I've known about
Lulu's cupcakes for awhile but in my many trips to Arizona had failed to find the time to make it out to Scottsdale to try them. I finally had time this past trip. I brought the cupcakes back to my hotel for photos and tasting.
Clockwise from upper left: peanut butter chocolate, lemon, berry vanilla, and cookies and cream.
Lulu's wins major points for packaging. Their box contains individual slots for each cupcake to prevent them from being knocked over and ruined. I hate buying a box of beautiful cupcakes only to transport them to a final destination, open the box and find cupcake destruction. I wish all bakeries did this!
Close up of cookies and cream cupcakes. The frosting of all of the cupcakes was really delicious, but it was almost a separate entity from the cupcake. I could pick the entire frosting off the cupcake and not leave a mark of frosting where it was. This might have to do with the weather in Arizona. In general the cupcakes were a bit dry but the frosting was really good.
This is what Lulu's calls a Blonde Bombshell, which is a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream. However, this day had a special Blonde Bombshell which added mixed berries to the batter. It was tasty.
Chocolate cupcake with peanut butter buttercream. Really rich and delicious.
Lemon cupcake with lemon wedge. The lemon wedge made the frosting even more lemon-y. So delicious. Lulu's claims they are 100% natural and this lemon cupcake proves it. Very fresh tasting, no lemon extract.
Post tasting :). You can see my fork marks in the frosting. That's how dense it is.
Clockwise from upper left: peanut butter chocolate, lemon, berry vanilla, and cookies and cream.
Lulu's wins major points for packaging. Their box contains individual slots for each cupcake to prevent them from being knocked over and ruined. I hate buying a box of beautiful cupcakes only to transport them to a final destination, open the box and find cupcake destruction. I wish all bakeries did this!
Close up of cookies and cream cupcakes. The frosting of all of the cupcakes was really delicious, but it was almost a separate entity from the cupcake. I could pick the entire frosting off the cupcake and not leave a mark of frosting where it was. This might have to do with the weather in Arizona. In general the cupcakes were a bit dry but the frosting was really good.
This is what Lulu's calls a Blonde Bombshell, which is a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream. However, this day had a special Blonde Bombshell which added mixed berries to the batter. It was tasty.
Chocolate cupcake with peanut butter buttercream. Really rich and delicious.
Lemon cupcake with lemon wedge. The lemon wedge made the frosting even more lemon-y. So delicious. Lulu's claims they are 100% natural and this lemon cupcake proves it. Very fresh tasting, no lemon extract.
Post tasting :). You can see my fork marks in the frosting. That's how dense it is.
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