Another stop on my South End foodie trek was Sweet, a very new bakery that makes only cupcakes. They state that all of their frostings, fillings and batters are freshly prepared from scratch and made from the highest quality ingredients available.They carry five standard cupcakes, as well as some special seasonal flavors. The standard cupcakes include:
The Sweet Cake: Creamy Madagascar vanilla bean cake with special Sweet vanilla or Dutch cocoa frosting
Dark Chocolate: Rich chocolate cake baked with Dutch cocoa topped with signature Sweet frosting in vanilla or chocolate
Organic Karat: Moist carrot cake with shredded organic carrots and crushed pineapple topped with classic cream cheese frosting and an edible gold leaf petal
Lemon: Delicate lemon cake with signature Sweet frosting infused with lemon and finished with a candied lemon twist
Cappuccino: Delectable espresso flavored cake baked with Callebaut chocolate
Cupcakes are available in regular size and miniature. The regular size are sized like a traditional cupcake and not the over-sized ones you see in some places. Prices for the cupcakes are not listed on their website. But they are not cheap.
Regular cupcakes sell for $3.25 each, or 6 for $18.50, 12 for $36 and 16 for $48. Miniatures cost $2.35 each. This places their prices on the highest end of the cupcake market. For example, regular cupcakes at Kickass Cupcakes are $2.75 each and their supersize cupcakes are $3.75 each.
I tried a Sweet Cake with vanilla frosting and a Dark Chocolate with chocolate frosting. They both tasted good but were not exceptional. The cupcakes were not as moist as they could be, though the frosting helped overcome some of the dryness of the cupcake. The frostings were very tasty, nicely sweet without being cloyingly so. They do provide a generous amount of frosting. But, at this price, the cupcakes should be impressively delicious, and they just do not reach that height.
Now, they have only been open a short time so some leeway needs to be granted to them. I will try them again in another month or two to assess if anything has changed. They just may need to work out a few kinks. Time will tell.
Sweet
40 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-247-CAKE
Yeah, you definitely want to give them another chance. It's a tough job, but it has to be done, and your sacrifice is appreciated! That said, you are quite right - we can get "good" cupcakes a whole lot cheaper than $3.25.
ReplyDeleteMy kids tried Sweet, and loved them. The price is the same as we pay for gourmet cupcakes in the SF Bay Area. I just wish that someone would make a great vegan cupcake!
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