The Cupcake Place

Tried the Cupcake Place for the first time today, on a whim. We were shopping an getting a bit hungry but had dinner plans for later. Cupcakes to the rescue! I bought the strawberry frosting on white cake. It was pretty with a nice swirl on top and what tasted like cupcake crumbs. Ok. The sponge (or the cake part) was tender with a nice crumb, but was over baked a bit and somewhat dry. The flavor was fine, not too sweet but not much flavor either. A dollop of strawberry preserve in the filling would have helped.
The frosting was the undisputed king of the combination. It was soft and creamy, and had the slight tanginess from the cream cheese. I tasted no strawberry in the topping, nor any vanilla. Perhaps it was a bit too subtle for mr.
At my friends request, we will return next week to taste the chocolate. They looked heavenly. The server was very polite and took care pop my order quickly and cheerfully.
Until then…

OK, but don’t expect the high end I have seen in other cupcake shops…
A bit out of the way, unless you park on the side of the building by Barnes&Noble, it’s in the backside of the foodcourt. At $ 3.50 a cupcake you might splurge for one but I brought the whole family (7+1 extra) and by the time I paid over $ 25 for a bite of cake and a lump of sugar frosting I found myself doubting the value of both the treat and the recipe.
I understand they usually have more of a selection than what I saw (4 flavors) but it looked and felt like a hole in the wall.

Despite Unilocal saying they were closed for the day, the shop was definitely open! I tried the Snowball cupcake and it was great! It was a chocolate cupcake, cream cheese frosting and then shredded coconut and Oreo crumbs. The frosting was the best part, because it was actual cream cheese, rather than cheap frosting with cream cheese flavoring mixed in. The cupcake itself was delicious, but pretty standard. They have a few other flavors I’d like to try, so I’ll be back!

I’m a hard critique when it comes to cupcakes and cakes. I need the «wow» factor so I can give 5 stars. Until I get that wow factor 4stars is the highest score I will give. I had the cake pops, and vanilla cupcake. Cupcakes are pretty big in size. I like the sort of curve mold at the bottom of cupcake because it makes them look different. I was pleasantly surprised to taste cupcake because it tasted fresh not like it’s been in the fridge for days like some bakeries. The frosting was just right not too sweet not too dense. And the cake itself was just as good. It was a well balanced cupcake. Cake pops were also really good and also pretty big. They are wrapped with a cute ribbon you can give them away as gifts. If you like. I look forward to seeing their actual shop since this is in the mall. It is not visible at all. You have to go through the food court and make a right next to Starbucks. It’s literally by itself in front of escalators that no one knows is there.

I usually go to Casey’s cupcakes but there quality has really gone down the drain, so I wanted to try something new, for my boyfriends bday. I am sooooo happy I found this place. The cupcakes are so yummy. The bread is moist and the frosting isn’t too sweet. I ate my cupcake two days later and it was still fresh. The place is so cute and the staff is so friendly.
I had to edit this review, because I was really upset that they don’t follow there business hours. I came on Wednesday at 5pm and they were closed. When there sign says there open until 6pm. I live half an hour away =(

The cupcakes here are pretty basic. They’re not that great. I ordered the birthday cake cupcake which the cashier said was their top seller. It was basic. It kinda tasted like a box cake. This cake had nothing on celebrity cupcakes our of Houston, TX. I’ve had better and will pass on this pace.

I want to make this quick so I would say its a great place the raspberry cheesecake cup cake was great. My son loved his choc. Heath cupcake and my husband also enjoyed his banana cupcake. We will be back. ;0)

This place was pretty great. The cupcakes were delicious. I had the Chocolate Heath Crunch and Birthday Surprise. The Heath cupcake was so good. The frosting was light and not too sweet and the cake was so moist. Only complaint is that the frosting melted on my way home, but then again it was a 30 min drive so who knows. The birthday cupcake was good too, but it wasn’t like a super exciting flavor. Frosting on this cupcake was good. The person who helped me out in the store was nice. I didn’t like the loud and laughing ladies in the back though. You could hear these obnoxious people talking from the back and they were just being rude. I also wish this place was open more days out of the week. I’ve been all over Riverside trying cupcakes and The Cupcake Place definitely has the best cupcakes for the price.

I may have walked into this shop with high expectations (6 cupcakes for $ 21) the price doesnt bother me, its the taste. The frosting makes no sense. Its as if they use the same cream cheese base but add in artificial flavoring to switch it up to top their other cakes. What ever happened to real ingredients like actual cream and chocolate? For their asking price on each (same price point as a Sprinkles cupcake… come on! These dont even come close). I give them 2 for the effort cuz the cakes look good, but taste like box mix.

Love this place the cupcakes are good. The price is right and the size of the cupcakes is nice and big. The tall dark and handsome are the best. I’m happy that they now have a place inside the Tyler mall apart from the store and the truck. It’s on the side of the food court by the escalators in front of the Miguel’s jrs. Go try them guy

Found this place because it’s next to my shoe repair guy. Went there to get cupcakes for my daughters 6^th birthday. First impression was that’s it’s super cute inside. Second impression not so good… I was greeted by a guy who asked how I was and when I responded «good, how are you?» He replied «I can’t wait till 6:00 so I can get out of here». Nice. Then when I asked the difference between the cookcoconut and the snow ball coconut he said «well that one is cooked, and the other is not. Plus that one has a cherry on top»… Um ok, so you don’t cook that cupcake? And yes I can see there is a cherry on it. Sigh.
Anyway, I took home 4 cupcakes and they were pretty cute. The cake part was very moist. The carrot was my favorite and the lemon drop. The chocolate and the cookcoconut were pretty bland. Overall, not bad but not thrilling.

I don’t usually give 5 stars but this is the best cupcake place around. Everybody raves about Casey’s cupcakes because they won cupcake wars, etc. but I think that this place is 10 time better. The are not too sweet, cupcakes are extremely flavorful. I like the fact that you can order smaller cupcakes for any occasion. I highly recommend this place.

Went to the one located inside Tyler Mall. Was all ready for a cupcake, but the ones they had for the day, were all made with chocolate cake, and Um not a fan of chocolate cake :-(It was about 10 varieties and all were made with chocolate cake. I ended up getting 2 cake pops instead :-/

Once again, we found this place on accident… once again, we weren’t sure how we were going to like it… and once again, we were pleasantly surprised. Other than the iffy location of this cupcake place, everything else was really a great experience. The guy behind the counter was really friendly and informative about all the flavors they had– and they had so many flavors! The place looked immaculate, and really well designed (nothing cheesy). The only thing that I might complain about is the pricing… it was on the pricey side, but then again, maybe that is the normal range for cupcakes from a cupcake bakery. We didn’t mind it that much since the cupcakes were really good! Not too sweet, which is how I prefer any cake product.
Hopefully, this place stays in business for a long time.

How did I not know this place existed??? We totally enjoyed our cupcakes. Tall dark and handsome– this is a chocoholics dream. The banana Rama was outstanding. And the cake on the Oreo was WOW!
I’ll be back for sure. Agree with the other reviewer who says this beats Casey’s.

First of all, I have to say that the four star rating may seem generous, but it’s important to note that there are few options out here in Riverside– it beats the pants of Casey’s, that’s for sure.
Positives
— Friendly staff
— Comparable pricing
— The cake part itself is moist and flavorful
— I appreciate that they have basic flavors, although this is a negative as well…
— Easy to get in and out of, ample parking
— I love that it’s a bit of a hole-​in-​the-​wall; so many cupcake places are obviously a bit on the snobby side, but from the outside the place looks pretty run down. It’s a bit less pretentious.
Negatives
— The frosting is a bit much; I don’t really have a problem with the taste, but the cupcake to frosting ratio is a bit off. There’s just too much of it.
— While I love the basic flavor aspect, I do wish that they’d offer a bit more a variety (although it does cut down on the time it takes for me to decide what I want)
— Their hours and days open are a bit wonky
I don’t go often, maybe once every few months, but the times I have been (including last Friday) I have never left disappointed.

Staff is super friendly and knowledgeable. I have had several of their flavors and they were all good. Very moist and the frosting was not too heavy. Cupcakes are so big you can only eat half! I just had the lemon one today… I never use this word but… delightful! Normally I get tall dark and handsome which is also very good. The place is in a small building so be on the look out for it.
I highly reccomend.

The cupcakes here are great fluffy and moist not to mention they’re huge! Tried many flavors and had no complaints on any of them. I wish their business hours were a little better, but whenever you’re in the area definitely worth a try

Wow… These cupcakes are absolutely phenomenal. I tried the red velvet, snickers and the talk dark and handsome cupcakes. Yes, I ate all of them in a span of less than half a day. The latter cupcake had a pudding filling, and the icing just complemented the moist cake. It’s a hidden gem.

I read the mixed reviews on Unilocal before trying The Cupcake Place and decided to still try it myself, everyone has mixed opinions, so I decided «don’t knock it until you try it!!!»…
The hours posted online are mon-​sat, but I’ve driven by this week a few times and its been closed… Even though the hours listed otherwise. I finally drove by today (Friday) and it was open!!! There is a paper hand written sign on the door now that says «open to the public Thursday and Friday only». When I asked about the new hours, they advised it was b/​c they make more money with the cupcake truck than the cupcake shop, but the hours may go back to normal in August. After trying this place… I can understand why they get more sales with the truck vs the store… people would have to WANT to come back to the store to give them business… where as with the truck, its mobile… there are a lot more people out there who haven’t tried these cupcakes, and mobile truck can get to them… before they know that they are not good.
I came here bc I was looking for a closer Cupcakery and hoped the Cupcake Place would be it… But it was just ok, I won’t come back and try anymore. I can make cupcakes at home and it would be cheaper AND taste the same as here.
I bought 4 cupcakes: German chocolate, strawberry, snicker (like the candy bar), and carrot cake.
German chocolate– was OK, the frosting was good, nice and coconutty. The chocolate cake part was dry and tasted bland, like box cake mix.
Strawberry– was OK, the only strawberry part of this cupcake is the frosting, and it wasn’t very flavorful at all, it tasted more like artificial strawberry flavor. The cake part was like a yellow cake, it was bland, kind of dry… Just nothing special in general.
Snicker– this didn’t remind me of a snicker bar at all. It was just a bland chocolate dry cake with chocolate frosting that had a little caramel drizzle and slivered almonds on top. My husband liked the frosting on this one, but he didn’t like the cake, he said it was dry and nothing special either.
Carrot cake– tasted like it was a store bought carrot cake mix, it was dry and bland, nothing special. it didn’t have any flavor. Even the frosting was bad on this one, I don’t know if they were trying to make this a cream cheese frosting… But it wasn’t good. This cupcake was the most disappointing. My husband and I both love carrot cake and this just wasn’t good.
When I was in the cupcakery they didn’t have much of a variety available. I asked for a peanut buttery cupcake, but apparently they only make those in the fall, I thought that was weird and my hubby was disappointed. They have a huge flavor menu inside, but only about 7 flavors were available when I was there.
The store looks small from the outside, but it’s surprisingly large inside. The interior decoration is very cute. I wish the cupcakes were better, I really wanted to like this cupcakery.
In the end… If I could give just half a star… that’s what the rating would be.