across the escalator in front of our restaurant that evening. And so I thought maybe they also have a little bit of cakes for occasion. Off I went. Although the dine-in setting is not attractive for me at all, unlike the Royal Touch Cupcake, wherein you want to stay forever for a day, I found their cupcakes a little limited in numbers. (Which I like most, so that I wouldn't have a hard time making my choice). I asked the very friendly staff: "Do you have special cupcakes for occasion or birthday in particular?" "We can put a candle on top of the cupcake ma'm, but as for the flavors here's all we got". She recommend the chocolate flavor or the banana and mango flavor as the most kids choice. I chose the banana since I know John like eating banana fruit might as well he likes banana flavored cupcake. Besides it's the only cupcake there with a blue-colored icing on top and it's simple. To make the story short, I asked the friendly staff if she can deliver the cupcake just across the restaurant we're dining in after around 20minutes. Without any hesitation she and the other male staff there easily agreed! I was surprised but thankful their so accommodating. ;) And that night for me was the best "cupcake night" for me. Before making my first slice of the cupcake, I try to smell it......and I did smell! It's so light sweet and freshly-baked smelling! With this I got even more excited to finally taste Cupcakes by Sonja. Delicioso! Delicious! Yummy and taste so newly, freshly baked, sooooo soft cake and so nutty icings. And then I finally said this is the "Best Heaven".
So there you go my dear readers. My blog and rating for each four cupcakes I tasted in town!
The Royal Touch Cupcake - Heaven
Hazelberry and Vanilla Cupcake - Second Heaven
If you haven't tried them yet, make sure to go and make the perfect choice of trying which cupcake shop. Happy Cupcake Eating.. :)
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