Crave Cupcakes Review

You probably already know, but my birthday was a couple of weeks ago--okay okay, even I'M getting sick of hearing myself say that. What can I say? I just LOVE being alive!! But this time it's kind of pertinent. For my birthday, my parents took my to a Houston cupcakery I hadn't been to before, Crave Cupcakes. 

{Yep, that's my mom in the front, gettin' her pose on.}

I ordered some gluten free cupcakes from them a while back for my Mom's birthday, as they were the only cupcake shop in Houston with both a gluten free cupcake and delivery. Not long after that, she and my dad discovered the shop not far from one of their favorite lunch spots downtown. So following a birthday lunch (complete with cheesecake), we made a trip for another birthday indulgence.

{Strawberry Cupcakes}

{Chocolate Cupcakes}

{Cinnamon Cupcakes}

{Italian Cream Cupcakes}

{Breakfast Zucchini Walnut Cupcakes. Finally, an excuse to eat cupcakes for breakfast}

 {Here's what she's busy making}

There's lots to look at, between the gal pressing out old-fashion mixer-stamped fondant toppers and the delectable cupcakes in their cases, but I gotta say the wall of vintage mixers is super cool. It's like a cotton-candy-colored wall of dreams of yesteryear!!!

{It's an old timey version of my own pink mixer!}

Okay, so I know you're dying to know what cupcake I got. Well, after the Sprinkles disaster, I thought I'd give the cinnamon cupcake it's come-upance, so that's what I got. And boy did it come-upent!

The cake was a sweet cinnamon cake, incredibly moist and fluffy. The icing was an equally sweet cinnamon sugar cream cheese. I would have happily eaten it off a shoe. And it was daintily topped with a Crave insignia'd fondant. Freshly pressed that day, I'm sure.

{Ma mere with her gluten free cuppie}

{My dad with his cupcake--same as me--and his staple drink, coffee.}

We were all quite pleased with our choices, but in the end, my stomach's capacity was reached, and I could eat no more. Who knew it was possible?? I'm not worried about one wounded soldier, though. There's a whole army waiting for my return.