Frosted Betty Mobile Bake Shop

Your banana pudding made me go «Awww yissss». Keep up the good work!

The cake balls were the real gems! Rich, sweet, creamy soft inside covered with crunchy chocolate shell. My favorite was the vanilla, but my coworker loved the chocolate balls.
The «deconstructed» cupcake has it’s unique charm. I enjoyed the loose flaky texture combined with the rich sweet creamy frosting.
Like most food trucks at the event, most of their items ran out very quickly and the wait was dreadful. I am glad I had a taste, but not looking forward to stand in the long line again.

My co-​worker stood in line for cupcakes while I stood in the burger line food truck. They ran out of cupcakes so he brought me over bread pudding. Presentation was okay. It came in a small tin ramekin with a small serving of bread pudding soaked in cream. I was able to eat the whole thing in 3 bites. Surprisingly, it was dry, even though its soaked in some type of vanilla cream. It needs more moisture and should be served warm. Overall, it was just okay.

I ate here with a couple friends at a good truck event. We ordered a salted caramel cupcake and a red velvet. They were really yummy. I am a person who is all about desserts. I can’t tell you my thoughts on price point as I wasn’t around for payment but the end product was very tasty.
My only complaint is although the idea is fun that it’s a crumbled up cake in an awesome little cup with a kid… the crumbliness was hard to eat and kinda made a mess. But that’s my only hesitation with these cupcakes.

I consider myself a connoisseur of cakes and the like. I really haven’t come across any dessert item that didn’t hold a special place in my heart, but cake is definitely my main squeeze. I was recently gifted a box of two Frosted Betty cupcakes; red velvet and carrot cake. The red velvet I ate immediately. The cake was very moist and the frosting was perfect. 5 stars easily! The carrot cake I saved in the fridge (I don’t really know the best way to keep cake items fresh i just assume everything goes in the fridge). The next night I dug into the carrot cupcake knowing full well that there was a very real possibility the cake would be stale and hard. It wasn’t at all. The frosting had solidified a bit but otherwise the cupcake retained much of its freshness. I was delighted!

I ordered two cupcakes today while at a food truck event, the red velvet and the salted caramel.
They were «deconstructed» cupcakes and perfect for the event but I’m not sure if this is how the cupcakes normally come. Each cupcake came in a individual cup and looked more like the child’s dessert «dirt cup» than a cupcake. It was three layers of cupcake and two layers and a top layer of icing. I really liked the presentation for the event and the Salted Carmel was amazing, the red velvet just OK.
While I’m giving Frosted Betty 3 stars I full heartedly want to visit their food truck again to sample from their menu further.

Another adventure to the «farmers market» downtown H-​town today, and on the menu today was dessert. We spotted the Frosted Betty-​mobile and ordered right up. 3 bucks a cupcake wasn’t the best deal but not a deal breaker either, so I ordered up the Salted Caramel… figured chocolate cake and a nice caramel frosting can’t go wrong, right? Eh, I will say the plastic cupcake holder was designed for a wider cupcake so the spinning effect did well to dislodge the frosting on step #3 — that was the good part. The short walk later back at the office I pour a lovely Java Pura cup of coffee and dive right in… glad I had the coffee because I am not a baker, nor do I play one on TV, but I am sure that cupcakes are NOT supposed to be this dry, and the frosting I am assuming is just flavored whip-​topping so that had kinda just melted (6 blocks and it is in the 70s today, melting icing?) So I will say that Betty’s isn’t all that and there are WAY better options for sweets (vending machine is one) but if you want to try these half of this cupcake is floating around in the trash in my office. Sorry Betty, but FAIL

Other reviews have pointed out that the cupcakes are either $ 3 or $ 3.25.
This is the going rate of «artisan» cupcakes these days, so price complaints seem silly. Cupcakes are $ 3, Lattes are $ 5, facts of life. However I get why others are saying they are expensive, after eating them, they don’t feel like $ 3 of awesome cakey goodness — they fall short, somehow.
I grabbed an Almond Ricotta Raspberry, and a Pistachio Cardamom from the Frosted Betty truck when it was parked at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Skeletons and Spirits party on Friday. They had a short line, and cupcakes sounded like a good midnight snack.
Almond Ricotta Raspberry: The cake was moist with an almond flavor, but it could have had a little more personality, or some raspberries or just a little more oomph. The icing was very rich, and too sweet. I like raspberry for it’s tartness, but it tasted as though they’d tried to bury the tart with extra sugar.
Pistachio Cardamom: Interesting flavor, lots more creative than standard «box» cupcake flavors. Both the cake and the icing had more personality, and the sweetness wasn’t so overwhelming. I’d definitely recommend this flavor.
Maple bacon sounds really good, but they didn’t have that flavor available when I visited. Maybe if I run into the truck again I’ll try that one.

I wanted to give this place 3.5 stars, because that’s where they are. However, I realize that 3 stars is perfect: «A-​OK.»
Reasons this place receives an «A»:
— very good standard flavors
— pipes the cupcake freshly on the spot for you
— will call in their main location to take your credit card if you forgot cash
— eco-​friendly take away boxes
— presentation was spot-​on
Reasons this place receives an «OK»:
— execution of regular cupcake was slightly drier for mine (salted caramel) and rich/​sweet for my buddy’s (pistachio)
— pricier when I think I could have baked something similar
So I’m a little more discerning. However, if you crave a sweet bite and this food truck is in front of you, I say go for it.
Fun tip: my buddy tells me that most food trucks are not allowed Downtown because of an ordinance against cooking with propane tanks on the roads (probably for security reasons.) Frosted Betty is one of the few trucks you might see closer to your office since it does not require baking on-​board.

These are my absolute favorite cupcakes yet!
At work, we would always have the mini cupcakes for our events… they were always gone instantly! Peach Cobbler is probably my favorite. The cupcakes are very moist and the frosting is perfect.

What I like about this place is that they frost the cupcake as you order it. The quality of the cupcake isn’t necessarily the most moist I’ve ever had but the consistency of the actual frosting was light, creamy an delicious.
I ordered the lemon and have to admit that I ate most of the frosting. And not the cupcake? Is that a cupcake sin?

Attempted to try the Mobile Bake Shop at the Haute Wheels Food Truck Festival today. The event wasn’t even half over and after waiting 45 minutes in line, all Frosted Betty had left was 3 cake balls.
They were ok, but pretty much melted and gooy. I would’ve like to try the cupcakes but they ran out. Seriously? How do you go to an event that is supposed to run from 12 – 7 and run out of your product by 3:30? Pretty poor planning. Oh, and we got ripped off as well. The cake balls were $ 1 each and giving them a $ 5 they forgot to give us change (and after waiting that long for really nothing, we were like whatever and walked off)
I might give Frosted Betty another chance since the whole food truck festival was pretty much a disaster for all the trucks involved… but my first impression of both product and service was pretty underwhelming.

Ran into «Betty» for a third time at the Firkin & Phoenix’s «Tuscapalooza» benefiting victims of the tornadoes in Alabama. I am not a cupcake person and think that this is generally just a trend like bubble tea was a few years ago but I tell you what… The cupcakes are good and my appetite will capitalize on this trend as long as it is around.
Most all of their cupcakes are pretty moist and full of sweet flavors. I would be careful of the mini’s. Sure, it is a good idea as a food related gift but if you are not careful they may not last to delivery (because you will be munching on them on the way there). There is a variety of frosting which have a thicker consistency that icing. If anything they do a good job being creative with the frosting…
Top Favorites in my three visits:
— Maple Bacon (the Bacon frosting does the trick… amazing)
— Almond Ricotta Raspberry (I like the ricotta part of this)
— Lychee (reminds me of eating lychees in Asia when I was a kid)
— Nutella filled cupcake (Nutella is awesome… to fill it up in what is already goodness is the next step in cupcake evolution)
I have noticed trends in artisan cupcakes… which is OK. it is a way more cool trend than bubble tea or frozen yogurt. When you order to go the boxes they package them in look really «well to do». Ladies and gentlemen, cupcakes are the new donuts…

Good cupcakes, extraordinary frosting.
There is something in my DNA that mandates me to get a cupcake every time I spot a mobile vendor. Sure enough, this primitive instinct kicked in at the City Hall Farmer’s Market this afternoon when I spotted the Frosted Betty cupcake truck.
To ensure fairness with the Unilocal review, I tried to order a Red Velvet cupcake (every cupcake stand/​truck or bakery offers this flavor) for an apples to apples comparison. Unfortunately, they were out of cream cheese frosting so I had chocolate raspberry, which is chocolate cake with raspberry frosting.
The cake was okay (three stars) and somewhat less moist than ideal, but the frosting was incredible (five stars!). The raspberry frosting was light, not too sweet, and had a delicious, authentic raspberry flavor… not unlike eating fresh raspberries with cream.
I can’t wait to try some of their other flavors!

I’m shocked to find that there are so many mobile cupcake trucks. I figure with just one cupcake truck the market would be satisfied but apparently not. Well Frosted Betty is my fav of the many that roam our streets. If for no other reason because it offers so many different cupcakes.
They had so many available so I just went and head and took all the specialty flavors! I got the Banana, Piña colada, Salted caramel, Almond ricotta raspberry, Green tea cupcakes and added in a small Red velvet Cake ball.
It was 3.25 a cupcake and 1.5 a Cake ball. All of the flavors were just as the name implied. Unlike some other trucks were the flavor tastes nothing like that. I like the cake of the banana but the icing of the raspberry the most. The worst was the red velvet cake ball. Overall, this place does a good job at cupcakes, particularly their boxes add a special touch.
Also they have a physical location now in the heights, it shares its roof with 2 other vendors, a clothing store and something else, but if you’re in need of a fix you can always come to the brick and mortar store @ 833 Studewood, Houston, TX 77 007.

The Frosted Betty Mobile has been parked outside of City Hall every Wednesday for the Farmer’s Market.
The team in the truck are very friendly and professional. They have on two occasions either run out of cupcakes or run out of essential additions for the cupcakes like certain frosting. I don’t know if that is due to poor management or unexpected popularity.
I have had better cupcakes, but what I like about Frosted Betty’s is how light and fluffy they are. The aren’t at all dense but they are firm, not airy. You feel like you can keep eating them all day without damage to your tummy. Wait, is that a good thing?

Lately, I’ve been stalking the Frosted Betty cupcake truck at the City Hall Farmers Market. I noticed the truck on previous trips to the market, but I’m not a cupcake fiend, nor would I proclaim to be a sweet tooth (until I was called out on it recently) so when I saw the truck, I thought to myself, oh, cute cupcake truck, but nothing more. Like someone whom you acknowledge is attractive, but dismiss is not for you, in your reach, realm, those were my sentiments regarding Frosted Betty. Until I saw they had pistachio cardamom cupcakes. Oh, and salted caramel cupcakes too?! Instant crush and pursuit.
So, like a woman obsessed, I planned and schemed to attend the City Hall Farmers Market each Wednesday to get my cupcake fix – particularly pistachio cardamom and salted caramel. On another occasion, I bought a maple bacon flavored cupcake for my friend, and his conclusion was the maple bacon cupcake is like breakfast. My friend said it was like bacon and pancakes rolled into one and «there ain’t nuthin’ wrong with that!»
These are under the «specialty cupcake» category and will run you $ 3.25 each; their other «classic» cupcakes are $ 3. As noted by other reviewers, these cupcakes are not huge, but I find their size to be just right, they are moist enough that they don’t crumble and the icing is a very good complement to the cake itself. Apparently, the cakes are not iced until you order them. I’ve observed the owner (?) assembling them after I placed my order. The guys who run this truck are nice and friendly, another plus.
So, if you happen to be at the City Hall Farmers Market and see me loitering by the cupcake truck, don’t be surprised.

Let me start off by addressing a few other Unilocalers reviews. I don’t understand why others have stated that the cupcakes are small, they are the same size as all of the other cupcakes out there and the same price $ 3 — $ 3.25. Unless they are talking about their «minis» which are priced $ 1.25 — $ 1.50.
What makes this place different from the rest is that it was started by a young entrepreneur and her dad is always working the truck. Their best feature, they don’t just do the regulars, chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, banana, lemon, carrot cake, strawberry and coconut almond, they have the fun and interesting stuff. Enter green tea, neopalitan, lychee, almond ricotta raspberry, maple bacon, peach cobler. Not to mention their cocktail cupcakes Mojito, Strawberry Daiquiri, Pina Colada, White Russian, Margarita, Baileys Irish Cream and Cosmopolitan. This list just names a few!
I can’t say that one cupcake place is better than another. I just have favorites at every place. What keeps me coming back to this place is the selection, my only criticism is I wish that they would let us know their cupcake schedule. They leaked some of it once and we were there in a heartbeat to try the Maple Bacon and oh man it was worth it. Tasted like a cupcake that is ok to eat for the best breakfast ever.
I’m looking forward to their Heights storefront to open, hoping they will be able to have more of their menu at once. You can also catch their episode of Cupcake Wars on reruns.

Pure heaven…
I became a fan of them on Facebook because they often post status updates as to where they will be and at what time. I saw on Facebook that they had arrived at 19^th street so I drove right over to try them out.
These cupcakes are FABULOUS! The texture of the cake is different than most, it has more of a cornbread consistency, it is more porous and crumbly. The icing is very light, has great flavor, but doesn’t get that sugary «crust» like some icings can.
I tried the Pistachio Cardamon as well as a vanilla cake with peanut butter icing (you can choose any icing you want for vanilla!) I was super impressed and this cupcake adventure may become a weekend tradition :)
I’ll admit — as other reviewers mentioned — if you buy cupcakes in the heat of the summer then take them home, if you are not careful the icing will fall off… but it still tastes the same!

«Tomorrow» finally arrived and it was time for me to work on my fitness as I’d promised myself. I was going for a walk/​jog through the Heights and came across this cupcake truck on 19^th street. Is it true? It was like I was Gretel without my Hansel because the Cupcake lady lured me from my walk to take a look at the cupcake truck! I saw the variety of flavors stashed away in the back of the truck and was determined to have one — but alas! No wallet! A bit of guilt overwhelmed me as I had succombed to temptation. but ENH! This is why I work out, right? Right…
I quickly finished my workout and ran all the way home to get dressed, grabbed my wallet, and headed back to 19^th street. I got carrot cake and red velvet cupcakes; both had cream cheese icing.
The good:
+ This truck frequents the Heights on 19^th street and also in the Montrose area.
+ Their brick & mortar store is in Katy so no need to make the commute for these cupcakes.
+ The cake is so effing moist. I had never tasted carrot cake so moist in my life. Ever. Red velvet is also oh-​so-​velvety.
The enh:
— The icing is only so-​so. It’s super gooey.
— $ 3 for a somewhat small-​sized cupcake. Like. the size of cupcakes you make at home.
I wonder what their Bananas Fosters cupcake tastes like.