Maricel’s Mini Cupcakes

Love this place!

I live in California and on a recent visit to Federal Way, I stopped at Maricel’s for a dozen cupcakes to share with guests. We tried the crème brûlée and white chocolate guava. The cupcakes disappeared instantly! These two flavors were the best cupcakes I have ever tried.
The next day, we returned and bought 3 dozen cupcakes to bring home to California. I miss Maricel’s already! My favorite flavors are crème brûlée and white chocolate, but the vanilla raspberry and carrot are also delicious. The crème brûlée has custard in the middle and the vanilla raspberry tastes like a scone with whipped cream on top.
Maricel’s is the best of the best and I will definitely be making a special stop whenever I am in town.

I pass by this store almost every day and figured I’d give them a try. We had the Double Chocolate and the Crème Brûlée Cupcakes, they were good but nothing out of the ordinary or worth making another stop for. Sorry.

Hands down this place is way better than Cupcake Royal & Trophys!
I am ADDICTED to their CREME BRULEE.
I bought myself a dozen at 4pm and by 10pm I already ate 8. Kept finding myself sneaking downstairs to grab another one and another one.
This is the best cupcake place ever & it’s only 2 mintues from my house.

Cupcakes are good. The best part is the price– their mini cupcakes are $ 1.25 each or $ 1 each if you buy a dozen; much better pricing than any other cupcake store. This would probably be the most affordable place to buy cupcakes for your wedding. Very friendly owner, and I like that the shop is visible about its beliefs. Tips go to support missions.

So let me say… These are the best cupcakes that I am more than willing to drive down from Seattle to Federal Way just to get some.
My favorite is the white chocolate guava cupcake.
The first time I had these cupcakes, I thought that these were waaayyyy better than Trophy or Cupcake Royale. Maricel’s cupcakes are soooooo moist and the frosting is so light and fluffy… not super dry cupcakes or hard-​as-​a-​mofo frosting.
Her cupcakes are like crack and I blame my friend for having kids and having these at her kids birthday parties. One day my friend ordered some for her grandmas birthday gala and we ended up sneaking to the back of the kitchen to stuff our faces before dinner was served.
I bought 4 dozen for my best friends baby shower that I was planning. My friend that is pregnant was getting mad that they were going so fast that she started telling people that they were horrible so she could have more for herself hahahaha!
Seriously…GO TO FEDERAL WAY AND PICK SOME UP!!!
Thank goodness your sister is friends with my friend or I would have never know about your cupcakes!
Love, the crazy girl who always eats your cupcakes.
Also, tell Maricel that Joann sent you so I can get free cupcakes hahahahahahah

Cupcakes are moist and the owner is friendly and helpful! We’re using this place for our wedding. Our cake tasting here was wonderful

YUM! I just went here for the first time based on all of the reviews. We got a dozen for $ 12 and they are delicious.
I heard a woman say the crème brûlée is amazing but they weren’t available so we’ll have to go back to try those out.
The variety and taste is so good and it’s nice to have something local and natural.

We have a cupcake store in Federal Way! Finally!
I wouldn’t have known this place existed if I didn’t get my hair cut just a couple doors down. The last time I went to get my hair cut, I decided to stop into Maricel’s just to take a peek. It was really close to closing time, and she only had three flavors left, so I decided to try them all — the red velvet, double chocolate, and the banana.
Throw your stones if you will, but I’ve never understood the Trophy’s and Cupcake Royale craze. I’ve found their cupcakes to be dry and their icings to be overly sweet (generally). But Maricel’s cupcakes were really moist and the icings were perfect complements to each cake.
At $ 1/​cupcake or $ 10/​dozen, it’s a great deal. And the cupcakes are the perfect two-​bites (or 1 bite if you’ve got a big mouth like mine).

Maricel’s is a wonderful discovery! Tough location but thats what makes the discovery so fun. The cakes are light and so wonderful. Definitely try the Crème Brulle and the Dbl Chocolate and the Coconut and and and… I really don’t think you can go wrong here. What a great addition after we lost Metropolitan market and their great cakes. Thank gosh Maricels is here within driving distance!

Wow. I went here for the first time today. It is indeed tucked away. It’s right next to the Care Plus, which I went to three times before, but didn’t even notice this place.
I went because I was craving real cupcakes (not grocery store stuff), and had to bring something to a potluck. So I gave this place a shot based on the Unilocal reviews — and I’m so glad I did!
I got a dozen cupcakes (4 of each): Crème Brulee, Peanut Butter, and Maple Bacon.
I had the Maple Bacon and my mind was blown! It was just the perfect amount of maple so it wasn’t overwhelming. My fiancée doesn’t usually eat sweets, and he had the peanut butter one and had a big o’ smile on his face. He said it was «indescribable how good it was.» My friend and I split the Crème Brulee, and I just LOVE how the middle has a little bit of actual crème Brulee in it.
The guest loved the cupcakes too. They actually did not touch any of the other deserts that were there. So I guess these little tiny cupcakes stole the show!
I am definitely coming back here.
I’m so glad to have visited this little gem :)

Great service and reasonable prices. The White Chocolate Guava is incredible!

Maricel’s is a great little cupcake place. All the cupcakes are moist, delicious and flavorful (cupcakes are all homemade!)!! I love the enviroment, service, and well priced ($ 1/​Cupcake)!. First timer tip: The crème brûlée cupcakes are to die for!

A bit hard to find, as it’s in a strip mall that’s positioned perpendicular to Pac Hwy. Cupcakes are bite-​sized, very moist, and not overly sweet. All flavors are good. you can’t go wrong. Just wished their hours were better.

Yummy, fresh cupcakes! VERY reasonable prices.
I recommend the peanut butter chocolate! :)

** REVIEW # 800 **
What a great find! This place is literally a few blocks from my house but tucked away in a business strip mall that isn’t very busy off Pac Hwy.
I LOVE their cupcakes and so do all my friends and family. I have done both Trophy and Cupcake Royale in the past (which in my opinion are way to expensice and not the good) for special events. I did 3 events last year with Maricel’s mini cupcakes and they were a huge hit! The price is definitely right 1 doz for $ 10 (figure 2 per guest). But the BEST part — the taste incredible. So moist and the frosting always is delicious and compliments the cupcake. My personal favorite is the crème brûlée — the maple bacon and coconut come in a close 2^nd. Maricel is a really nice gal and goes out of her way to be helpful.
I did use a Groupon once — it clearlyl states you have to call 24 hours in advance (she sold hundreds so she can’t just have «drop ins» who would wipe out her daily inventory. Maricel treated me no different when I used the Groupon than when I was a regular customer.
Definitely have plans to use her cupcakes for at least a couple different events this year!

I’m giving this place 3 stars because while the cupcakes were good (as is the price!) I personally like the cupcakes at Hello Cupcake and Cupcake Royale better. These taste more like ones I can make at home.
The service was great, and the girl behind the counter was friendly.

So I’ve been scouring every cupcake/​cake/​baked good joint in seattle & skc for the past 6 months for my upcoming nuptials. I’ve been to 4 tastings and a couple of walk-​in customer style critiques of about a dozen joints. (If you ask me personally who my fav is. I’ll let you know). But I give maricel’s a 5 star review for being exceptional in many aspects in my wedding cake decision making.
1. Price = most (95%) of the cake/​cupcakes places charge $ 3 fullsize and $ 1.5 for minis. Maricel charges $ 2 & $ 1, respectively. This allows me to have 2 of each flavor for every guest (Plus a cutting cake) for ¹⁄₃^rd less than all her competition.
2. Fees = almost every (95%) place charges fees for stand rental & delivery. Maricel’s is by far cheaper for both costs. Actually her rental+delivery = less than delivery of her competition.
3. Service. Maricel personally catered to my tasting. She is so sweet and personable. She really appreciates critique and is considerate of your personal tastes. She’s open to mixing & matching cakes & frostings, toppings, and even trying new flavors per request.
4. Tasting. 2 tastings I attended were like costco sample cowherdings. 2 tasting gave me generic safeway flavors. Maricel gave me 6 different flavor samples, 2 of each kind. She wasn’t overbearing or salesy. she actually had a steady flow of customers early evening on a Sunday. When she was free, she came over and chatted with us on what we wanted and what we liked at other places that she could better make for her shop. I really liked that business mentality of wanting to improve and better herself & her shop.
5. Cupcakes. They were all 2-​bite sized, evenly proportioned, creamy & fluffy morsels (minus the red velvet & choco/​pb that I wasn’t able to try due to an allergy, but my plus1 said they were good!). We both agreed the crème brûlée was theeee besssst!
So with that all being said. my plus1 and I decided that we’d definitely go with maricel’s for our cupcake/​cutting cake display for our wedding. And I’m such a fan, I also will be ordering 2 dozen for my future mother in laws birthday (so she can try them prior to the wedding), and another 2 dozen for my bridal shower so my out of town bridal party members can sample. and help me narrow it down to 2 flavors!

Stopped by here to try the cupcakes for the first time. The cupcakes were moist and tasted good. However, I just was not blown away by them. I did like the mini size and the $ 1 price. My favorite flavor was the red velvet and then the white chocolate guava.

By far the most delicious cupcakes I’ve tried. Her white chocolate guava flavored cupcakes are my favorite as well as the peanut butter, crème brûlée, white chocolate lemon, red velvet or actually all the flavors are all delish :) I highly recommend you try them.