Cupcake Lane Bakery (Las Vegas)

The second stop on my cupcake tour of Las Vegas was the Cupcake Lane Bakery.  I had been following them on other cupcake blogs and the reviews were good so I wanted to taste for myself. 

I Googled the directions so I didn't have as much trouble navigating as the day before.  The bakery is nicely decorated and practically begs you to stay and eat a cupcake.  I bought two cupcakes:  Savannah Street (red velvet) and Michigan Ave (lemon).  Both cakes were moist and delicious.  The frostings were delicious too....but you already know what I am going to say about the cream cheese frosting on the red velvet cupcake (needs more cream cheese).  Thank you for using real buttercream and not those meringue-based buttercreams.  Let's hear it for the sugar! 

They also offer cupcake cakes...which are cupcakes frosted as one cake and shaped into whatever you can come up with.  Very unique idea that you don't see available very often.  I will definitely be visiting this bakery again. 

Savannah Street

red velvet cupcake

Michigan Ave

lemon cake with buttercream

Cupcake Cakes...all shapes & sizes

Retro Bakery (Las Vegas)

One of my goals while I was in Las Vegas last week was to visit the Retro Bakery.  I had been following them on Twitter and had seen postings about them on the Cupcakes Take the Cake blog.  Their slogan "It's All About the Buttercream" made me even more curious to visit. 

I rented a car at the airport and started driving using the rental car map.  A GPS really would have helped.  A little over an hour later I arrived at the bakery.  It turned out to be about 15 minutes from where I started...except I had chosen the longest possible route.  I was really ready to try a cupcake!

The bakery staff was very helpful and there was another customer in the shop who was having a wedding cake consultation.  They don't just do cupcakes.  I bought two cupcakes - a red velvet with cream cheese icing and a lemon cupcake with pink buttercream and sugar sprinkles.  The cakes were moist and tasty.  The cream cheese icing was very smooth & sweet but needed more cream cheese (you know how I feel about cream cheese icing).  The buttercream was also smooth and sweet.  I am not a fan of sugar decorations because I don't like the "crunch" but it was a very pretty presentation.

Check out the Retro Bakery Blog for more information and photos!

Pink Lemonade

Red Velvet Cupcake

Retro Bakery

A great slogan!

They have other products too!