foodie week: girls only cupcake war

Well guess who came a few weeks ago..... to spend an entire WEEK with me!

THAT'S RIGHT - MY COUSIN SHELL!!! HAH! :)

I'm going to report all our shenanigans on my blog next week (okay, almost all of them) 

but I need to blog about THIS one during foodie week!

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Now that more cupcake places are popping up around here, I simply MUST go investigate!

It's really a drag, and I hate to do it..... but I'm used to it now :/

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This time Shell, Tori, and Taylor (we missed you Whitney!) 

pitted Velvet Cupcakes - the reigning champion - against Cake Goodness.

This was definitely our closest competition to date! Cake Goodness turned out to be VERY GOOD!

Located on Lyons Ave. in Newhall, it is a very friendly and fun place to go! 

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This contest was more about which cupcake/s we loved the most overall.

There were only 2 multiple flavors to compare (pumpkin!) so we mainly went with our faves.

(and the red velvet & salted carmel weren't in the running since they were Shell's)

Here are the flavors we had a *BLAST* taste testing:

VELVET CUPCAKES:

Pumpkin

Hazelnut Chocolate

Toffee Crunch

Classic Vanilla w/ Chocolate Frosting

CAKE GOODNESS:

Pumpkin

Double Chocolate

Cinnamon Crunch (like coffee cake)

Banana

And here are our thoughts on what we liked, loved, and couldn't get enough of:

• The pumpkin from Cake Goodness was the most spicy and flavorful, with cream cheese frosting
• The pumpkin from Velvet Cupcakes was smooth-flavored and more mellow
• (we all liked both pumpkins, for the different reasons I just mentioned)
• Velvet's Hazelnut Chocolate was a BIG pleaser - we all LOVED it!
• CG's Double Chocolate was a great, rich chocolate taste all around
• Velvet's Toffee Crunch tied with it's Hazelnut Chocolate for our most favorite - YUMMM!
• CG's Cinnamon Crunch had an AMAZING flavor, just like delish coffee cake
• Velvet's Classic Vanilla w/ Chocolate Frosting had SUPER awesome chocolate frosting
• CG's Banana was the surprise of the evening - it had a WONDERFUL flavor we all loved

OVERALL:

Velvet's texture, frosting, heavier density, moistness and flavors are still the winner with ME!

But I can't help it - I've never had a disappointing cupcake from Velvet Cupcakes! They ROCK!

HOWEVER, Cake Goodness was a near equal contender - we were all super impressed!

Their cupcakes were lighter & fluffier (which many people prefer), with TERRIFIC flavors!

OKAY IF YOU'VE MADE IT THIS FAR YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND, HAHA

AND I KNOW YOU'RE LAUGHING THAT I THINK I'M A SERIOUS CUPCAKE CRITIC

I don't really think that, I just love cupcakes and this is so fun to do with my friends!

Alright, enough already..... go get some cupcakes!