Recently I had to travel with my man to Florida. I am proud to say I did a little taste testing while I was there. First stop was the Cupcake Spot in St Petersburg. I ordered the Berry Squared and Better Thans. Berry Squared was a strawberry cake with raspberry cream cheese icing. Better Thans was a chocolate chip cake also with cream cheese icing. This may be a shock but I couldn't finish the Berry Squared cupcake. The icing had a weird taste and was just not that good. The Better Thans on the other hand was decent. The cake reminded me of my partner in cupcake crime's chocolate chip muffins she would fix in college. However the icing made me think of icing from a can, not bad, but not impressive. Cupcake Spot was just average for me. I give it 2.5 sprinkles.
Next stop Frosting ETC in Tampa. This stop I found beautiful creatively flavored cupcakes with
a very passionate and nice cupcake worker! After MUCH deliberation I chose Champagne Pear Bellini, Guinness Beer, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. I so wanted to love these cupcakes but once again they did not do it for me. Champagne Pear Bellini, which I was informed has won awards and has been reviewed by food critics. Maybe my taste buds were out of order that day but the cake, which had chunks of pear baked in, had no flavor. The icing on the other hand had a nice sweet, salty and smooth flavor. Next up was Guinness Beer which was the cupcake worker's fav. Once again the chocolate cake had no flavor but the icing was de-lish. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough had the same story- tasteless cake and amazing icing. The icing I think actually had cookie dough mixed in! I was content eating the icing and forget the cake! So Frosting ETC gets only 2 sprinkles.
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