I'm an official Retro Bakery cupcake fan, especially the butterscotch hi hat

This weekend I was given a wonderful gift of a delivery of cupcakes from Retro Bakery in Las Vegas! I had a fabulous time in Vegas (shoutout to the Flamingo Hotel) and hope to return, and these cupcakes were a highlight of my trip. I was very excited to try their butterscotch hi hat cupcake and wouldn't you know, of the dozen I tried, that was my absolute favorite, followed by a tie between Peanut Butter Cup and Mint Chocolate chip. Their September cupcake of the month, spicy pumpkin, which features cinnamon spice cake with pumpkin pie buttercream, cake was a bit spicy, which I found a bit too spicy, but I'm not a carrot cake afficionado. All of them were delicious, moist and interesting. The coffee frosting on the coffee and donuts cupcake was amazing; think coffee ice cream, which I liked even before I started drinking coffee, in frosting form. It was a strong flavor, complemented the donut well, and was sweet and wonderful.

So a big THANK YOU to Retro Bakery, especially Kari Haskell - these were even better than all the years I've spent lusting after them from afar.

I highly recommend them; their delivery fee is $20 to the Las Vegas Strip.

Some of my photos:







butterscotch hi hat cupcake (my favorite) - so buttery and rich and the shell wasn't hard but soft, and melted in my mouth. I could eat this cupcake if not every day, very close to it.








mint chocolate chip cupcake



spicy pumpkin cupcake



milk and cookies cupcake



coffee and donuts cupcake - there was much debate amongst my friends over which cupcake this was!



Peanut Butter Cup cupcake





Chocolate Fountain: chocolate cake plus chocolate buttercream plus chocolate ganache!



Red, white and blueberry


Click here to see all their flavors.

Retro Bakery
7785 N. Durango Dr. #130
Las Vegas, NV 89131
95 N Freeway/Durango Dr.
702-586-3740
retrobakery at hotmail.com
www.retrobakerylv.com
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Donut-topped maple bacon cupcake!

Yes, that's a mini donut on top of this superstar cupcake! Officially, it's a "Jersey peach cupcake topped with maple vanilla bean buttercream and a maple-glazed donut sprinkled with Applegate Farm bacon" and it's by blogger The Cupcaketologist, part of an ultimate breakfast cupcake series (!!), where you can find out more (via Flickr).

My Little Cupcake in Vermont is hiring full-time and part-time bakers

Vermont bakery My Little Cupcake, with locations in Burlington and Essex, is hiring. Via their Facebook page:



"My Little Cupcake is hiring...within the next month, we need to hire 2 full-time bakers (one for essex, one for burlington), 2 part-time bakers (one for essex, one for burlington) and 6 part-time counter positions (all in burlington). Bakers MUST be able to pipe frosting from a bag using various tips and will be asked to do so during the interview. If interested, please come to the bakery in essex (mon-fri) and fill out an application. No phone calls or emails, please."



I'm going to Vermont soon, so hopefully I'll get to taste them. They have vegan Tuesday, featuring lots of vegan cupcakes. Visit mylittlecupcakevt.com for more information and see their flavor listings for the full variety.



And some fun cupcake photos of theirs, also via Facebook:

















vegan red velvet cupcake

The perfect cupcake lover's breakfast: cinnamon sugar donuts atop blueberry cupcakes!

Thank you, The Cupcaketologist, for creating this perfect mix of donuts and cupcakes! Officially, they're "Sweet Maine blueberry cupcakes topped with light amber maple vanilla buttercream and homemade cinnamon sugar donuts." Woo-hoo! Via Flickr.