The Cupcakerie

Really good cupcakes but they’re stingy as hell with their frosting. I asked the confused girl who seemed extremely lost in everything she was doing for extra frosting. She went to the back and disappeared for 10 minutes, and came back with 2 full coffee cups of frosting (that tasted like crap btw). I only wanted a little drop of extra frosting. The service seemed like I was talking to a 6 year old.
Very stingy on frosting.

I love these cupcakes! Not to mention how accommodating they were for my large order with multiple different flavors for my sisters baby shower! The pumpkin pie was a huge hit and believe it or not the French toast was AMAZING! I totally recommend this bakery!

They have no options for those of us with nut allergies. Not to mention how overpriced the cupcakes are anyways.

The hubby had a meeting in Morgantown and found this place knowing I am a total cupcake junkie. What a nice surprise… he brought them home for me. He got an assortment to try. I have to say, yummy! The cake is moist and flavorful and the icing is sweet but not overly so. My favorite, lemon poppy. It is one if the best cupcakes ever! The cannoli is good but the icing is a tad on the side of too sweet. And their regular chocolate and vanillas are scrumptious. The peanut butter icing is also amazing, packed full of peanut butter goodness. Thanks hubby for the surprise treat!

As a former WVU student, and a self-​proclaimed ‘cupcake connoiseur,’ I was so excited to hear that Morgantown got a cupcake bakery. After a recent weekend trip up to Morgantown with friends, I am not nearly as excited about this bakery. We went in to pick up a few cupcakes to try out. As soon as we walked in, we noticed there was no one around… several minutes later, a girl came out from the back room and with no personality asked what she could get us. I was immediately turned off by the poor customer service. There was no smile, no greeting, no feeling of being welcomed into the shop.
Despite the awkward silence between us and the employee, we ordered a dozen mini cupcakes for a grand total of $ 15 and headed to a friends house on the opposite side of town. To be honest, if we would’ve tried the cupcakes in the store, or even in the vicinity of the downtown area, I probably would’ve gone back and asked for my money back.
To begin, the variety available was somewhat disappointing. We stopped in before 12:00 noon and there may have only been 5 or 6 different flavors available in the mini cupcakes. Upon tasting them, the disappointment continued. I actually spit 2 of the flavors out! The Chocolate Raspberry and the Chocolate Bacon (with what I think was maple frosting on top) were quite possibly the worst I’ve ever tasted! Very artificial and bland. A few had the exact same almond flavored buttercream on top and that was just the wrong combo of cake and frosting! All in all, none of them really stood out to me, or my friends. Other reviews I read mentioned that these cupcakes taste like a Betty Crocker or store bought cake mix… honestly, I wouldn’t even give them that much credit.
As a fellow baker and business woman, I may be a bit of a snob when it comes to flavors, textures, quality of products, etc. But I didn’t experience any of these things from The Cupcakerie cupcakes.
Unfortunately, I don’t live in Morgantown anymore so I don’t have the opportunity to go back to The Cupcakerie to give them a second chance… I suppose I could give them the benefit of the doubt and say «it was a bad cupcake day» but I still don’t think i’ll find myself visiting The Cupcakerie again.

They have a nice variety of rotating flavors. I’ve probably tried 20 different flavors. However, only about one in 10 flavors is actually good. They frequently mismatch frosting styles with cake flavors and textures. Individually, their cakes and frostings are almost all good, but when they frost the wrong cake with the wrong kind of frosting, it just feels like a waste of calories. I’m huge cake connoisseur and have even made the hajj to Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken and I would rather go to Kroger or Giant Eagle for cake in Morgantown than risk the 90% chance of disappointment that the Cupcakerie has given me. The store, however, is very cute and the staff is all very helpful and friendly, so it’s a nice place to visit. If you like Reese’s cups, try the peanut butter chocolate cupcake. It’s their best! And the only one I would strongly recommend.

Let me start by saying that I LOVE these cupcakes. They’re absolutely delicious. The flavors are great and original, the icing is to die for, and most of the time, you find a little surprise in your cupcake (like Reese’s cups or filling!). I love the vanilla with chocolate frosting. The cake is super airy and the frosting is sooo chocolatey! I’m originally from Pittsburgh and as a cupcake connoisseur, I have tried many cupcake selections in the area including Bethel Bakery and Vanilla Pastry Studio. I can honestly say that the Cupcakerie’s creations top anything other cupcake I’ve ever eaten! Skip the grocery store cupcakes and go here instead.
My only complaint is that they have a ton of flavors on the website, but there are only 5 or 6 offered everyday in the store. Also, their Red Velvet is NOT traditional. It’s like a cherry flavored cake with almond icing… Meh.
Other than that, you need to go and try them. You will not be disappointed. Side note: Although they are closed on Sundays, Gloria Jean’s Coffee Shop in the Morgantown Mall always has a small selection of the Cupcakerie’s Cupcakes, and they are most often not flavors that you typically see in the store.

Absolutely delicious! These cupcakes taste like ones your mom would bake, but with a much more advanced flavor profile. I had the peanut butter and the flavors were spot on-​it tasted as if I was eating 1 big peanut buttercup, which is exactly what I was looking for.
I will definitely return and would highly recommend one of these decadent desserts!

While visiting a friend in Morgantown we happened to walk by this cupcake shop which touted itself as «the best dessert in Morgantown.» Considering Mo-​town probably doesn’t have many sweet shops and that this is probably the only cupcake shop in the entire town, I kind of scoffed at the sign.
Boy was I wrong.
When you first walk in, it’s all sorts of tacky pink… in a good way, if you can imagine that. It’s a totally girly shop and I loved it! Most cupcake shops are trying to be too cute or minimalist and I love that the owners of this shop just took pink and cupcakes and ran with it. When you first approach the counter there seems like there aren’t many options but they don’t need many. I settled on the bacon chocolate (bacon!) and the peanut butter cup. I loved that all the flavors came in both regular and mini sizes, which was perfect as my friends and I had just come from lunch.
The cupcakes were SO GOOD! They were perfectly moist, airy, and had just the right amount of icing (just a little swirl on top) and it wasn’t heavy. The bacon cupcake had some sort of salty flair going on with it (bacon fat? salt?) and was topped with a couple bits of bacon. The peanut butter one had a nice surprise — there was a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup wedged inside the cupcake, and it was also topped with a peanut.
The staff was super nice and patient despite our drooling over the displays and me going crazy taking photos of the pinkness of the shop (and taking cheesy photos with the giant cupcake out front). They also sell coffee and hot chocolate, greeting cards, cute cupcake doo dads, and apparently if you buy 12 cupcakes you get one free.
Kudos to The Cupcakerie. You definitely earned the title of Best Dessert in Morgantown.

We happened upon this little shop while walking around town for my first visit to Morgantown. It is adorable inside! They have coffee as well as cupcakes– and mini ones, too! This was great after we had lunch and didnt want a huge cupcake. I had their mini chocolate peanut butter cupcake– it was devine! The frosting was not too sweet, the cake moist and delicious. And it was topped with a mini resse’s cup under the icing and peanut on top of the icing! It was a perfect little dessert! I highly recommend stopping by and getting yourself a little delight!

I am SO excited about a cupcake shop!
I stopped by randomly one day and it was packed! Sadly, they only have a small amount of cupcakes available at one time, but the two types that I tried were delicious — Pumpkin Spice (favorite) & Rocky Road. The cake was moist and the frosting was nice and light! Note: I hate super thick icing that tastes like straight butter or sugar (yuck). The staff was super friendly and had a cute, little shop, which was decorated nicely. There isn’t much seating, but it doesn’t take long to eat the cupcakes either.
It is a bit overpriced for the size of the product, but I would definitely recommend as your occasional indulgence. I know I plan on going back to try the other flavors. ^_^

The Good: The store is decorated very nicely, and the staff generally seems nice. The cupcakes sometimes have original flavors.
The Bad: Everything else. These cupcakes taste like those you can make out of a box, not much better. There wasn’t anything overwhelmingly worth about $ 4-​$ 5 for a normal size (as in the ones you make at home) cupcake, much less $ 2 for a mini cupcake I can finish several of in one bite. The frosting is the only thing keeping these from being Betty Crocker cupcakes. Definitely not worth the money.
Tip: Save the money, go to Kroger/​Giant Eagle and make them yourself. You’ll have $ 24 of the same quality cupcake for the price of one.

So excited to finally have a cupcake store-​front in Morgantown, it’s just what downtown needed. I tried 2 flavors of the mini cupcakes, which unfortunately seem overpriced for $ 1.25 for one bite cupcakes. The Apple Pie mini was great, wish I would have splurged for the regular on that one.
The interior is really cute and quaint, service was still in «training» mode when I went a few weeks ago, which is forgive-​able. The regular cupcake could have used more frosting, the frosting: cupcake ratio was a bit low for me, but the moistness of the cake certainly makes up for that (I’m not a fan of when frosting overpowers the flavor of the cake either).
I look forward to going back and perhaps changing my review!

The Cupcakerie is wonderfully decorated inside and the staff is quite friendly. This is always a plus!
I thought the pumpkin jumbo cupcake was pretty good. The cake portion was moist and aromatic. The frosting was just the right amount and had a hint of almond flavoring to it. Frosting is usually what ruins the cupcake for me but not here. This cupcake was just perfect and I’m glad I chose the pumpkin flavored cupcake.
There are other flavors available as shown on the website but not all the flavors are baked daily. =(I would call ahead to make sure the flavor you want is baked that day otherwise you may be disappointed.
3.5 stars– I’m a fan of cupcakes and I’d come back to try the other flavors.