Welcome to Cupcake Monday! Last week we reviewed the  Sweetbox Truck which is a mobile gourmet cupcake truck in Philadelphia.  This week we’re taking a look at Whipped Bakeshop that is located in Fishtown, which is a neighborhood just north of Center City Philadelphia.

According to their website, they are a custom bakery located in Philadelphia, specializing in custom cakes, cookies and cupcakes. The bakery was founded in 2008 by pastry artist Zoë Lukas, and their retail store opened in October 2009. I know that when I stopped in to pick up some cupcakes there were about 4-5 people in there working on different cakes, cookies, and other goodies.

As of for the cupcakes, I was actually pretty disappointed in the flavor selection when I was there. Before I left to go to the bakeshop I looked at their list of flavors from their web site and I was pretty excited to try some of them.  But when I got there, they only had about 5 flavors to pick from.  I asked about a few flavors, and they were able to frost them for me pretty quickly, but they weren’t really what I had in mind.  I just thought that since they were a bakeshop, they’d have a larger selection. It sounds like Pamcakes spoiled me!

Their cupcakes range in price from $2.75 – $3.25 each, depending on the flavor. If you buy them from the dozen they range in price from $33 – $39.

Chocolate Truffle: Chocolate fudge cake filled with truffle cream, iced with chocolate buttercream, drizzled with ganache.

I’m not sure that the cupcake I got was the true Chocolate Truffle or not. As you can see mine wasn’t drizzled with the ganache.  But anyways, this cupcake was pretty  good. The cake had a very deep, strong chocolate flavor.  I really enjoyed it. The truffle cream filling was very smooth and gave the cupcake more depth. The Chocolate Buttercream wasn’t the kind of buttercream that I like, but I didn’t absolutely hate it. It was more along the lines of a meringue buttercream, which I’m not a fan of.  If you ask me, it’s go sugar, or go home!

Vanilla: People talk about vanilla as if it means boring. We think it means bliss.

So as usual, I picked up your Classic Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream.  I thought that the cupcake part was a bit on the tough side. I didn’t find it to be moist at all, and it was a bit crunchy on top. It didn’t have a very vanilla  flavor either.

As for the Vanilla Buttercream, it was way too buttery for me. Again, I think it was a meringue type buttercream icing as opposed to a sugary buttercream. In my opinion it didn’t have a vanilla flavor at all; it actually had no flavor whatsoever. That was quite disappointing since the frosting was plentiful. I loved the confetti on top…at least it looked nice.

Banana: Everyone loves this moist, delicious banana cake topped with vanilla or chocolate buttercream!

This was one of those cupcakes that I had to ask about. I was very interested in tasting the Banana Cupcake with either Vanilla or Chocolate Buttercream, but they didn’t have any in the case. I asked about the Banana Cupcake and I was told that they could frost one with Peanut Butter Buttercream icing for me.  That was fine with me!

The Banana cupcake was nice and moist. It had a very good flavor and a nice consistency.  I was pretty happy with it. The Peanut Butter Buttercream was light and fluffy. It didn’t have an overwhelming Peanut Butter flavor to it; it was a pretty light Peanut Butter flavor. It almost tasted like Peanut Butter mixed with some Cool Whip (although I know it wasn’t).

Lemon: You can’t go wrong with lemon buttermilk cake and delicious lemon meringue buttercream.

After I had that absolutely amazing Lemon Cupcake from Pamcakes, I wanted to try one from Whipped Bakeshop. I didn’t see one in the case, so I asked about it. I was told that I could get a Lemon cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream. After waiting though, they asked me if I wanted Lemon Buttercream. Sure!

The Cupcake had a faint lemon flavor. It wasn’t robust at all. The cupcake was a bit on the heavy side, almost like Poundcake. I wasn’t really sure how I felt about it – I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it. I was somewhere in the middle, and I figured I’d let the frosting make the decision for me.

The Buttercream didn’t have much flavor at all. I couldn’t really make out what I was tasting, which isn’t good if you ask me. I should know what I’m eating. So needless to say this buttercream was a big miss. It’s a shame because the Cupcake has potential.

Vanilla cake with Chocolate Buttercream (this wasn’t listed on their flavor menu, but it was available)

This Vanilla Cupcake was much like the other one. The Cupcake part was a bit on the tough side and I didn’t find it to be moist at all. It was a bit crunchy on top. It was definitely lacking the vanilla flavor that a Vanilla Cupcake should have.

The Chocolate Buttercream had a faint chocolate flavor. It was a light and fluffy icing, lacking the sugar to give it that good flavor. It just seems that Whipped Bakeshop prefers the Meringue Buttercream as opposed to regular Buttercream, which will keep me away.  But hey – that’s their thing and if that’s what they like, so be it.

So all in all, this was a very cute bakeshop, but it wasn’t for me. The cakes weren’t all that moist, and the buttercreams weren’t the kind that I like. They really lacked the flavor and sugar that a buttercream should have, in my opinion. There really wasn’t a cupcake that had the total package. It seems like you had to sacrifice one thing for another.  The best cupcake that was taste tested was the Chocolate Truffle Cupcake.  I could really do without the others. They had some very pretty LOVE Park cookies there but at $57 for 12 small cookies, I’ll never know if they are good or not!