The Cupcake Shoppe: No Tricks, All Treats

2417 Yonge Street
Phone: 416-322-6648

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Posted by Staff
October 30, 2005

Currently 2.67/5
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Rating: 2.7/5 (30 votes cast)

Cupcakes are IT. Rather than wedding cakes, there are people opting for wedding cupcakes. This year, instead of the myriad of candles to show how old I turned, I had (nearly) as many birthday cupcakes instead. Heck, Hallowe'en is a holiday - time to celebrate!

I won't be out trick or treating this year, so I figure I need me a nice treat and cupcakes would hit the spot. Let's see, I can bake me up some (too lazy), there are local bakers with delicious offerings (read about the Flour Girls), but I happen to walk by The Cupcake Shoppe and the spider cupcakes draw me right in.

The selection is vast and not being able to decide on just one, I'm in for a half dozen ($13, one for $2.50 and $25 for a dozen). I like cute and these cupcakes sure are CUTE.

There's a vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream topped with a smiley ghost (Pretty In Pink) and another vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream with a pumpkin on it (Yonge N' Eligible). Clearly, they are chosen to be part of my six pack, along with a couple of Sticky N' Sweet (vanilla buttermilk cake dipped in caramel), a Curious George (chocolate buttermilk cake with banana buttercream) and a Purple Haze (vanilla buttermilk cake with blueberry buttercream).

The Cupcake Shoppe also takes custom orders with 24 hours notice for regular sized cupcakes ($20 for six), mini cupcakes ($1.50 each minimum of 12), and mini cupcakes with flowers ($2.00 each minimum of 12).

And these cupcakes are tasty. They are full in both flavour and in density. There's also no question as to why the word "butter" shows up in all the descriptions.

Is it possible to treat myself TOO well? Well, maybe... it's something to think about after I down my Purple Haze.

The Cupcake Shoppe
2417 Yonge Street
416-322-6648

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i love cupcakes, and i love thing like this, is this place a shop? i live in weston, so is it anywhere near?
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catherine

Posted by: catherine at July 14, 2006 1:57 PM

The service there is really horrible. Cute cupcakes, but bad service.

Posted by: Julia at February 5, 2008 12:41 AM

Their cupcakes are awful. The cake tasted like it came from a mix and was dry. The icing is not sweet and is an odd texture. I'd rather go to dominion and buy their bakeshop cupcakes than eat these again

Posted by: nancy at February 29, 2008 12:03 AM

i have been by the cupcake shoppe thousands of times when it was closed and it looked so very good! but a couple of weeks ago i finally went in and it was so so dissapointing. 2 flavours of cakes, both taste dry and terrible. the icing was disgusting. tasted like edible oil product. ewww. i would avoid this place. it was very dissapointing. i've had better cupcakes from a grocery store

Posted by: N at May 26, 2008 4:33 PM

I second that. Disappointing cupcakes :(

Posted by: cutieslug at May 28, 2008 9:33 PM

Dry and tasteless, except for one of the flavours (chocolate with the blue icing?). DEFINITELY not worth the money. Also, the service is not good.

Posted by: Sugar Malone at June 24, 2008 3:00 AM

overated , overpriced , overhyped...yee same olde story !

Posted by: philehofish at July 10, 2008 7:32 PM

I was really hoping you weren't going to list "The Cupcake Shoppe" in your rankings! These were the first TO cupcakes I've ever had. They're horrible! Besides what everyone else has said about the taste--dry, horrible icing, etc.--they're also way too expensive! $2.50 per cupcake?! At that price, these better be the best cupcakes ever--and they're not!!

P.S. To Catherine (the first person to comment): No, this store is on Yonge, just north of Eglinton. It's not anywhere near Weston, and I wouldn't make the trip for these. The cupcakes look beautiful, but are expensive and taste awful.

Posted by: anonymous at July 22, 2008 6:29 AM

I can't believe all these negative emails. The cupcakes are really good and the service is great.

Posted by: Nizi at September 4, 2008 12:54 AM

I brought the mini cupcakes (48) for my daughter's b'day celebration at school and was disappointed they were just in the box moving around. They knew it was for a birthday celebration and they were going directly to the school. Absolutley lacked presentation. Will be looking elsewhere this year. I am for taste but presentation is also very important.

Posted by: mum at September 9, 2008 3:33 AM

How can a store like this make any money, when they produce such garbage.

Posted by: Anonymous at September 23, 2008 7:32 AM

what??? why so negative?? these cupcakes are DELICIOUS!!! I had unbelievable cupcakes in London, England at Humingbird cafe...these could seriously compete with Humingbird's! I think they are amazing

Posted by: lexi at October 21, 2008 2:43 AM

What is the straight goods here? Are they good cupcakes or not? Is it hit and miss - ie some days are excellent but most days they are bad? Is the service that horrible? My goodness, would be really nice to know the truth as I need to get some tonight!

Posted by: Kelly at October 27, 2008 3:27 PM

I think the best are from EatMyWords.org... Much better presentation, and they're so so yummy.

Posted by: Anonymous at October 31, 2008 3:20 PM

I don't know whats wrong with some people!!! These cupcakes are AMAZINGGG!!!!!!!
I had ordered 3 dozen for my engagement party and they were such a BIG HIT!!! Oh and the service there is FINE!! What do you expect from A LTTLE SHACK IN THE HEART OF UPTOWN??????..The frosting is a buttercream, and melts in your mouth! Flavours; Strawberries and cream is a MUST, aswell Curious George! And the prices are the same as other places!!!! So ignore all negative reviews people!!!!! The Cup cake shoppe ROCKS!!!!

Posted by: melissa at November 13, 2008 5:56 PM