Layers

I bought two cupcakes from here which I share with my husband. First one we were prepared to give a 1 star to. It was the cinnamon bun. Had no cinnamon taste what so ever. The frosting was suppose to be cream cheese but it really tasted like butter. The cupcake felt a little old and was hard around the edges.
Second cupcake, Salted caramel. Heaven. It was amazing. Had that toasty perfect flavour and the icing was amazing. it was also filled with the caramel. It was really really great.
The reason I’m sticking with 3 stars because I really hate places that have inconsistent tastes. At $ 3.25 a cupcake or $ 33 a dozen, I’m not about to play cupcake roulette. They all better be out of this world amazing, or at a least taste like something close to the name of the cupcake.
At the end of the day I found the icing too buttery and the taste a little lacking.

Very nice little cupcake shop on Barrington street. I was visiting Halifax and I popped in after my fiancée mentioned that she wanted to try their cupcakes in preparation for our wedding in Halifax next fall.
The young lady working was very nice and funny, she helped me pick out 6 cupcakes and boxed them up. To my suprise they made it back to Calgary intact. They tasted very good. The chocolate cake was light and fluffy, the white cake was a bit heavier and dense but still tasty. Not the very best buttercream we have had, but it was still very good.
Recommended if you have a hankering for a cupcake! Parking is pretty easy, it is not at the busy end of Barrington Street.

There is a famous bakery in New York, Magnolia Bakery, that I stop at every time I’m there. I think about it all the time. That was until I ate a Layer’s cupcake. Holy. These things are good. Best of all, just right downtown. If you had to pick one cupcake in Halifax to eat — I’d urge you to pick one from Layers!

Layers makes the most perfect cupcake! They’re an awesome mix of everything you could ever want in a cupcake. Not too soft, not too crumbly, not to sweet, perfectly moist, light and 100% delicious.
The vanilla/​vanilla bean is my favorite (that’s saying a lot because I’m a chocolate lover!!)

Picked-​up the frozen chocolated chip dough the other day and it was wicked. Gourmet, homemade cookies any time you need. Awesome! $ 15.99 for two dozen.

I just switched jobs and my new office is about a block away from this store. A few co-​workers invited me out for lunch with them and afterwards we stopped in to pick up a cupcake. It was my first time going there. In a way, I wish I had never discovered it because their cupcakes are delicious and now every afternoon I might be tempted to go over and pick one up.
At $ 3.75 each they are a bit of a pricey indulgence but I think they are well worth it. I’m not a fan of icing, and though theirs is lightweight and creamy, I still peeled away half of it before eating.
I did go back another time and they had a chocolate ganache cupcake with a tiny bit of ganache on top instead of icing. Just perfect.
A friend of mine recommends the cinnamon cupcake. I’ll have to try it out… Maybe next week.

By far the worst wedding vendor experience we had!
My husband and I were very excited to have a wedding cake taste testing with Layers. The place is beautifully decorated and our first experience was very promising. We expected nothing but the best with the great reputation Layers has.
A few months after we had our taste testing and had paid our deposit we had some terrible news that our wedding venue had closed down. With less than a year until our wedding date we were scrambling to find a new venue. We ended up finding a beautiful new location but the look of the wedding had to completely change. We went from a restaurant to a marina.
We tried multiple times to communicate with Layers that we would need to discuss a new design for the wedding cake due to the venue change. After 6 long weeks of being ignored and multiple attempts to communicate we were finally given a very rude response as to why Layers had not responded to us.
Long story short Layers blamed us for their lack of response. They told us that they are very busy and basically didn’t have time to work on redesigning our cake. We were told that we could not have our deposit back unless they found somebody else to fill our date. At this point we had about 9 months until the wedding, leaving plenty of time for such a self proclaimed busy business to find another couple for that date.
Layers was very defensive and confrontational and left us feeling uneasy with using them for our big day.
We ended up cutting our loses and and never heard back from Layers regarding getting our deposit back.
This experience was very disappointing and caused a lot of unnecessary stress.

I stopped in on my way home from work, so there wasn’t a huge selection left. I decided to try out the Coconut Coconut, and I wasn’t disappointed! The frosting was delicious and not too overwhelming, and the cupcake itself was moist and yummy. Loved it! Expensive, though. But I guess not any more than another cupcake place.

I love this place! Friendly & helpful staff.
Delicious cupcakes and they also carry catering items so if you don’t feel like cooking dinner one night you can get a nice meal for cheaper then junky take out.
I am not one for icing therefore other cupcake places were not a hit in my books however layers has the BEST lightweight frosting/​icing! It is so deliciously flavoured. I found other cupcake places to have icing that was TOO sweet and masked any flavour. here they clearly don’t need to over do the sweetness because of their delicious flavours. I have been pleased with all of the flavours I have tried.
I have also ordered a dozen cupcakes for my sister’s birthday and they did up custom decoration on them :) she loved them.
I recommend giving this place a try!

I used to live further away from Layers. Far enough that it was kind of a pain to get there, find parking, etc. Those were safer times.
Now I can walk there. I find myself thinking about it ALL THE TIME. If I ran there, would I burn enough calories to be able to have a cupcake every day? My trainer tells me no. I don’t live far enough away.
I’m not a big chocolate lover, but this place could convert me. So far my favourite is the vanilla salted caramel cupcake. I also love white chocolate macadamia, lemon raspberry, vanilla strawberry, and red velvet.
The cake is always so, so moist, and I don’t know what she does with her icing… it is heavenly.
If you’re thinking of heading to Layers on a weekend, go early in the day. They sometimes sell out before closing time, especially if it’s a holiday weekend of any kind.

Mmmmm… Cuppycakes…
I had been meaning to give this place a try since it opened. Initially I thought «Oh great, another cupcake place does Halifax really need more than one?»
The answer-​Yes, Halifax does need more than one cupcake spot. Layers takes cupcakes to the next level and there certainly is room for it here in downtown Halifax.
I had no idea what to get, so I decided to go with the chocolate fleur de sel and the vanilla strawberry. The vanilla strawberry was a moist, vanilla bean cake that wasn’t too sweet. The strawberry buttercream was divine. No artificial pink dye here-​you can see the bits of strawberry flecked through the buttercream giving it a natural, light pink undertone. It didn’t overshadow the vanilla bean cake rather, it complemented it. I was a happy camper.
That was until I tried the chocolate fleur de sel. If heaven had a taste, I think this would be it.
It’s been almost two weeks but I remember it like as if it were yesterday. Moist chocolate cupcake topped with a rich, chocolate ganche which is sprinkled with a touch of fleur de sel. The salty and sweet complemented each other wonderfully with the slight crunch of the salt adding a different dimension to the experience. I actually took a couple of days with this one. It was so rich and worth every last calorie.
I was very happy with the delights I purchased from Layers. I will be returning with an entourage. ;)

I’m not really trendy. Honestly. I’m not on the whole cupcake bandwagon here, but I absolutely love this place. The cupcakes are awesome, don’t get me wrong. Particularly in love with red velvet cupcakes but I also like the cupcake buying experience, because it’s very much like buying something from Tiffany’s — there’s a ritual. This little shop could be on any corner in Manhattan and fit right in. In addition to cupcakes there is a fridge full of prepared and delicious foods… from delectable party dips, to chicken fingers and ribs. Just pop ‘em in the oven and go. No need to drag your sorry self all the way down to Superstore or the market, Layers is right there on Barrington and has lots of dinner options the whole family will enjoy! And dessert!

Oh MY WOW!!!
First off, let me just state that I’ve never been one to understand the cup cake craze… but I might just be addicted to this little shop that just so happens to be around the corner from my house.
I’ve walked by numerous times, and thankfully today I finally walked in. As I walked in, one of the owners was holding a «Be Mine» banner… Quite the welcome :) Unfortunately for me she already had a valentine lined up :(This is a cute little shop and a combination of Layers, the cup cake shop and Kitchen Door Catering (review to come after I indulge in the gourmet Mac N Cheese I got). The staff was extremely friendly and their selection of cup cakes was fantastic… which made my decision harder. None the less, I settled on a safe option; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake!!!
I ate the small peanut butter cup that was sitting on top of the icing while still in the shop and speaking with the owners about the art of making cupcakes.
As I walked out the door I took my first bite… and was magically transported on a cloud. Soooo moist and fluffy and the icing was done to absolute perfection, and I’m not usually one for excessive amounts of icing. This little cup cake was a perfect balance of flavors and truly delectable. I barely remember walking the block. All I know is that when I came to my senses, it took all the will I had not to turn around and go for seconds
This is going to be dangerous.

Received a strawberry cupcake from Layers as a little pick-​me-​up this afternoon. I’m a bit of a cupcake junkie (who isn’t?) and I was SO impressed. The cake was moist but with a crispy top, which is just the best combo. The icing was thick but not sickly sweet — the perfect addition. I hate to compare using a sample of one — but I’m totally going to — Susie’s has some SERIOUS competition. Not only does Layers have the most adorable storefront (and from what I hear, excellent and friendly customer service) but their product was so good. A few times when I’ve popped into Susie’s for a cupcake, it’s tasted a bit stale, not bad, but nothing gushworthy. Layers was DEFINITELY gushworthy. Well worth the trip!

I headed back to Layers recently to try their wares again, and I was pleasantly surprised. I brought home two chocolate ganache cupcakes and they were soft, moist and delicious! There wasn’t a whole lot of selection when I was there but it was late in the day and they were preparing for the wedding show this weekend. I will definitely be returning for more cakes, especially since they are close enough to my work to visit on my lunch.

I was running a few errands around Barrington Street & extremely hungry with no time for lunch. When I passed by Layers, I thought «Well, a cupcake lunch isn’t exactly ideal, but sure.»
The cupcakes look amazing, but I’ve been burned before. Somehow with age my ability to eat even cupcake-​sized quantities of extremely rich dessert has decreased dramatically. In a rush, I asked for the chocolate raspberry cupcake. Oh. My God. The cake was light & just rich enough without being too much, & the frosting. I could write a sonnet about the raspberry frosting on this cupcake. It was so light & creamy & delicious & everything you want frosting to be when it’s piled high on a tiny piece of cake.
Goodness me.

Tasty cupcakes from a cute little shop.
The cupcakes are displayed on pretty cake plates on the counter (behind glass), and on a small table, and in the window. There is no glass between the public and the table & window cupcakes. The thought of other people browsing, coughing through cupcakes I might buy is a bit icky.
I will go back though.
Update: The accessible cupcakes are display only. Thanks Jennifer!

I’ve been to Layers a few times and each time Jennifer sure didn’t disappoint. The shop is small but as another reviewer comments, it’s bright and airy. Lots of selection, baked fresh daily. We’ve had both the cupcakes and take home entrees from Kitchen Door Catering –and we’ll definitely be back for more. Entrees are yummy and the cupcakes are the perfect ending to a meal (or a yummy mid-​afternoon snack).
We had the chocolate ganache and coconut cupcakes and I’m planning to pick up a half dozen for a family birthday this weekend. The only complaint, I didn’t go early enough to get all the flavours.
Wishing Layers and Kitchen Door Catering much success. Definitely check them out!

I stopped into Layers for the first time today. The shop, while small is bright and airy. The first thing you notice are the cupcakes, all beautifully decorated. The had a few different flavors available and I selected the chocolate with vanilla bean frosting. The cupcake was packaged in a cute little Tiffany blue style box that kept my cupcake stable until I got home. The cupcake itself was delicious, super moist and chocolaty. I really loved the frosting, it was creamy, not too sweet and the vanilla flavour really came through. I also liked the frosting to cupcake ratio The cupcake is pretty affordable at 3.25 a pop.
The store also has a chilled and frozen foods section. They have a nice selection of entrees for two people and party sized apps as well. I picked up a bottle of champagne vinaigrette, I can’t wait to try it, and enjoy that it only has natural ingredients in it. My parents throw an annual Christmas party and this year I plan them some risotto croquettes from Kitchen Door Catering to serve, they looked delicious!