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Food Gal » Blog Archive » Cupcakes Redux — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:07:45 +0000

[...] you missed my other cupcake tastings, you can go back and read my reviews of Kara’s Cupcakes, Sprinkles Cupcakes, and my cupcake adventures in Los Angeles. Share and Enjoy: These icons link [...]

By: Kathryn F.

Kathryn F. — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:22:36 +0000

We, too, did the Kara v. Sprinkles taste test, tasting 4 varieties at each store. Sprinkes won, hands-down. It wasn’t even close. I don’t know if I just hit them on an off day, but Kara’s cake layer was uniformly dry and crumbly and their frostings were greasy and too thickly applied. The dryness of the base made the cakes really difficult to eat politely until we employed forks. Sprinkles’ cake layer was moist and tasted homemade, with a nice sturdy shelf of extra cake all around the edges to support the frosting (and the frosting was tasty although again really thickly applied). Maybe people just like lots of frosting? I noticed Sprinkles sells cups of frosting to go… Also, I liked the ordering process at Kara’s better, it’s streamlined and gets you out the door faster; Sprinkles passed my order through 3 people to get the job done (one to take the order, another to pack the order, another to ring me up) even though I went quite early and there were only 3 customers in the store.

By: Carol C.

Carol C. — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:49:20 +0000

I’m glad you had a good experience, because mine was quite the opposite (as far as the actual cakes are concerned). Kara’s cupcakes have proven to be continually dry and tasteless. I have not visited Sprinkles yet, but am trying to keep my expectations low. I guess there is a reason the general population appreciate Costco and Safeway cakes… I just want something more.

By: foodgal

foodgal — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:59:31 +0000

Wow, you are brave to weather that heat in line, Marcella. Intriguing results, too, from your cupcake taste-off. I’m hoping to plant myself in line at Sprinkles this week to try them. One friend who tried the cupcakes last week really liked them, especially the Red Velvet one. Another friend said they were over-rated. Will be interesting to see what my taste buds say.

By: marcella

marcella — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:15:23 +0000

We did a cupcake tasting on Saturday. Kara’s first as my sister and brother-in-law love them. We tried carrot, banana, coconut and vanilla. They were all good but I have to say the carrot was the least favorite for everyone. Moist, not too sweet, good flavors. Then we went to Sprinkles and stood in line for half and hour and man it was HOT! Bring rather full we only tried three kinds – coconut, banana with chocolate frosting this time and strawberry. The sprinkles banana won hands down. While Kara’s was gently banana the Sprinkles one really had a strong homemade banana bread flavor. The coconut at Sprinkles was also more strongly flavored. The Sprinkles cupcakes had a little crust around the top where the cupcake top hit the pan – nice, like a homemade cupcake. We all decided we liked Sprinkles better. It will be fun to read what you think when you taste them.