10/100 Hotcakes Bakes (restaurant review)

Hotcakes Bakes
Los Angeles, CA

Restaurant review

Basic info:
Cost per cupcake is 3.00.

Hotcakes Bakes Bakery won Cupcakes Wars in 2009 so that is their claim to fame. They made our list of cupcakes to try while I was in Los Angeles.

I have to say, I was underwhelmed. First off, the cupcake was served very cold from the fridge. Frosting cold, cake cold...it was cold. I really prefer my cupcakes room temperature. They taste better and the texture of the frosting is just way better. The bite of this was hard and just no fun. This fact alone ruined the cupcake for me and I pretty much could not get past that. Cold cupcake = yech tooey.

I sampled their coconut cupcake to compare it to the one that I had from Sprinkles. This was plain vanilla with a cream cheese frosting. It was smaller than the Sprinkles one and no lemon in this one. I honestly think my cupcake had spent a good long time in the fridge and the flavor was not there. Hands down, Sprinkles beat out this cupcake. Lackluster to say the least. I am sure some people think this is a good cupcake but not me. The flavor would have come through a bit better if it had not been chilled.

Anyways. Worth a mention. I did, of course, finish the cupcake.

Website and restaurant information:
http://www.hotcakesbakes.com/


Over all rating:
Fair.

Recommend:
Not as much as Sprinkles.


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