trophy cupcakes

seattle, wa

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the fancy cupcake craze has officially spread to seattle. these $3 cupcakes were very reminiscent of magnolia bakery in the west village. (although magnolia cupcakes are "only" $2.50 each.) the cake itself is pretty good but i found the frosting to be overly sweet and stiff. much like magnolia cupcakes ...

what i love about this very cute store in u-village, though, is the choice of plastic toys that can be placed on the cupcakes. my nephews are star wars fanatics, so i added a storm trooper and darth vader topper to their cupcakes. they licked off some of the frosting and took a bite of the cake, but they ended up enjoying the toy toppers more than the cupcakes themselves. that said, my brother chris (the frosting fanatic) happily devoured his yellow cake-chocolate frosting cupcake. so if you like magnolia, you might like trophy too.