TopIt Cupcakes

Had the pancake and maple Bacon cupcake, not so bad but overly sweet frosting… ordered a half Dozen. but all cupcakes where dry and frosting was chalky…

Meh. I feel bad writing a bad review of a locally owned business. But, the cupcakes just weren’t very good — especially when you’re paying premium price for cupcakes — one expects something amazing. I would’ve been better off just buying cupcakes from Costco.

I went into Topit Cupcake today and had a great conversation with the owners Rachelle and JB!
What an adorable place. Lots of passion and attention to detail.
Not only did they take the time to engage me in conversation and tell me how they came to start this business, they make outstanding cupcakes.
When I got back to the office the cupcakes were devoured and this was at 10 in the AM!
If you have a need to satisfy a sweet tooth, you absolutely have to stop in!
So happy to see an entrepreneurial couple finding success with an awesome little store!
Jessica Johnson
The Rainmaker Institute
480−202−3910

Just got back from this place and OMG, gross! The cupcakes were so gross they were falling apart very easily in the box and when I picked them up the whole thing just split up. The batter they use is not fresh and very old. It seems like they just got it from a box at the store or something. The place was decent but no one was in there at all. Consider me never to go back here and people please don’t go. The cupcakes are a rip off for just 2 cupcakes it’s $ 20!

So disappointed. These are the most basic cupcakes I’ve ever tasted. They don’t hold a candle to any other specialty cupcake shop I’ve been to in Arizona.
You’re better off buying the vanilla bean cupcake mix at Fresh & Easy and making your own.

I have made it a point to try out all of the different cupcake places in Gilbert (there are quite a few) to see who makes the best cupcake! After buying a groupon deal, I decided to check it out. I have now been three different times and can officially say I think they make the best cupcake in Gilbert. Much more moist and flavorful than their competition. The specialty cupcakes are definitely the best. The frosting flavor is good and they don’t do overkill with the frosting amount. The cake is good enough to eat alone (even though I don’t) and they have a good variety of flavors. Unlike other shops who always have the exact same thing. I also think the price is pretty reasonable compared to their competition.
My biggest beef with this shop is that they are always out of everything. It’s great if you have a great selection and the best cupcake around, but if you’re constantly out of everything except chocolate, what’s the point? So the technical selection is great, but the selection that will actually be there if you don’t come in the morning (who is dying to eat a cupcake at 10:00 am?)… not so great.

I’ve been to this business a few times over the past year and I have found that it is hit or miss. I’ve had some of the most delicious cupcakes that can rival Sprinkles (malted milk ball) and I’ve had some so dry that I was upset I paid the $ 3.50. I think the trick is to get the cupcakes that are the specials of the day. Those, for me, have been the best.

This is a tough review to write. If you follow me, you know that I patronize the independents. I grew up in the restaurant business and know how tough to please every customer. You can’t. It is impossible. But — if you provide good quality at a decent price, you can at least keep that business going.
I live close enough to the bakery to walk. I stopped in once after we moved here and it was late day — and there was virtually nothing left. So I decided when I saw the Groupon that I would make an effort to get there early one day and pick up cupcakes and treat both my family and a small women’s group that I belong to. I got there early Saturday morning ready for my dozen.
The variety was nice — nothing terribly exciting. Chocolate on white, white on chocolate, red velvet. Cupcake wars, this isn’t. But I figured there is nothing better than a good white batter — light, with a nice crumb. So I got a variety of cupcakes — including the more exotic lemon and salted caramel, but focusing on the whites.
I am not sure whether it was a bad day for them or the cupcakes had been made earlier in the week. I won’t say they were dry. They were worse than dry. They were coarse almost with the consistency of a popoverand not delicate at all. To say they were disappointing — well, it was embarrassing. I had bragged about the wonderful dessert I was going to serve — and my guests were less than impressed. Even my DS and DH, both of whom never met a baked good they didn’t scarf down, were hard pressed to finish the ones they picked.
Basically, the white batters were either stale or overbeat or overbaked or a combination of all three. The dark chocolate on the salted caramel was moister and the red velvet was somewhat moister but neither one was the quality I would have expected. The chocolate on the chocolate/​chocolate was as bad as the white.
The icing did not excite me as well. I prefer frosting over icing but this icing was so hard — it had more of a fondant consistency. The sales person had recommended that for overnight storage, I should put them in a Tupperware and refrigerate. So even though we were serving them that day, I put them in anyway. I let them sit out for an hour before serving them just to warm them up. The icing was still hard — the chocolate ones had piroulines in the frosting. So after an hour of sitting out, the first guest attempted to pull out the pirouline and the entire icing came off, sort of like taking the lid off a top. Even after an hour, you could slice that icing and break it into pieces. We laughed, but i was nevertheless embarrassed.
At $ 36/​dozen w/​tax, I don’t think I will be going back there again. The cupcakes are pretty. They are, as another reviewer indicated, a tad small for the price but if the quality was there, I would certainly pay the price. Maybe it was a bad day but as a result, Top It lost me and the women in my group as potential customers.

My good friends surprised me with some cupcakes from Top It for my Valentine Birthday treat. The red velvet and salted caramel were AMAZING! They were so delicious, I went myself a few days later to give to my boyfriend to try. The malt ball was moist and flavorful, and my boyfriend loved the vanilla with chocolate. I’m dying to try the cotton candy and PBJ flavors.

Wanna ruin your diet? Come here. I was feeling kinda naughty and decided to finally check this place out. Wow! These cupers cakers are delishi-​craycray!
TIP: Try to get here earlier in the day for more variety. Otherwise you’ll wait for more batches to finish baking.

My sister has taken my kids here a couple times and they make some really delicious looking cupcakes. I have eaten 1 cupcake here, and it was super delicious. The frosting is out of this world, and there are many flavors. It’s a small, trendy type cupcake looking place, but then, I don’t really know what other cupcake places look like.
My sister gave me a Groupon worth $ 30 of cupcakes, which I thought this would be like dozen cupcakes, but it turns out, it’s about 9 cupcakes. I never knew gourmet cupcakes would be so expensive, but apparently that is the going rate. The Groupon was about to expire, but the shop did not make me get all 9 cupcakes then, and gave me a card to check off how many I got, so it’s indefinite for me to use that as long as they are in business.
Love that I didn’t have to get all 9 cupcakes right then. We still have 4 more cupcakes to get and hopefully we’ll get them soon. They totally honored the Groupon way beyond what they were supposed to, which if I am in the house to buy expensive gourmet cupcakes, I will go to this place.
I do not think they are opened on Monday or Sunday, so order your cupcakes early. I also like the fact that they have an area where you can customize your cupcake decorations. So, maybe after a movie at the nearby theater, you can stop by for cupcakes.

I’ve felt for a long time that the east valley needed a nice bakery, so I was a little excited when TopIt opened. I went there shortly after they opened over a year ago and had a less than pleasant experience.
I believe that every business deserves a second chance to work the kinks out and whatnot, so I decided to go back this weekend. The shop is still cute with it’s hot pink sign, and I went out on a limb and bought a half dozen for the family. I bought chocolate with vanilla icing, and vanilla with chocolate icing, peanut butter cup, and red velvet. Unfortunately almost all of the cupcakes were dry (over-​baked edges) and lacked much flavor. I couldn’t help compare these to the out-​of-​the-​box cupcakes I could make myself, which taste a lot richer. At $ 3 each = $ 18 is a lot to pay for just «meh.»
I guess I will have to continue my adventure for a great cupcake!

I popped by this weekend to treat myself to a birthday cupcake. I chose Red Velvet — always a good stand by, I think. Service was nice — I was quickly in and out.
So, I’m all about supporting local businesses. But a few weekends back I had a Sprinkles cup cake at a friend’s baby shower and my friends also surprised me with a Red Velvet cupcake from Sweet Daddy cupcakes this weekend. Unfortunately, TopIt just didn’t compare. Given the location and clientele, I’m sure they will do fine, but hope they step it up a notch with the realization that there IS local competition.
My red velvet cupcake: The frosting was a little too dense (but tasty), but the cake portion of the cupcake was dry and unappealing. I literally ate the icing and a few bites of the cupcake and then abandoned it. By comparison, the Sweet Daddy cupcake’s icing was a bit lighter and the cake was deliciously moist. At $ 3+ a cupcake, I expect melt in your mouth perfection.
At this point, I’m not sure I’ll be back to this particular local business, but will try out the two others in the area. Try it out and you decide!

I’ve been here a couple of times. It’s access from Gilbert Rd is super convenient. The people were especially friendly too. As far as the cupcakes? Well, I love the variety. But the times I’ve tried them, they were dry. Perhaps this is because my purchase was in the afternoon? Not sure. But if that’s the problem, then maybe they shouldn’t sell cupcakes that late, if the quality fades dry. If I ever make it there in the morning, I’ll let you know if it’s a better cupcake.

Just had my first TopIt’s cupcakes tonight and They were delicious! They were mini cupcakes which were rich and moist. Had pumpkin and chocolate salted caramel, definitely recommend the chocolate ones. I haven’t been to the shop but the top it yourself cupcake but looks very cool.

I’m glad they were at the Unilocal Helps, because I don’t think I’ll ever get a chance to get to their place. The pumpkin was my favorite, the chocolate salted caramel… nah! there has to be something missing to this one, but the blend of flavors just didn’t work for a cupcake. This flavor is wonderful on just chocolate.
Thank you for spoiling us at the Unilocal event!

I hate to right less pleasant reviews but I’m really not sure what the good reviews are about. These cupcakes were meh. Exactly how Unilocal describes 2 stars.
The shop itself was adorable and the service was friendly. Unfortunately, that does make up for the cupcakes. Which is sad because they were very pretty looking.
They weren’t bad they were just blah. We had the following cupcakes:
vanilla with vanilla buttercream
vanilla with milk chocolate buttercream
red velvet
cotton candy
malted milk ball
dark chocolate milk chocolate buttercream
The malted milk ball was probably the best of all of them. I did kind of like the milk chocolate buttercream frosting. However, for all of them the cake was kind of dry and bland. Most of the frostings were too sweet. The red velvet was kind of awful. I’ve been baking red velvet for years and this one was just too much dye with a weird tasting frosting.
I wanted to like it and like I said the shop and staff were super friendly. I just can get the same thing from a cake mix. I know the lady I purchased from emphasized that they were from scratch. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean awesome.

Check yo-​self before you wreck yo-​self.
You can have an exceptional product, which TopIt does, but if you put an un-​friendly guy up front with the customers, you may find yourself out of business before you know it.
TopIt has great cupcakes, especially their salted caramel ones. But when I’m throwing down $ 3 a piece for these little babys, I expect great customer service and a friendly smile.

I hate to admit to my sweet tooth — and I do keep it under control most of the time. But I did succumb today when I visited TopIt Cupcakes with my junior Unilocaler daughter, Abby.
Abby had chocolate with salty caramel icing and I had the ganache-​filled chocolate cupcake. Yes, you read that right — chocolate ganache filled. Oh my! Decadent, rich, over-​filling. Both were absolutely delightful.
After we finished our treat I went back in and suggested that the owner participate in a Unilocal event. His cupcakes are better than others I’ve had at various events. I guess I’ll wait and see what happens. Meanwhile, when I have another sweet tooth I can’t ignore, I know how to fix it.

I was a bit disappointed at topit cupcakes. I placed an order about a week before I wanted to pick up the cupcakes and when I arrived I still had to wait about 20 minutes for them to be finished. They seem to have not real organized way of keeping track of what customer is next. it was a bit of chaos trying to understand whoso place was in line. the gentleman working at the front even asked «who is next» The place was decorated nice and was very clean. as for the actual cupcakes while they are yummy I did not find them to be gourmet style and worth the $ 3 per cupcake. I recently moved from the Washington D. C area and had the luxury of George Town Cupcakes and they are spectacular!!! The cupcakes were a bit dry and the frosting was stale too. I am sorry to say that I will have to go else where in the future.
On a side note if you ever find yourself in the D.C. metro area you MUST try Georgetown cupcakes. there is a reason people wait 90 minutes in line for them!