CB’s Cupcake

Stopped at the Carlsbad location on the way home from OC. This location is closed.

Interesting concept. Disappointing results. That sums it up. Dropped by here back in March.
They are located at the Carlsbad Premium Outlet. I was craving something sweet so in I went. Nice and clean looking shop. Good service.
So, I created my own cupcake. Guess, it’s my fault that I did not like it too much.
The cake flavor I chose was either Vanilla or Red Velvet. Can’t quite remember. What I do remember was that it was very dry. (2 stars)
The frosting I chose was Cream Cheese. It was good, but not great. (3 stars)
The topping for my cupcake was Graham Cracker Crumbs. It partnered well with the cream cheese frosting. (3 stars)
Overall, it just did not please my palate. Maybe I just do not know how to create the right cupcake combination.

Love us some chocolate with peanut butter frosting! My fav little part about this shop– pup cakes! They are cupcakes for the pups, I don’t buy them anymore bc I keep my pups on a strict diet, but way cute. The décor is so adorable and the cupcakes and pretty tasty. I loved crumbs in la, but they didn’t make it, so far this shop has been here for a while, I think they will continue to be successful. My tip– add more flavors! There aren’t that many and in comparison to other cupcake shops, they lack

My daughter saw cupcakes and asked if she can have chocolate with chocolate frosting so good thing it wasn’t crowded.
Small and cute little store and on the glass, you choose the flavor cupcake, frosting, and toppings.
Ordered 3 mini cupcakes.
–chocolate with chocolate frosting topped w/​sprinkles
–lemon with lemon zest frosting
–red velvet with cream cheese frosting topped w/​mini m&m’s
Each cost $ 1.50.
I must say, its VERY MOIST and delicious! Not too sweet nor was it dry.
I“m a fan and will be coming back for more!
They do accept credit cards but you need to spend $ 5 or more

Try the peanut buttercream on chocolate muffin so good the cupcake is moist and the cream is just right

This store was super cute, the cupcakes all look nice. I love the way you get to pick your cake, frosting and, toppings. Would have been great except our cake on all four of the cupcakes we ordered was a day or two old, the cake wasn’t moist at all. I was disappointed.

Cute little store where you create your own cupcake!
You chose your cake, which they had about 8 to chose from.
My son went with vanilla, i had the flavor of the month lemon raspberry.
Both super fresh, light moist bites, perfectly baked.
Then you chose a frosting, i went with cream cheese, he had peanut butter.
Again, we loved both, exactly how they should be.
Then add a topping, he had M&Ms and I chose gummy bears.
$ 1.50 for a mini, $ 3.50 for a large created in seconds just the way you like it, great concept.
The staff was super nice, loved the décor of the place, great addition to the Carlsbad Outlets!

Had family staying at the hotel across the street and we came over to the shopping area for some dinner. I saw this cupcake place and i had to take a peak.
It was not what i was expecting, not like every other cupcake place with a case of cupcakes to choose.
It was pretty cool how they did it. on the wall there were 3 sections you picked from.
1. cupcake flavor
2. frosting
3. topping
I got my little niece a cupcake and she thought it was awesome she got to choose all of it.
I got 2 cupcakes (shared with the hubby) one was the key-​lime with lime frosting, the other was red velvet with cream-​cheese frosting a graham cracker crumbs.
key-​lime was very good!!!
red velvet was okay. graham cracker on it added a different but great taste!
I would come here again, m when I’m in town.

Taste’s like the bottled whipped frosting you get at the grocery store.
The cake itself tastes like it’s from a Little Debby’s box.
Gets one star because my dog likes the dog treats, but she’d eat anything.

Delicious cupcakes. Iced and decorated to order. My daughter and her buddies LOVE this place.
One of the drawbacks to Unilocal is the laziness of certain reviewers. I wince when I scan through the reviews for this bakery and notice just how many members of Unilocal are cheerfully spreading a LIE: That CB’s is somehow selling frozen cupcakes out of their shop. NONSENCE.
All of their cupcakes are baked… FRESH…on their premises early every morning.
They offer a number of different sizes in cupcakes. My daughter is campaigning for a giant sized for for her next birthday.
A tip: They happily honor a coupon from their website that will get you a free mini cupcake when you purchase a regular sized one. They even honor it if you simply access it from your cell phone at time of purchase.
Worth every calorie.

Randomly walked in here with my stomach growling. They had me at key lime.
I’m usually not a cupcake fan, but after the delicious red velvet cupcake at the Harbor Town Pub Unilocal Elite event, cupcakes have been on my mind. The girls working that day seemed like teenagers working their first job, but were very friendly. You can choose their FOW or FOM (flavor of the week/​month), or you can customize one by mixing/​matching different types of cupcake, frosting, and topping. I got the key lime muffin cupcake with lime zest frosting and graham cracker crumb topping. Dense cupcake, overly sweet frosting, and barely any topping. Not the best or worst cupcake I’ve had, but reaffirmed the fact that I’m really not a cupcake fan. Not the best use of $ 3.50, but at least I wasn’t starving anymore.
Oh, and there’s a $ 4 minimum for credit cards, but they were sweet enough to let me use my card anyway since one cupcake comes out to almost $ 4 with tax anyway.

Cupcakes were huge!!! Moist cake, nice cream cheese frosting and I felt like I was 6 again on my birthday. So good!
Customer service… horrible. Not friendly at all. I LOVE how cute the shop is and they have a huge variety of cupcakes you can get and customize. Lots of little trinkets you can buy too which is nice. Great location in the Carlsbad outlets and right next to Starbucks.
But, figure out your customer service. Why do you cupcake girls have such a tude? Cheer up!

Cupcakes can be customized to your liking, a wonderful concept.
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Chesse frosting, you can’t go wrong.
Cake is soft, not overpowering with sweet, good texture, the cream cheese frosting was good… I want to say one of the better cream cheese frosting other there.
I took a bite of vanilla cake with key lime (?) I think, it was sugary and overpowering. No bueno.
The cakepops are weird. It’s basically a mini cupcake dunked in thick colored chocolate and molded in a mini cupcake liner. Just did not measure up to my expectations.

We got an order of cake pops, and they were okay. They weren’t the traditional cake pops — rather, they were mini cupcakes with sticks stuck in them. I do like that they offer dog treats. We bought a six pack of mini-​cupcakes ($ 10) for the dogs and they ate em up. I even tried a little taste (don’t judge) to see how they were. They were all-​natural so I figured it was fine. Tasted like peanut butter… the dogs ate them up of course! I’d have to try their cupcakes before ruling on them.

I tried this place because I got a
coupon. The cupcakes are bigger than La Jolla’s Sprinkles but there is less variety. Yout get to create your own combination but there are only a few flavors. I thought that they may have specialy flavor cupcakes like Mocha or Red Velvet but they only have Chocolate, Vanilla, and a few other kinds. The cupcakes remind me of a Costco muffin– moist and delicious!
I am not the kind of person who would go out to buy a cupcake so I don’t think I will be back but if someone were to buy one for me, I’d want it to come from CB’s.

I couldn’t help but get a cupcake for a treat. The price of $ 3.50 would scare me off if I was a local, but as a tourist, you only have one chance to enjoy a made to order cupcake! The cupcake is muffin sized so I cut it in half to enjoy twice.
Customers can choose from the type of cupcake, frosting, and topping. I decided to get a vanilla cupcake with chocolate frosting and Oreo bits. I got it in a to go box so I could enjoy it for a late night snack.
The cupcake was fluffy, not dry or dense. The frosting was a little too sweet for my liking but the Oreo pieces were a great crunchy addition. I really like this concept and it would be great if local cupcake shops caught on to this idea.
In addition to cupcakes, they also sell cupcake novelty items including cupcake treats for your dog! This is a cute shop and if I was a local, I would definitely be back.

Was really disappointed with this place. My red velvet was so dry and the crème cheese frosting didn’t taste like any cream cheese frosting I’ve ever had before. My boyfriend’s chocolate cupcake was good, but I would bet money it came from a box mix…
I wouldn’t have given this place such a bad rating if they hadn’t given me a milk that was two weeks expired… and then when we went back in to let the lady know, she was rude about it. You sold me spoiled milk and you’re going to be rude to me?
Poor customer service and box cupcakes= one star.

This is definitely a unique cupcakery. First of all, their cupcakes are baked in muffin-​sized pans, so they’re actually the size of muffins. Second, you choose the way you want it, they create it – choose the cake, frosting, and topping. As a result, you’re able to come up with many different combinations.
We ordered 2 red velvets and 1 brownie-​styled cupcake, which turned out to be around $ 9. The cupcakes were actually well-​made. I was afraid they were going to be dry inside because I assumed since it was muffin-​sized, they would keep it in the oven longer, which would dry out the cake part of the cupcake. To our surprise, the inside of the cupcakes were still soft and moist. The frosting was also great because it wasn’t too sweet (especially since there was more of it being that it was muffin-​sized). The brownie-​styled cupcake was my sister’s favorite. She really loves chocolate and she complimented on how crispy the top of the brownie cupcake was and how moist it was in the middle.
Why the 3 stars? Well, we came during their anniversary, and when i ordered a normal sized red velvet cupcake (which was on sale), the owner mentioned it was $ 1, which I thought was odd. Even the cashier looked horror-​stricken, probably because she hasn’t been ringing it up as a $ 1 for the previous customers and thought she would get in trouble. Anyways, I decided to order one more normal sized red velvet since it was so cheap. When the cupcakes were rung up, it turned out not to be a $ 1 each. She then said it was the mini-​cupcakes, not the normal sized ones. So I just thought I heard wrong, but once I stepped out, my cousin and sister told me they heard the exact same thing and both saw the reaction of the cashier, as well. Oh well, we’ll never know whether there was deception going on or not.
In the end, I probably won’t be visiting again unless I have a craving for cupcakes and I’m at the Carlsbad outlet.
Note: They have a stamp card, so be sure to ask about that!

Oh dear! This great little find in the Carlsbad Premium Outlet Center has totally thrown me for a loop. CB’s Cupcake has now entered the lead in my ongoing, calorie-​infested journey to find the best cupcake.
The concept: The custom cupcake. Choose the cake flavor. Choose the size of the cake. Choose the frosting. Choose the topping. Sheer brilliance!
I decided on two chocolate, muffin-​sized cupcakes (the big ones), topped with peanut buttercream and no toppings. My friend, who was much more thoughtful and creative in her selection, chose a chocolate cupcake with a peanut butter AND chocolate buttercream duo. In addition, she tried a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and pink sprinkles. After paying for our fare, we hauled ass outside to the closest table we could find and began to shamelessly devour our evil little creations.
CAKE: Very moist.
FROSTING: Divine! Arguably, outside of my mom’s homemade frosting, it may be the best I’ve encountered so far.
PORTION: Generous. While I had no problems finishing my two cupcakes (my stomach is a bottomless abyss), my friend had to take hers home.
Truly, I think CB’s is a major contender in San Diego’s epic cupcake battle. And, to date, they are now the one to beat, in my professional opinion.

Not the best, but not bad…
JD and I decided to hit up this place. It was Mon night and the daily special is $ 1 for a mini cupcake. We both decided on a mini. The chick behind the counter was super nice and explained the concept. She described it similar to ordering at Chipotle. HAHA
You choose your cupcake flavor, frosting flavor and then topping. I decided on the mint cupcake, chocolate frosting and Oreo cookies. (Yes, I have a fetish for this combo if you haven’t noticed by now…) JD decided on a pumpkin spice cupcake — refer to his review.
So it was a little messy, but given its size, it’s to be expected not to have a perfectly decorated cupcake. The cupcake was moist and just enough to curb a sweet tooth. I like my cupcakes lukewarm and they don’t offer that option here.
The store is super cute and they offer gift items along the wall — even for pets!!! Great location on the south-​side of the outlet center. The store is across from Ruby’s and next to Starbucks. I need to go back and try other flavors.