Cupcakes on the Ridge

Another «I’ll be back before I leave Little Rock.» I found this on an excursion to Belk and Pinnacle State Park. I’d been secretly wanting a cupcake or bakery item, boy am I tired of the hotel breakfast.
And just as I thought, «I don’t know where a bakery is,» out popped this one, in the corner of my eye… Sure, I can bake cupcakes, and even have the «M» tip (from the last time my job sent me on travel)…but I can’t bake cupcakes when I travel, and that seems to be when I want them.
These cost $ 2.95 a piece, and I think the going rate in Kansas City is from $ 2.50 to $ 3.25. The price is very average. There were carrot cake, red velvet, chocolate, snowball, yellow cake/​chocolate frosting… oh, and, this is the best. 50 cent frosting shots. Cupcake delight. They also have drinks and coffee. Very polite staff.
The tables inside were full, except for one. Meaning that this would be my dinner, I got it to go. I got back to the hotel, and ate my one snowball cupcake. It was so incredibly soft. The frosting melted in my mouth, it is ridiculously good. They are very pretty, very good, and I seriously want to go back, and have a couple more.

I’ve been a fan of Cupcakes (starting with the Kavanaugh location) since 2008. They are the perfect decadent treat, and both locations, including this newer one in the Pleasant Ridge shopping center, are lovely and offer delicious cupcakes!
I stopped in today for a box of four to treat my husband and me before we do a long run tomorrow, and I was in the neighborhood. I bought two peanut-​butter-​and-​chocolate cupcakes, a black-​tie-​affair cupcake and a Ghiradelli-​square cupcake, which the friendly, smiling clerk boxed prettily for me. It was $ 13.96, I believe, with tax, which is definitely spendy. The price is actually not the reason we come to the Cupcakes locations only about three or four times per year: the calories in each delicious cupcake must be astronomical!
But they are so delicious! The cupcake practically falls under the weight of the plentiful, rich (and beautiful-​looking) frosting. The added embellishments of peanut-​butter cups or Ghiradelli chocolates doesn’t hurt! I’ve also had their red velvet version.
I think the Kavanaugh location is a little more conducive to eating the cupcake there with a cup of coffee and chatting with a friend. But the parking is easier at this location in the shopping center.
This is my go-​to destination for decadent deliciousness. I’ll stay a loyal, if not too frequent, visitor!

Same owners as Cupcakes on Kavanaugh, same quality, different location. This place looks better than the one on Kavanaugh but the cupcakes are basically the same. If you like cupcakes, give this a shot but I think I’ll stick with homemade cupcakes whenever I find the time to bake some.