Gobblecakes

Overdone cake and no to go boxes for single purchases. Really unimpressed at the decline in quality.

I have had cupcakes here twice. The first time was right after they opened; my wife always gets a chocolate cupcake and I always get a vanilla. These cupcakes were so bad that we couldn’t even finish them. The frosting just tasted like straight cream cheese to me, not cream cheese frosting. The cake was very dense and very dry.
We came here again recently because a friend of mine insisted that their cupcakes were amazing. I figured that our prior experience may have been an artifact of them having just opened. We went again and had the exact same experience. Both of us ended up throwing most of the cupcake away.

Today I tried Gobble Cakes and it wasn’t what I expected. The chocolate cake didn’t even taste like chocolate and the other lemon and strawberry cakes I got weren’t too different from the taste either. Kind of odd. The cake was dry but the part that made it better was the cream cheese frosting. It was pretty good but not the best frosting. Very overpriced too. Oh well.

This place is weird. They make some delicious cupcakes (the frosting really is their «saving grace» as one person put it) but I’ve had so many bad experiences.
1. They’re never open! I’ve tried to go here at least 3 times during the past 3 months and they’re closed. I think they closed over spring break for some reason? Anyway, that gets annoying.
2. My husband and I went in to share a cupcake after lunch this past weekend and, after charging $ 3.50 for the cupcake, the girl served it to us on a paper towel. For realizes? Come on, you can do better.
3. I told the girl that we were going to bike back home and I wanted to buy 4 cupcakes to go but needed a bag to take them home in. Well, turns out they don’t have bags. Whaaaaat? That’s lame. No sale for you.
4. I once went in and wanted to buy 2 cupcakes for a friend’s birthday but they were «all out» of the 2-​cupcake boxes, so I either had to look like a cheapo by giving her 2 cupcakes in a 4 cupcake box or buy 4 cupcakes… So, I bought her 4 damn cupcakes. Why would they ever be out of boxes?!
Get your act together, Gobblecakes!
Still good frosting though.

We make a point to try cupcakes everywhere we go. We’ve had cupcakes up and down the east coast. Gobble Cakes wins the distinction of being the worst cupcakes we’ve had.
First of all, the flavors seem creative and interesting, but taste just isn’t there. The chocolate cake doesn’t have a strong chocolate taste. The vanilla cake doesn’t taste like vanilla. I have to guess that they just are scrimping on ingredients or using poor quality chocolate and vanilla.
I love filled cupcakes, but again, the flavor was lacking in the chocolate-​cookie-​dough cupcakes and the strawberry-​champagne cupcake I had. Stuffing cookie dough inside a bland, chocolate cupcake with white frosting on top doesn’t have any point. There was very little flavor.
Some people may like cream cheese frosting, but it just doesn’t work with most cupcakes. I wound up pulling it off my cupcakes completely after one bite.
I feel sorry for people in Blacksburg if these are the best cupcakes in town.

Not impressed. The best part of the experience was the hilarious and friendly employee. I don’t think cream cheese frosting should ever be the default for a cupcake. I always try a vanilla cupcake to judge a cupcake place and I was surprised that it was cream cheese frosting. Cake itself is flavorful but denser than I am used to. I am from out of town, but I wouldn’t go back.

Dense cake, but great icings/​toppings. I don’t like how heavy the cake is, so I don’t really love it, especially at $ 3/​cupcake. It’s a little too pricey for what you get. Dulce de leche was the best cake I had there this week.

I never got a chance to try Gobble Cakes while I was an undergrad at VT so on my trip this weekend I made it a priority to see what they were all about. Welllllll… it wasn’t bad but wasn’t amazing either. I had a strawberry champagne cupcake and was really excited about it because I’d never had one before. The cream cheese icing was definitely great but I wasn’t impressed with the texture of the cupcake. It wasn’t as moist as I would normally like and I just didn’t get much flavor from it. Will I try another flavor next time I visit? Yeah I’ll give it another try. Everywhere deserves a second chance!

Gobblecakes is a quaint little cupcakery located in downtown Blacksburg that has been around for about a year now. While visiting a couple weekends ago, I decided to stop by and check it out. They had a lot of flavors on display, but to my surprise I was able to stay strong and chose just one to share with the boyfriend. We tried the chocolate peanut butter cupcake, and I thought it was delicious. The chocolate cake was moist and the peanut butter frosting light while still rich in flavor. Next time I’m in the area I wouldn’t mind stopping by to try some more!

Total disappointment. Great display, but unfortunately, this hit three strikes-you’re out. Cupcakes are NOT fresh daily. They are there till they sell or it takes several days before they throw them out. This is a $ 4 cupcake; should be fresh EVERY DAY! My mixed box should not taste good and bad in one mix and it is both every time.
Icing is good on some things, but icing to cupcake taste profile is not always properly matched in flavor or consistency. Good idea, but either step up to quality and consistency OR just step out and make way for others that will.

Good cupcake, beautiful store, and friendly workers. Give them a try!

Their frosting is their saving grace. Velvety, tangy, smooth cream cheese frosting is far superior to buttercream, and Gobble Cakes appreciates this fact.
The cakes are not impressive. They are a bit on the dry side, slightly dense, and they lack noticeable flavor differences between different flavors.
Maybe I need to start adding this clause to each Blacksburg review that I write: I am trying to review and judge these establishments based on a level-​ish reference frame — I will attempt to objectively judge them not by the standards by which I judge places in Manhattan, NY and Washington, DC, the two places where I’ve spent the most time eating/​being judgmental/​etc… and I hope that I can keep to this idea.
That said, these are probably the best LOCAL cupcakes. Because there are few good nearby alternatives, as far as I know, I will probably continue to buy cupcakes from Gobble Cakes.

These cupcakes are delicious! I love that the flavors change monthly/​seasonally. I’ve sampled these on multiple occasions and have never had a dry cupcake — they’re always moist and dense yet not heavy. The icing is usually a perfect complement to the cake flavor, so eating the two together in every bite will enhance the flavors. They’re large, so your sweet tooth will be more than satisfied. My fiancée and I often buy 2 flavors and split them. Cute storefront, nice presentation, and delicious cupcakes.

The cupcakes here are a bit bigger than most other cupcake bakeries. I ordered the pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese icing. The cupcake itself was dense and moist, but I was disappointed with the icing. All I tasted was butter… and it was too fluffy and light for my taste. The price for one cupcake was $ 3 with tax. I’ll be back to give as friend’s birthday gifts, but I won’t rush back anytime soon for a cupcake of my own.

Took the entire family there after the game. 8 people/​8 cupcakes. We had read the reviews and thought we would try anyway as WE LOVE CUPCAKES. In fact, we travel a great deal and try them in every city. Not sure what happened for the other reviews but ours were awesome. Th cake is dense, between a muffin and ‘box cake.’ it’s the butter cake style my grandmother made. My husband, who never eats more hn a bite, engulfed his pistachio mocha. My vanilla had delicate frost with great vanilla bean flavor and a wonderful flavor in the moist cake. The kids had double chocolate, carrot and red velvet, all to rave reviews! We will be back!

Seriously mediocre cupcakes. We’ve been there twice and both times have been disappointed. We’ve tried the blueberry cream cheese one and the yellow/​lime one.
The cream cheese frosting was decent on the blueberry one, but the cake lacked flavor, was not moist, and resembled the density of a Starbucks Muffin (except Starbucks muffins are somewhat tasty).
The lime frosting on the lemon cake lacked lime, or any other flavor for that matter. The cake was still not up to par either.
We’ll stick with our occasional runs to Washington, DC to Baked and Wired for our cupcake needs.

I love the name of this place, and it has a great logo. The storefront itself is beautiful and spacious. The flavors are really creative and unique, which isn’t always typical for a cupcake shop. The price is right, and the hours are good. The cupcakes themselves are decent, but the cake was a little dense. The icing was rich yet delicate, unlike the lardy sugar mix you find at supermarkets.

Beautiful shop, great customer service but mediorce cupcakes. The cupcakes were literally heavy, had a bready texture, the red velvet was really a chocolate cupcake, and the chocolate buttercream icing was not good at all. Cupcakes are better at Next Door Café and Kroger. I was excited about the place but wont go again.

My lady and I heard that this place had finally opened (after a long summer of hype), so we stopped in after dinner recently. We tried the «Huckleberry» (which did not have huckleberries in/​on it), and were very disappointed. The cake was on the verge of being overspiced, and the icing was only slightly better than something you could find at the Food Lion bakery.
We’ll give this place another shot, based on the great location and outstanding service. But for the price point ($ 3+ per), we weren’t impressed.

Beautiful cupcakes but taste needs a lot of work. I went opening day and was in awe of the cupcakes and how they were designed. However when I cut into one it was dry! The cupcake tasted like a bad piece of cornbread with pink coolwhip on top! Cupcakes are suppose to be light and flavorful. Will not be going back!