Sprinkles Cupcakes

My wonderful sister bought me a Sprinkles Cupcake today as a thank you for driving her places. Although I didn't bake these, I decided to post a cupcake review of the varieties we tried today.

At $3.25 a pop, these cupcakes are pretty pricey.

My sister bought the Red Velvet and the Black and White Cupcake.

Red Velvet:
I found the cake part of this cupcake to be pretty good. It was moist, and slightly above average as far as red velvet cakes go. The Frosting, I believe, was cream cheese based, and it complemented the cake nicely. However, the frosting was incredibly sweet; almost too sweet at times. Luckily I had a nice glass of soymilk to help me wash down all that sugar.

Black and White:
The chocolate cake of this cupcake was average. After eating my own chocolate cupcakes over the weekend which are significantly less rich, and less greasy, I have to admit I was a bit underwhelmed. The frosting was some kind of a buttercream, and it was teeth-tingling sweet. In my book, this is somewhat of a bad thing. I did not like this cupcake as much, because of the frosting.

All in all, the Red Velvet gets a 4 star rating from me, and the Black and White gets a 2.5.
These cupcakes are definitely superior to the Safeway/local supermarket variety, but they are still inferior to some of the homemade treats I've tasted.