I’m still putting together my post about my food adventures during Record Store Day. As a teaser, I thought I’d do a post about a place I went to a few weekends ago. My son and I helped celebrate my brother-in-law’s birthday up in Vista, which is north of where I live in San Diego. We first had lunch at Famous Dave’s BBQ, then we decided to have dessert at a place called Little Cakes Cupcake Kitchen. If the name sounds familiar to you, it’s because they appeared on the “Funny or Die” episode of Cupcake Wars, and won!
It’s a quaint little bakery, and I’m not sure what they made of our large group because we basically took over the store. I didn’t really linger at the specialty cupcakes because I heard that there were cupcakes made with bacon, so I made a beeline for those immediately. I decided on three cupcakes: the Vanilla Milkshake, Pancakes and Bacon, and Strawberry Champagne. The Pancakes and Bacon was my runaway favorite because it had bacon bits all the way through the cupcake. The maple flavor makes it taste more like syrup rather than pancakes, but that bacon just makes up for everything. My second favorite was the Strawberry Champagne because it was like a very light version of a red velvet cake. The Vanilla Milkshake cupcake was also good, but looking back at the pictures, I want to go back and try the specialty ones because these all have specialty fillngs, toppings and ingredients. The Pearl is actually one that was on the episode of Cupcake Wars, and the Chocolate Cannoli looks and sounds absolutely delicious.
Although Vista is quite a way north, I know that I’ll have to make another trip back because they have a variety of seasonal and specialty cupcakes available (full flavor menu here). Plus, their Facebook page lists the flavors that are on their daily menu. What a fantastic find we stumbled upon. This was my first specialty cupcake shop, and believe me, it won’t be my last!
