Royal Cupcakes & Bakes

I bought a cupcake from them one time and noticed the man working in the truck didn’t have any shoes on…
Haven’t seen them since.
I had some sort of chocolate cupcake that tasted like it sat on my grandmas counter for a week.

I spotted the truck corner of Michigan ave and Ohio on the mag mile and my sweet tooth got the better of my brain :) anyways, bought the red velvet and Mango cupcakes, huge and too sweet; not at all gourmet. Wouldn’t try it again.

I was walking back to my hotel (Inn of Chicago) after a long day of sightseeing and was so excited to see a cupcake truck parked right next to the entrance of the hotel. How did they know I LOVE cupcakes and was craving something sweet? I ran up to the truck and was delighted to see that there were several flavors to choose from. They are good sized cupcakes and only $ 2.99 (plus tax) each. The man working the truck greeted my sister and I with a smile and was very patient in helping me to make a decision on which cupcake to indulge in. After some deliberation I chose the Reeses Peanut Butter cupcake and I’m glad I did! The frosting was packed with real peanut butter flavor and so smooth! The cake was a dense peanut butter cake filled with pieces of my favorite candy, Reeses! The cake could have been a tad bit moister and the frosting pretty sweet, but overall my sister and I were VERY impressed with our first cupcake truck experience/​purchase. I work at a cupcake shop back home in California so I can be pretty picky, but I would like to try their other flavors when I’m back in town!

I had a much different experience than most of the reviewers.
Saw this truck outside east randolph and purchased a cupcake for 2.99 + tax.
I selected cookies & cream and although initially hesitant I passed the frosting over to my boyfriend which he instantly devoured and then I tackled the cake part.
Wow it was so delicious. I’m not a huge fan of frosting but I’ll take his word that it was good. The cake was super moist and dense. I love this texture and almost wished I had an entire cake made out of this batter! Delicious!
I’m not a fan if too buttery or too sweet frostings but it’s sure hard to find a cupcake with moist cake. Most try to hide their cake behind a thick layer of frosting versus getting the basics right.
Overall I enjoyed it and would purchase again!

This truck was parked outside my office today and I decided to give it a shot, despite all the negative reviews.
I bought the Mango cupcake — which was recommended — and it was great! The frosting did have a slight buttery/​saltier taste, but it did have a pleasant mango flavor to it. The cake itself was very, very moist and not overly sweet.
Overall, it definitely wasn’t a bad cupcake. I’d definitely try another one of their cupcakes again!

I love chocolate. I’ll eat just about anything with chocolate in it. But, I left part of my triple chocolate cupcake from the truck for disposal. It was not good. «Frosting» was hard, the middle had some kind of chocolate inside but it didn’t make up for the flavorless cake. It was a very chocolatey looking cupcake but didn’t have much by way of flavor. My co-​worker got the Butterfinger flavor. She couldn’t eat past the first bite. The frosting taste like butter and powdered sugar she says. There are a lot of cupcake trucks in Chicago. It’s awful to experience a bad one! Don’t waste your calories!

Blech! The butterfinger cupcake was inedible. There was over an inch of frosting on top, which tasted like pure butter. After one bite, I was sick to my stomach. The actual cake was moist, but lacked any flavor. I couldn’t taste anything. What a waste of $ 3! It went straight to the trash after two bites.

The first review clearly has to be by the owner. just purchased two off of the cupcake truck & These cupcakes are quite terrible. They have absolutely no flavor to them at all. The other person described them pefectly as just sweet. Mine in particular tasted like sweet, dry cornbread. i had the lemon supreme & the supposedly nutella hazelnut flavor. the icing was quite disgusting as well as it wreaked of artifical vanilla flavoring i was very gritty on my tongue and left a very bitter aftertaste. They were actually worse than those colored icing cupcakes at jewels or the nasty lil cupcakes from crumbs bakery. I wouldnt advise anyone to try these, not even for that PMS sugar most of us crave. eat a salad instead :/