We are super excited to introduce red velvet CAKE to the Cupcakes family. Kathie, who takes all of your cake orders placed on-line and on the phone, consistently tells us how so many people ask for a red velvet cake, triple-layered with cream cheese. For a long time, we had to say ’sorry, no-can-do.’ However, our talented bake & pastry teams have worked together and have come up with the perfect red velvet cake recipe, for all of your special occasions.

Most popular in the Southern United States, Red Velvet cake can be best descibed as a creamy and decadent cake infused with cocoa and then dyed red to give it its distinctive personality. The most common and favorite pairing with the cake is a cream cheese frosting, whipped until fluffy and white.

Although red velvet cake has been around for quite some time now, numerous legends surround its place of origin, and on its method on turning the color of the cake to its rich, deep red. Some say that during World War II, bakers used boiled beets instead of food coloring, while others claim that the deep red color emerges when mixing buttermilk and vinegar with the cocoa. Whatever the truth may be, there is no denying that over the last decade, red velvet cake has gained popularity among celebrities (Oprah Winfrey is a HUGE fan) and has emerged as a favourite in North American households.

If you love our ‘red velvet’ cupcake, which is available on weekends or by special request, we know you’ll be excited about ordering a cake just like it for your next celebration.

A friendly reminder that when ordering the cake, it is triple-layered, and covered in cream cheese frosting. If you’d like any decoration or writing on the cake, it will be covered in a creamy white vanilla buttercream instead of the cream cheese frosting. If you’re not a fan of cream cheese, you do have the option to have your whole cake layered and covered in the white vanilla buttercream. All cake orders must be placed at least 36 hours in advance.
Call our orders desk today! 604.974.1300 ext 1

The Cupcake Girls

You spoke, we listened, and then went back to the drawing board…

At Cupcakes, we trust and care about our customers’ feedback. We have comment cards at every one of our locations and our management team goes through them every week, taking note of your concerns, suggestions and praises. We also take our facebook page very seriously and appreciate all the feedback and especially questions that get posted by our fans every day.

Repeatedly, we hear that our buttercream is too sweet and sometimes too heavy. So, for the last month, we had our bake team at Cupcakes working together to recreate a NEW butter cream recipe. After sampling over 20 attempts we were finally excited about a new swiss-style buttercream. It’s deliciously fluffy, and at the same time, a lot lighter in flavour.

For the entire month of August, we will be featuring our new buttercream on the ‘confetti’ cupcake. This vanilla cake with the NEW white vanilla buttercream, topped with colourful confetti sprinkles, will soon be another favourite amongst our cupcake enthusiasts.

Please be sure to stop by any one of our five locations and try the ‘confetti’ with our new buttercream. We appreciate your feedback, whether it be via facebook, or you can simply fill out one of our customer feedback cards and hand them back to one of our cupcake girls behind the counter. “Because who doesn’t love a cupcake?”

The Cupcake Girls

When I moved to Vancouver in March of 2006 one of the first places my husband David said I had to go was Cupcakes on Denman. While walking around the West End with my cousin, Carolina, we were drawn into Cupcakes because of the atmosphere, the crowd that filled the tiny Denman shop, and of course since David said too!

The silver cupcake stands were filled with all sorts of Cupcakes and we had a hard time choosing just one. So we did what any rational person would do and bought a half dozen. We asked the lovely front staff to pick out the top six and add them to our order. When they put what looked like a coconut ball in the pack, I told my cousin she could have that one all to herself, since coconut was one of my least favourite things.

As we left, we could barely contain ourselves from getting into the Cupcakes. As Carolina took a bite of the Koo Koo, her face froze for a moment. Then as she regained movement in her facial nerves, she demanded that I take a bite of the coconut cupcake. So I did. Again and again until it was all gone. The Koo Koo was beyond what I had ever imagined and opened up my world to all things coconut.

Now, 3 years later, I work at Cupcakes on W. Broadway and it is no secret that Koo Koo is my favourite Cupcake of all time.

Now it’s your turn. Share your Cupcakes story with us on Facebook!

Happy Eating!!!

Alex
Cupcakes Wedding Coordinator

We do weddings!

Our hand-crafted, chic wedding cakes and tiers of cupcakes are created and designed to suit each bride’s theme, colors and flowers to make her wedding a special and memorable occasion. Our creative team of consultants and pastry chefs at Cupcakes will help each step of the way to insure the exact look you want for your big day.

We provide our brides with a complimentary cake tasting that features all our different flavors of cake and buttercream.

Cake pricing will be quoted during the consultation based on the wedding cake size, look and design.

Consultations are taken at 2887 West Broadway.

Cupcakes Wedding Coordinator
t. 604.974.1300 ext.7
weddings@originalcupcakes.com
www.originalcupcakes.com

Cupcakes is created and run by Lori Joyce and myself Heather White, we are two best friends who grew up together in Victoria on Vancouver Island. Now thirty-three and thirty-four years of age, our life long dream of starting our own business together has become a reality. Both having a background in sales, Lori and I have worked for various companies dealing with everything from fashion to wastewater treatment.

Rewind back in time to Fall 2001, where we found ourselves working together in New York around the time of the tragic events of September 11th. Ironically, amongst darkness and devastation, Lori and I were inspired to finally make our life long dream come true. It was time to go solo and it became very clear to both of us that our new venture was just about to begin. Our new business concept had to be light, it had to be fresh and it had to be fun, a return to simpler times. There was no question, it had to be, Cupcakes.

Fast Forward to the present and 6 years from its conception, Cupcakes has won a special place in the sweet teeth of Vancouverites. With our three bustling locations to serve our customers, (1168 Denman, 2887 West Broadway and our newest location in Edgemont Village) we try to inspire every new and repeat customer with a mouth full of whimsy. We pride ourselves on our nostalgic trademark and brand that we built using colors like perfect icing pink, soft vanilla and rich chocolaty brown. Once drawn inside by the familiar softly sweet aroma, you are instantly tempted by an array of irresistible confections from the classic top selling “Sweet Sixteen” (vanilla cake with pink icing and pastel sprinkles) to our sinful “Heartthrob” (vanilla and chocolate marble cake with chocolate cream cheese icing and a white chocolate button to top it off) yummm!

Our talented Cupcakes team of 54 staff is busy providing various ideas for weddings, special events and other to-dos with our unique and scrumptious brand of retro cakes and cupcakes. Why is Cupcakes such a hit?

“because, who doesn’t love a cupcake?”