Being that I have a mad love affair with cupcakes; everyone that I come into contact with assumes that I have been to HeyCupcake. HeyCupcake is the “It” place to get cupcakes here in Austin, TX. People look up to me as a cupcake authority…. connoisseur if you will, and all want to know exactly what I think about the cupcakes at Hey Cupcake.
Today was the day. The weather was BEAUTIFUL… the downtown vibe was exciting with SXSW still going on. So we made the trip. Hey cupcake is an Airstream trailer parked on Congress Ave. Congress is full of little boutique shops and restaurants…. and of course the ever famous Continental Club is there. Almost like a mini Melorse Ave. When we arrived they were very busy, and lots of happy people shoving cupcakes into their mouths. I love the Airstream trailer with a HUGE spinning cupcake on top. The ambiance was definitely there.
The menu is simple, but straight to the point.
Stasia got Red Velvet, I got the Michael Jackson and the Double Dose (I know 2 cupcakes…. I’m bad), and husband got the 24 carrot… he is a big sucker for carrot cake. They looked so yummy. These were over filled cupcakes so they looked like a muffin with icing on top. I loved the way that they looked in the box.
Stasia took the first bite. And I was amazed when she took 2 bites and then put it back in the box. Totally unlike my daughter to leave so much as a crumb of cupcake behind.
So then I took a bite of my Michael Jackson. The cream cheese frosting was EXCELLENT… OMG it was SO good!
The cake itself… well, it is better than an HEB or Walmart cupcake. But, it was dry… and kind of bland. I really like a rich moist cupcake. I too put the cupcake down.
Husbands 24 carrot cupcake, same AWESOME frosting…. but even he said that it wasn’t very good. He actually said that it tasted like there was too much baking soda. I didn’t know that he even knew what baking soda was!!! AMAZING! I took a bite of the carrot cake and it didn’t have any of the spices that you would usually find. My double dose… again the frosting was AMAZING…. Rich chocolaty goodness!! SO YUMMY!!… same boring CHALK-let cake. All-in-all HeyCupcake was a disappointments. Cool concept, poor execution.
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Uggg that sucks!! What a huge let down, I hate when that happens. This just proves you need to open your own cupcake shop!!!
I was wondernig about that place. I have seen it before. Yeah that is enough for me not to bother stopping by.
I too was wondering about that place “Hey Cupcakes.” Just the other day my brother and I were talking about how they started their business.
i tried heycupcake back in december and was expecting home-baked yummy goodness and was immediately disappointed with the first bite. i got the double dose and wow, talk about a major letdown. i just don’t understand – there is so much hype about this place and it’s just OK. If you ask me, they taste like bland boxed cake mix cupcakes. Lame.
what a total bummer & dissapointment.
great pics though!!!
I tried Hey Cupcake too when I came over for a cake convention from CA and my reaction was the exact same. My mom practically licked the frosting off, but left the cupcake in the bag…sooo sad!
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