Buttercup Cupcakes: French Toast Cupcake *GUEST REVIEW*

I was at Chicago Ridge Mall today doing some ornament shopping when this pretty pink store caught my eye. No, not Victoria's Secret..."Buttercup Cupcakes", the sign read. So, remembering my nagging desire to be a romance novelist, I thought, bro, what's more romantic than cupcakes?! And here is my review:

 

This is a "French Toast" Cupcake.

 

Presentation: 8 out of 10 sprinkles

 I thought is had a very sexy, seductive look. Almost tempting you with the slight slant of the frosting, teasing you with it's little nilla wafer protruding out of it's luscious frosting. It made it look very balanced and a little off at the same time. Kinda kinky.

 

Taste and Texture: 6 out of 10 sprinkles

 While the cake did, indeed taste like French toast, I was a little confused at the flavor of the frosting. Until I looked at the description of the cupcake, I would have sworn that the frosting was cream cheese. They label it as maple buttercream. Either way, it tasted pretty dang good! A bit on the granually side, but light and fluffy none the less. The cake texture was cakey. It wasn't crummy. Not sure what else to say about that. 

 

Overall rating:  7 out of 10 sprinkles

 As big a fan as I am of French toast, I do not think that I would purchase another one of this flavor. Not that it wasn't good, but it was a little too sweet for my taste and there was almost too much frosting. It was a vanilla cake with cinnamon streusel but I didn't taste any syrup. Besides, there's so many more scrumptious morsels just waiting to be devoured!

 

Kitty Majeski from Illinois

Orland Park Bakery: Turtle Cupcake

Surprise! We went to a place that wasn't Designer Desserts to do reviews!

There were so many things to choose from at this bakery!  They specialize in everything from cupcakes to BACON DONUTS (omg)! 

It comes in this cute box and our cupcake we chose to review was called the Turtle Cupcake.

The cupcake pictured above is the Turtle Cupcake from Orland Park Bakery.

Presentation : 8/10 Sprinkles

This cupcake looks like a "turtle candy" but we thought the presentation in general was messy and sloppy.  The cake was crumbling everywhere when we opened the box.

Taste & Texture: 7/10 Sprinkles

Cake:  The cake was a chocolate cake with toffee caramel stuffed in the middle mixed with walnuts.  We were completely surprised by the filling inside the cupcake because it was very unexpected.

Frosting: The frosting  was caramel & chocolate syrup and crushed walnuts drizzled on the top of a thick layer of whipped cream.

Overall:  

Shauna: 8/10 Sprinkles

Everything about the cupcake was good especially the middle part of the cupcake.  However, the presentation was sloppy.

Katrina: 7/10 Sprinkles

Katrina is a turtle candy lover and she was excited to try this cupcake.  The cake tasted generic until she tasted the middle filling of the cupcake. She would definitely get this cupcake again because of the filling part of the cupcake.  The toffee caramel paired nicely with the cupcake.

To our followers (Sprinklettes):  Go try it and tell us how you liked it in the comments below or at splitstatecupcake@gmail.com.