I couldn't believe that a cupcake shop was opening up at the Alderwood Mall. What?! Really?! That's what I wanted to do, granted I am not in a place where I can drop a couple grand on a store front, but it was like a slap in my face-throwing my dream job right back at me! Boo. I couldn't stand for this atrocity. SO, my strategy is to check out Pinkabella's this weekend when it opens up and scope the place out. Keep you enemies close right?
Actually, I've been to Pinkabella's at the Redmond Town Center, and I distinctly remember not liking her cupcakes, yes the store is super adorable with pink ballerina decor all over the place, but I felt the cupcakes themselves were lacking. The cake was dry and the frosting grainy. Bias toward my own product, not at all. I'll shout it from the roof tops that I really like Cupcake Royale--I believe they have some good stuff down there. Trophy? ehh. Good cake, frosting not so much. I can't compete with Cupcake Royale, but I can surely stand my own against Pinkabella.
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| Store front at Alderwood mall in the outdoor shoping area |
Part 2 of my master plan, get my signature flavors down. I can't do a store front, but that's what the world wide web is for. I'm gonna go online. I figure I need at least 10 solid flavors before moving any further. A for sure flavor is gonna be the one I just made this past week, pound cake with brown sugar cream cheese frosting. My poor co-workers are gonna be cupcaked out since I am using them as my taste-kitchen. I've already got a request for a banana cupcake with cream cheese frosting, another friend added I should include real banana pieces and walnuts. Next on my list is to make a chocolate cupcake with marshmallow filling and maybe a butter cream meringue frosting (less sweet than traditional butter cream).
We'll see which ones make the cut and which get tossed. This is gonna be fun!
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