Cupcake Shops

             Cupcakes seem to be a really popular treat these days. I can think of three really, cute cupcakes shops that are around where I live, and they’re all fairly new. If you’re looking for a cool atmosphere and big cupcakes with a lot of frosting I recommend going to Newbo City Market, downtown Cedar Rapids. They have an adorable cupcake shop called, “That One Cupcake Place”. There are all kinds of flavors. They have monster cookie, cookies and cream, key lime pie (which is to die for), and dozens more. Newbo is such a fun place to go. They have food venders that serve brick-oven pizza, homemade ice cream, pasta, and even one just for crazy-flavored peanut butter.

 

           Another great cupcake shop to go to is called the “Wright Touch”. They have cupcakes and cake balls. They even do “holiday-themed” cupcakes which are adorable. I especially love the cupcakes from here because they fill the middle with frosting instead of just putting it on top. The cupcakes aren’t dry either. I find that at most cupcake places the frosting is awesome but the cake is plain and gross but, not here. Their cake is just as good as the frosting.

            My twin sister and I just had our birthday and we were surprised by our friends, who took us to Iowa City for dinner. When we were there we ate at a cute little restaurant called One Twenty Six. I got the rosemary garlic chicken which was seasoned perfectly and came with really good spinach. We actually weren’t originally going to eat there but, when we got to the restaurant we made reservations for, it was empty (on a Friday night) and looked dirty. So we walked around until we found a cute place to eat, which happened to be One Twenty Six.

            After dinner we walked a couple blocks to a cupcake place called “Molly’s Cupcakes”. It’s a really cute, artsy, DIY-decorated place. They have a cupcake bar with swings that are hooked to the ceiling and ground for people to sit in; and they have these tall tables that are made out of school desks all along one of the walls. The cupcakes are displayed along part of the bar and in front of another wall. There are tons of different flavors and they’re all delicious and homemade. I had a cookies and cream one, and it was filled with Oreo fluff and topped with butter cream frosting and Oreo crumbles. The cupcakes are good and even if they weren’t, the fun atmosphere at “Molly’s Cupcakes” would’ve made up for it!