Come one, come all, come get your Kickass Cupcakes!

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Hey there Davis Square...it's finally here...opening day is Saturday, September 8th...you can check out my website www.kickasscupcakes.com for all the details...hope to see you all there soon!
Sara

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Agree with C_M_I

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I was also eager to try the kickass cupcakes.. I walked over a few minutes after 11 ready to stock up to share with friends at breakfast - I ended up getting 3 since I could only justify that expense for the novelty.

I settled on the super (or double?) chocolate, mojito and strawberry cakes. Took them to a friend's house, cut the cakes up into 4 pieces each to share between the 4 of us. We were all in agreement that they didn't live up to the hype and for the money we wouldn't be making many return visits.

First impressions was that these cakes are way small - I think for $2.75 I would expect something a bit more substantial - not a muffin size but at least something the size of a standard cupcake not 3/4 the size of the established minimum. It's like getting a slice of a large pizza that was cut into 16 instead of the standard 8 pieces and paying more than standard price. I felt like a tool for forking over the money - but did it anyway just to satisfy my curiosity.

The chocolate topping was out of hand good - the cake itself was dry and overcooked. the mojito and strawberry frostings were good but they were somewhat runny and hard to eat - a cupcake is a kind of on the run snack and it's hard to run and wipe runny frosting off of yourself. The cakes themselves were mostly dry the toppings better. They were good cupcakes but 2 of the test tasters are also relatively good cooks and were certain that they could match the cupcakes without much trouble - and make batches for the sale price of just 1 or 2.


I would head over to Lyndells for a black and white pastry (I think they're $1) anyday over kickass cupcakes. At this point Kickass cupcakes is a gimmicky name that will draw people in but unless they make some changes I can't imagine they will survive after the initial curiousity is satistified.


I wish them luck because it's a good addition to the square - maybe there are enough rich kids/yuppies around to keep them going?