The Little Cake Bakery
I’m not big on sweets or desserts. I would rather eat bread. However, I do occasionally indulge in a bite or two of all things decadent especially since my younger brother in NYC has a habit of sending my sister such goodies on a regular basis — Magnolia and Cupcake Factory cupcakes, Junior’s cheesecakes, Bouchon macaroons — and I’m quite lucky as they always have a way of finding their way to me. It was my sister, the one with the sweet tooth and is in love with cupcakes, who tipped me on this place about two years ago. The cupcake craze was just starting in Atlanta then and I tagged along as she sampled goodies from everywhere.
Cupcakes at The Little Cake Bakery are all made in-house daily from scratch by a group of lovely, young ladies who only use quality ingredients such as Valrhona chocolate and pure Madagascar Bourbon vanilla. I love coming into the store and getting enveloped in the aroma of fresh-baked goodies. While cupcakes are showcased in enclosed glass shelves, they are not air tight so a bit of drying out naturally happens. All I do is to transfer them into air tight big plastic containers with lids, place a piece of bread inside, cover, and voila, they get re-hydrated and become moist after an hour or two.
Daily flavors here include the usual Vanilla/Vanilla, Vanilla/Chocolate, Chocolate/Vanilla, Chocolate/Chocolate, Red Velvet, Brownies, and Black Bottom Cake. They are so good it’s quite difficult not to get into a weekly habit. Both the cakes and icing are not too sweet but enough to satisfy a sweet tooth. My favorites are the red velvet, chocolate, vanilla, Nutella, Carrot Cake, and the Elvis. The Elvis is made with banana cake and buttercream icing then topped with a slice of banana. Heavenly.
Insider tip:
Additional flavors available daily depending on the day of the week. Check out the flavors here.
Cupcakes are $2.50 apiece while the minis are $11/dozen. Orders accepted.
The scoop:
The Little Cupcake
3792 Roswell Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30342
(404) 841-8856
