Friends and television have been raving about the cupcakes at Auntie Em's in Eagle Rock lately, so I decided to give them a try. You'd think, living only a few blocks from the place, I would have tried it before...but this past Monday was the first time. We brought home chocolate cupcakes in the ""regular"" (read as humongous) size, and a couple of the others in the mini size. My niece and I split a chocolate one, and my half was so top heavy with frosting that it immediately plopped over onto its side. These treats are literally 1/2 cake and 1/2 frosting. The frosting was sweet but not overly so. The cake itself though, was very dry. I have to say I was disappointed in my chocolate cupcake. Thinking, it was probably a fluke, I decided to try one of the mini red-velvet cupcakes. I really enjoyed the frosting on this little tidbit, but again...my cake was dry. Maybe I'll try it again...but I have to say that at this point, I much prefer the cupcakes from Sprinkles.
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