On the outside, I try to project an image of having it all together. But underneath that, I'm kind of a disaster. Hence... the name of the site: GlossyVeneer. It has been tradition for a really long time that I have lemon cake for my birthday. But since there are just two of us, we don’t really need a whole cake sitting around the house. So we decided to visit The Cupcakery to get an individual-sized portion of cake. This place was recognized by the Las Vegas Review Journal’s Best of Las Vegas 2007 as the Best Dessert (newspaper’s choice). And boy, was it tasty.
I had the Lemonberry cupcake, there was no question about what flavor I would be getting. The web site describes it as “A zesty lemon cake topped with a decadent blueberry frosting.” The texture was amazing, so light and moist, it was a really good cupcake. And the frosting was the perfect complement.
My spouse had the Southern Belle (wow, that’s a goofy sounding name for a man to order, good thing he didn’t see that name and just called it the “red velvet one”.) The cupcake is described by the company as “Sumptuous red velvet cake smothered with cream cheese frosting”. His was really good, but the texture wasn’t as good as the lemon one.
They also had some sample pieces of two flavors, so I tried a small piece of their Good Morning, Cupcake! flavor. The description for that one: “Moist yellow cake with cinnamon swirl topped with a sweet glaze”. It was really good, the cinnamon flavor really complemented the cake.
My only complaint about the restaurant was that they only had two little tiny tables inside to sit and enjoy your treat. And the tables weren’t really tables. They were metal, decorative, lattice-y type tables. Maybe if they cut a circle of glass to sit on top they would have been more functional, but it didn’t make it very easy to sit and enjoy the dessert. And it probably goes against all cupcake law, but I would have liked to have a fork so I could have savored my cupcake even longer (and to make sampling my hubby’s even easier).
9680 S. Eastern Ave. Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89123
I’m craving them too, maybe it was bad to treat myself to it (and keep a picture of it around) because now that I’ve tasted it… I may drive myself crazy. At least the place was about 25 miles on the other side of town, so it’s not an easy stop for anywhere I usually go!
