Cupcake Royale – Seattle

A couple of years ago, Americans discovered the fun of cupcakesas a dessert or snack. No longer just for elementary school functions, these little bits of heaven have gone mainstream. So it was not surprising to find a little shop solely dedicated to the art of cupcakes in West Seattle. The sweet frangrance meets you at the door when you enter the shop. Mix with that the heady aroma of good coffee and you’re on your way to orgasm in the first few seconds.

They start with two basic cake flavors, vanilla and chocolate, but also have Carrot Cake and Red Velvet. Since Red Velvet is one of my favorite cakes if made properly, that was my first choice, I also got the Carrot Cake, the vanilla Lavender Cupcake and the chocolate Peppermint Party.

I was a little disappointed with the texture of the chocolate cake base. It was a bit too dry and lacking real chocolate flavor. But the icing was delicious. I loved that it wasn’t overly sweet and had just the right amount of peppermint.

The carrot cake was also a litte dry for my taste but the flavor was excellent. Again the icing was wonderful.

My favorites were the Red Velvet and the Lavender. The vanilla cake is more moist than the chocolate and was fluff and light. The Red Velvet was not too sweet and not too dry, in a word, perfection.

Cupcake Royale is a little better at icing than they are at cake but they do a pretty good job overall. I do wish they had more cake flavors though.

Cupcake Royale

4556 California Ave SW

Seattle, WA 98116

They also have locations in Ballard and Madrona

The photo above is NOT of a Cupcake Royale cupcake but was provided by M. Connors and Morguefile.com