My goodness, I almost wasn't going to review this place (it's just a cupcake shop, should have good enough reviews), but really??? 3 stars??? Come on... First of all, if you think their frosting is just as good or worse than 'funfetti frosting', please don't ever go to a cupcake shop again. Do us all a favor and go back to making cupcakes in your basement and leave the cupcake bakery reviewing to the adults. I bought: one Chocolate Peanut Butter cupcake, one Lemon cupcake, one Chocolate Chip cupcake, and one German Chocolate Cake cupcake. I also wanted to buy: one Blueberry cupcake, one Strawberry cupcake, one Red Velvet cupcake... the list goes on. First impressions: yes, the environment is 'sterile'. Sure, they could jazz up the walls with some decorations or whatever tickles your fancy, but they haven't. Go eat your cupcake at home, or in a park, if you want scenery. SMH here, people. There is: a display of cupcakes. Seating, Walls. A fridge with milk in it. A cash register. A human to serve you. Standard bakery fare, I imagine. I found it fine and, daresay, completely acceptable for a cupcake shop. No, it's not like that cupcake shop in Vegas in between the Luxor and the other ones (yes, I've been there, no, I didn't review it, it was okay). But you're also in Vegas and those cupcakes were like $6 so... It took 10 seconds for the nice lady to come and greet us. No, I didn't mentally count 10 seconds in my head because I was too busy being WOWED BY THE OPTIONS. The cupcakes were $3.50. Apparently they've been $3.50 since at least 2011, so if this is still surprising to you... I don't really know what to say. 4 different people ate these cupcakes (all adults). I only got to try one (my own), because everyone had inhaled their cupcakes and didn't wait for me to finish pouring my milk. In my family, it's an incredible sign that I didn't get to try any other cupcake because my family members aren't fans of sweets and there's usually something always left over for me. No, THAT'S how delicious my family found these cupcakes. All 4 adults enjoyed the heck out of their cupcakes (flavorful, moist, etc.), asked when I could purchase them more cupcakes from Cupcakes by Design, and one of them even demanded Cupcakes by Design for their birthday (okay, that was me). Not one adult compared the frosting to funfetti, because God help the adult who compares $3.50 homemade cupcakes I just bought to cupcakes from a box!! I personally liked the fact that the frosting didn't overwhelm the cupcake, but would I have complained if it did? NO, because that frosting was damn tasty, and I don't begrudge tasty frosting! There's parking out front especially reserved for Cupcakes by Design, which is handy when Luci's customers have taken every single spot out front. 4 stars because it's a cupcake shop, I liked the cupcakes, and so did everyone else. I'll be back as soon as I'm in the area, and I hope Cupcakes by Design stays in business. They're worth $3.50 and they're worth you trying, even just once.
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