Crumbs Bake Shop

Oreo Cupcake

       Crumbs is a popular bake shop best known for the large size of their cupcakes and the unique flavors. I heard about Crumbs through a friend. She was raving about how good they were so I had see for myself. I live closest to the location near Wall Street. Hardest location to find...I got lost for 20 minutes and just when I was about to give up I found it. This location is very small but there is always a crowd standing around waiting to be served. Looking at the display case I saw interesting flavors like cappuccino, tiramisu, white hot chocolate, and cookie dough. I picked out a dozen cupcakes at random. Usually when food looks good you would think it would taste good as well. That is not in this case with Crumbs.

   Lets start with the icing, it is as hard as rock and tastes so sweet it makes your gums bleed. The vanilla cake is just ok. A little dry and nothing special. The chocolate cake is literally disgusting. Beyond dry and tastes nothing like chocolate. The red velvet was really foul. I've had better red velvet from the supermarket bakery. I have a love and obsession with cupcakes so I was really disappointed with Crumbs especially after my friend's rave review. The most remarkable thing is despite the vast variety of flavors, every cupcake tastes the same. Really. If someone was to blindfold me I would not be able to tell the white hot chocolate from the cookies and cream. Though Crumbs makes some attractive looking cupcakes, the taste is beyond bland. They are nothing to get excited about.

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