Enjoy Cupcakes

Enjoy Cupcakes closed their Solvang location. Cupcakes infused with… wine! The combination is brilliant! As a side note, I sampled Cupcake Vineyard’s Red Velvet at the Unilocal Helps event and that was just as amazing.
These cupcakes were also filled with frosting/​fruit or caramel as was the case of the Sugar Daddy. Sugar Daddy — vanilla with caramel filling– tasted like a Sugar Daddy! Hot damn! No wonder I gained back some weight.
Blueberry Chardonnay and Chocolate Blackberry Syrah
Find the other location in Los Olivos. We came on closing day, and they were closed all week before that. Too bad because it is a convenient location for Solvang tourists. Service was a little snippety. Although, we did just get back from wine tasting but the girl could talk a little slower or stop multitasking so I could comprehend the choices. The special of the day was 6 minis for $ 10 which I didn’t find amusing or appealing. I went with the regular sizes of the flavors above.

Hands Down… No doubt about it, Best Cupcakes I’ve EVER HAD! Can’t stop thinking about them! Thank heavens they are 2 hours away… or I’d be in there every week!!! :) :)

Cupcakeries can be a bit pricey. If you’re familiar with Crushcakes (which can be found in downtown SB), Enjoy is a smidgen more expensive. At Enjoy, we spent about $ 20 on three mini cupcakes and three large cupcakes. My husband and I are now realizing that we should have started a cupcakery. :)
With that set aside, the cupcakes were delicious! I’ve had the red velvet cupcakes from Sprinkles. With the cupcakes from Sprinkles, I’ve always felt that I get a heaping of frosting with a side of cupcake. At Enjoy, I love that the focus is on the cupcake. It’s sweet without being too sweet. The filling is a pleasant surprise that doesn’t ooze all over the place.
The flavors that we had were the Meyer Lemon Chardonnay, Oats and Honey, Caramel Apple Crumble and Chocolate Blackberry Syrah. My favorite was the Lemon Chardonnay. I really wished that I got the Smores based on the rave reviews of other reviewers. Shucks! Currently, I’m on the look out for their Churro cupcake.
I recommend that you go early. We went at around 12ish, and they were already running low on cupcakes. If you’re a big cupcake fan, I recommend following their adorable blog:
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I have a new goal in life, and that is to have my picture added to the ‘no charge wall’ at my all time favorite cupcake shop, Enjoy Cupcakes
I know this goal may prove to be impossible, seeing that there are only two pictures presently on the wall. I’m not exactly sure who they are but I know their help was instrumental in getting Enjoy Cupcakes business started. Maybe I can kiss enough butt in this review to be the first customer ever added to the prestigious list.
This location of Enjoy Cupcakes is located in the small Danish tourist town of Solvang, is the second shop Enjoy has opened up. The other shop, is located in Los Olivos, which is only about six miles away from this new location. If your wondering why on earth they would need two shops so close together, well, the answer to that is simple. The reason is because their cupcakes are so phenomenal that they would sell out every day at their first shop, which is remarkable seeing that both of these shops are located in tourist areas that are visited mainly by wine drinkers, families and picture snapping tourists. To me, if they can sell out in this rural, unpopulated area, I could only imagine the followers they would have in a big city like Los Angeles.
Enjoy Cupcakes offers six flavors of cupcakes daily, in both regular and mini sizes. This past weekend, when I visited Enjoy, these were the flavors that were offered
Tangerine Mint Mimosa– Champagne cake, filled with tangerine mint curd, topped with tangerine frosting & mint
Chocolate Blackberry Syrah– Chocolate, syrah infused cake, filled with dark chocolate Belgium fudge, topped with blackberry frosting and a wine soaked blackberry that’s rolled in sugar crystals
Best of Both– Chocolate cake, filled with vanilla bean pudding, topped with chocolate & vanilla swirled frosting
Triple Chocolate Malt– Chocolate cake, filled with house-​made chocolate malt pudding, topped with chocolate malt frosting, ground whoppers and chocolate chips
Plum Black Mango– Vanilla cake, filled with mango curd, topped with plum frosting and a blackberry reduction
Mixed Berry Vanilla Cheesecake– Vanilla bean cake filled with cheesecake, topped with raspberry frosting & fresh mixed berries
Guess what, not only is Enjoy my all time favorite cupcake shop but their Tangerine Mint Mimosa cupcake is now my favorite cupcake of all time. Seriously, it was the most fantastic tasting cupcake I have ever had. Over the coarse of the weekend my girlfriend and I went through eight of these amazing treats. The cake, which was champagne flavored, was the most delicious, moistest cake I have ever had. The filling and the frosting were both perfect. The other flavors that were available that week we also all wonderful.
Seriously, I cant’ say enough good things about Enjoy. Not only are the cupcakes amazing but the service here is the best I have ever received from a cupcake shop. The masterminds behind Enjoy are Amber and Kevin Vander. Unfortunately, I have not yet had the privilege to meet Amber but I have had the pleasure in meeting her husband, Kevin, who is the friendliest cupcake shop owner I have ever met. When we came into Enjoy this weekend Kevin remembered me and the review I wrote about his Los Olivos location. He even was able to quote the opening line to my review, which I thought was awesome. While we were there Kevin, my girlfriend and I chitchatted about all things cupcakes. Kevin is so passionate about his business. The way he describes his cupcakes and the process of creating them is like hearing an artist describe his painting, or an author describing a book he wrote. It is truly inspirational. I wish I had as much passion about my job as Kevin has about his.
The prices here are great. For a flight of mini cupcakes (all six flavors) it is only ten dollars. A regular sized cupcake is about three dollars. Their cupcakes are so wonderful here that even if a flight was fifteen dollars and a regular sized cupcake was five, I would still make the trip up here to purchase them. They are that good.
I don’t care where you live in California, if your a cupcake fan then a trip to Enjoy Cupcakes is a must, even if you have make the two hour drive from Los Angeles to Solvang or Los Olivos. Even if your not a cupcake fan, if you happen to be in the area this place is a must try. I guarantee this place will make you a believer.
PS– I know I said I was going to kiss butt in the beginning of my review but everything I said about this place is 100% fact. This place is and will always be my favorite cupcake shop. No other cupcake shop even comes close. Just look at their list of unique and creative flavors on their website. I mean, come on, what other place offers flavors like Strawberry Basil Lemonade, Baklava, Meyer Lemon Pomegranate Chardonnay, Olallie Berry Rosé, Chocolate Maple Doughnut Glaze, Spiced Apple Beignet, plus many, many more.

This review is for their Solvang location:
I am in no way a cupcake aficionado. I have however sampled from many «high-​end» cupcake bakeries. From Sugar Sweet Sunshine in NYC to Sprinkles in Newport Beach. Both of the aforementioned are tasty, but I swear to you that Enjoy has the best cupcakes on this planet. So far anyway. Probably should have given them 5 stars, they are that good!

The cupcakes at Enjoy Cupcakes are the best I have ever had. The s’mores cupcake in particular blew my mind. It was absolutely perfect. I always order s’mores things and they never live up to actual s’mores, whereas this cupcake was actually better than the real thing. It was incredible. The other cupcakes were great (especially the peanut butter chocolate flavor) but the s’mores is the reason for my 5 star review.
The store is very cute and my only complaint is that they don’t have enough cupcakes — they run out. Because their cupcakes are amazing! The service was great and I cannot wait to go back to Solvang to ride my bicycle and eat more cupcakes from Enjoy Cupcakes.

Very delicious and fun variety! We will definitely come back next time we are in town. I am a baker so I have no need to spend $ 4 on one regular cupcake but I understand the need for that price range if you have a cupcakery. My hubby and I split two different cupcakes: the Peach Chardonnay and the Smores. Both were absolutely delicious, but I think the Smores cupcake was best.
We got there just before 4pm and they were sold out of everything but those two cupcakes — so be sure to get there earlier if you want a choice. The girl was very sweet and the little shop is adorable. Perfect end to our wine tasting day!

Stopped by this cute little cupcake shop on the way back down to L.A. I’m a big fan of cupcakes and am always excited to try different ones. Enjoy Cupcakes certainly takes the cake (haha) for their adventurous and unique flavors.
They offer six flavors at a time. If you don’t know which flavor to go with, get the six-​pack of mini cupcakes for $ 10. The mini sizes are individually priced at $ 2-​$ 2.50, so the six-​pack is a good deal. If you buy the regular-​size cupcakes, they’re about $ 4 each.
The day I visited, the flavors available were Chocolate Blackberry Syrah (chocolate cake filled with Belgian fudge and a wine-​soaked blackberry on top), Cinnamon Honey (vanilla cake with honey mascarpone mousse, vanilla frosting, honey and cinnamon), The ‘Ugly’ (chocolate cake with chocolate chip cheesecake inside, and whipped peanut butter frosting), Strawberry Delight (vanilla cake, filled with strawberries & cream, and strawberry frosting), Triple Chocolate Mousse (chocolate cake filled with chocolate mousse, and chocolate frosting w/​chocolate shavings), and Tart Ginger Lime Chardonnay (Chardonnay cake with crust, lime curd, Chardonnay frosting and sugared lime zest). Out of those six, my favorites are the Strawberry Delight and Ginger Lime Chardonnay. I’m not a wine drinker, but infusing wine into a cupcake is quite a delicious idea!
The girl working the store was super friendly, and the shop itself is adorable. The cupcakes are displayed on glass cake stands, with the flavors and descriptions neatly handwritten on cards next to each stand. I guess my only complaint would be that I wish the store made certain flavors (like their best sellers) available every day. It’s kind of a gamble when you come in here, because you don’t know what’s going to be offered. It’d be nice to go in any day of the week and get the cupcake you want.

Sooo good! Definitely beats Sprinkles. Get the mini tasting… 6 delicious creative yummy cupcakes. Then, take them across the room and pair them with 6 vinos! Yes, they even have the cupcakes in order so that they’re pre-​paired with wine for you! How amazing is that?! Flavors like tangerine champagne, honey lavendar, black chocolate syrah, cookie dough… need I say more?

My favorite cupcake place, I think it outbeats Sprinkles… thanks for my girlfriend finding this place as part of our Santa Barbara trip.
The lady working there was super nice and friendly. She went through all the cupcakes with us. We went with the cupcake tasting which were about 6 or 8 mini cupcakes. My favorite was the crème brule! Too bad I didn’t know about this place earlier…