Dolcissimo!

While out in California, D and I drove to Pomona/Chino Hills to visit my best friend who is in osteopathic medical school. After dinner, we went to this fantastic cupcake shop in Chino Hills called Dolcissimo! And boy does this place live up to it's name!! The cupcakes are sweeter than sweet and so memorably wonderful. (sorry about the poor quality pic).


I had the red velvet cupcake, which for some reason is always my favorite even though I know it's just a basic cocoa cupcake with a crap ton of red food coloring. This particular cupcake was first of all absolutely beautiful. They are made by hand, but they are all so uniformly perfect, you would think a machine decorated them!


I have had cupcakes before that look pretty but aren't moist enough, or don't have the right flavor. But this cupcake... oh, this cupcake... I can confidently say it is the best cupcake I have EVER had. EVER! It was so incredibly moist, but didn't fall apart as I bit into it. The icing was so delightfully creamy and soft and sweet and buttery, and just the right amount too. Oh the memories!! If only I could re-live that moment...

If you are anywhere remotely near Chino Hills, I highly recommend you try these cupcakes. I hope I'm not hyping them up too much, but I devoured mine, and I wanted another one but resisted. They were about $3 each, and they also came in mini-cupcakes that were equally as beautiful (and tasty, I'm sure).

Dreaming of red velvet...

Kick ASS!

Cupcakes. How I love thee.

Truly, cupcakes are my weakness. Sure, I like plain old cake, too. But there's something about having my own individual baked creation in all it's crumbly frosting-y glory that makes me so delighted and giddy.

And, what could be better than cupcakes from a place called Kickass Cupcakes! Just off the center of Davis Square in Somerville, MA, this small cupcake shop is filled with any cupcake you can imagine -- anything from your basic chocolate or vanilla, to mojito cupcakes, to champagne bubbly cupcakes, to cupcakes for your cat!!


D was sweet to bring me 6 cupcakes after I took my boards. Does he know what I love or what!? Anyway, they were all moist, delicious, sweet, (mostly) memorable. I don't remember what all of them are, but here's what I do recall:

Lucky Cupcake (top middle in photo): Luscious lemon cupcake with white chocolate buttercream and candied ginger, comes with a fortune
Limited Edition Champagne Bubbly (bottom left): Vanilla cupcake with champagne soaked strawberry center and pink champagne icing
Super Chocolate (bottom middle): Chocolate brownie cupcake topped with bittersweet chocolate ganache and covered with chocolate shavings
The Mojito (bottom right): Rum-soaked cupcake with sugar cane lime frosting and fresh mint

Ok, so I don't remember the other two. But I do know they were tasty!

I highly recommend Kickass Cupcakes for fun, creative cupcakes.

However... my loyalties still lie at Party Favors in Brookline. Their cupcakes and cakes are pretty basic chocolate or vanilla. But, the cupcakes are superbly moist and the frosting is just divine. You'll have to try both and tell me what your preferences are!