Crave Cookies and Cupcakes

While making a stop at David’s Tea I decided to pop in here to grab a cupcake for my wife. There were a few people ahead of me but the staff had samples to offer while I waited. I’ve never been offered a sample at a Crave store before and I didn’t know they had anything other than cupcakes.
I sampled the lemon squares which were quite excellent, but not enough so that I would sway from filling my belly with a red velvet cupcake. However, in the future I may be nudged to try something new to pair my tea with.

I don’t know what happened, cost cutting or what. January lemon lime twist cupcake wonderful. June confetti birthday cake wonderful. September lemon lime twist birthday cake FLAVOURLESS and TOO SWEET. Of course it was my birthday cake. $ 45. Way too much for this.

It’s cupcakes. Really how can I say anything bad? Well they are pricey and they only have two types of cupcakes that have cream cheese icing (red velvet and dark angel) but they are both soooooo good! Just wish they had more flavours, I don’t know why but just prefer cream cheese over buttercream.
I do wish they had better hours though, closing at 7 pm is a bit early.
Also at the time of writing this the location is totally wrong on the map, this location is right in Aspen Landing.

They now offer Gluten Free cupcakes. They taste better than the original!

My Bad… They do have a slight deal if you buy 6’s or 12’s
Trust me, you’ll want that many!!!

Since the first day I moved to Calgary, I have heard great things about Crave Cupcakes.
Now, I’m not really much of a cupcake kinda guy. My lady, however, well that’s another story. I think she avoided trying Crave’s cupcakes at first out of fear of addiction — what you don’t know can’t hurt you.
Finally, someone brought in a box if mini cupcakes to her work where she was forced against her will to try one.
And ever since, I make semi-​regular runs to Crave to pick up a treat for my sweet.
Crave puts a lot of effort into their work, using only quality ingredients and each cake is decorated up with a ton of perfectly swirled icing. And they use fun flavours, like Velvet Elvis, which is cream cheese icing atop a red velvet cupcake. They even have decorated cakes, like their bugs collection, including little bumblebees and ladybugs.
Apparently the cupcakes from Buttercream Bakery have better icing, according to the expert in our house, but the Crave location in Aspen Landing is more convenient than any of the Buttercream locations, and I haven’t heard any complaining when I bring home Crave’s cakes!