You wouldn't typically find me in Valencia, but I was at the Westfield Valencia Mall for the Grand Opening of our new Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

I wandered not too far from the store and cast my eyes upon this cute little cupcakery. You know I had to sneak in for a quick peek. The two girls at the counter greeted me and smiled.

I asked them which cupcake was their favorite and I was eagerly offered up 4 or 5 different suggestions. Apparently they are all favorites.

I went for these two beauties.

Chocolate Hazelnut on the left was perfectly rich and sweet. The cupcake was very moist and the frosting was light and fluffy. It's described as a chocolate cake with nutella buttercream frosting, although I didn't really pick up any hazelnut or nutella flavors throughout.

Strawberry on the right! You know by now I could never say no to a pink cupcake. Well I'm glad I didn't, I loved it! Something about this cupcake made me eat it all up without even stopping to take a breath, or perhaps a sip of water like a normal person! Every bite was sweet but buttery too! It's described as a strawberry cupcake with strawberry buttercream frosting.

One thing I was on the fence about these was that the cupcake was really dense with an almost muffin like texture, rather than fluffy and moist like the Hazelnut Cupcake I tried earlier. Ultimately, the flavor was so surprisingly tasty, and I can only guess they used a great amount of butter to achieve that flavor, but overall it's a favorite.

The WhoDidily was my first choice. It's a confetti cake with a cream center topped with fudge frosting and sprinkled with rainbow mini candy kisses.

This cupcake looks like a birthday cake and tastes like one too. It was perfectly moist with a great flavor of yellow cake and fudge frosting that was rich and chocolaty but not too sweet. 

The Scrumdidily and the Lolligagger have the same cookie dough filling and buttercream frosting, but it was a choice between the vanilla or the chocolate cake.

I went with the Scrumdidily, the vanilla cake, and absolutely LOVED it! The cookie dough filling was so amazing, the frosting had the perfect flavor and texture.

The one thing about this cupcake is that there was actually a little too much frosting. It was hard to take that first bite without getting hot pink buttercream up my nose, so I just scraped a little off the top and it was perfect!

Next up, the 'I Love You a Latte" cupcake. Cupcakes and coffee might just be my two favorite indulgences in the world, so I had to give this one a try.

This is a chocolate cupcake with a coffee cream cheese center topped with vanilla buttercream and rolled in coffee sprinkles.

It was absolutely to die for amazing! I literally felt like I might die while I was eating it. It was rich and moist and creamy and sweet and chocolaty and coffee flavorful! I am not sure really how to describe it otherwise, so you must try it for yourself.

Hello Orange? Are you there??

So this one was a sad disappointment... I should have guessed because the cupcake was actually white and not orange, but really? No orange flavor at all? Nope..

Just a white cake with thick and boring frosting.. please spare yourself the extra calories. That's what i'm here for.. you!

Sugar Bear's Cupcake Shack

A start up cupcakery to start. 

Sugar Bear's Cupcake Shack was everything amateur in cupcake world. The  only thing that really screamed cupcakes were the balloons outside the storefront.

 The inside of this cupcakery offered a only a few different selections of seemingly gourmet cupcakes. Although this could have turned off any other cupcake fan, my cupcake tasters agreed to help me evaluate this particular cupcakery; the first in Ventura, California.

I was immediately attracted to the Strawberry Cupcakes which turned out to be our only fav. I must input that two of my cupcake tasters Chris and Mikey, happen to be professionally trained chefs who know a thing or two about gourmet cupcakes.

We also tried the Red Velvet, Sugar Bear's signature cupcake and a chocolate peanut butter combo. In all cases, the frosting was way too sweet for the cupcake. Chris and Mikey agreed that the buttercream frosting really just tasted like butter. 

We could be spoiled, but we truly believed these cupcakes were not even close to the nearby Santa Barbara and Los Angeles competition. 

The Strawberry Cream Cheese cupcake was absolutely amazing! I know, I just had to choose the pink cupcake, but the flavors just sounded so appetizing and they were the perfect combination.

The Chocolate Mint Chip was a chocolate cupcake topped with a mint buttercream and little chocolate chunks inside. This cupcake tasted exactly like chocolate mint chip ice cream!

I really liked the texture of the frosting. It was a little hard and crisp almost, and then soft and ooey gooey when cut into. Both of the cupcakes were light and fluffy yet very moist.

April has also tried the Red Velvet Cream Cheese cupcake and said it was pretty amazing.

She said the texture was just like the Strawberry Cream Cheese, not dense or thick like traditional red velvet, but still very delicious.

The Orange Cream Cheese cupcake was also a favorite. They are covered entirely in white chocolate shavings.

I think we just really like cream cheese! But it was great consistency and perfect topping for a lot of their cupcakes.

The Blackbottom Cupcake is a dark chocolate cake with baked in cream cheese and chocolate chip filling.

Pictured here, this delectable cupcake was sprinkled in pink, brown and blue colored chocolate shavings atop a perfectly textured cream cheese frosting.

Absolutely mouth watering amazing!

We also tried the Snickerdoodle Cupcake. A cinnamon marble cake topped with cinnamon butter cream frosting and a small snickerdoodle cookie!

The picture here shows the inside, it was a sweet moist cupcake and the cookie topping was an extra special treat.

The Key Lime filled cupcakes were ooey gooey amazing, but a little too tart for my taste. The inside of this cupcake is pictured above.

The Vanilla on Vanilla Cupcake was sweet and delicious, but didn't seem as special compared to our other samples. We might have suggested vanilla bean speckles in the frosting, or something else to liven up this cupcake.

From the outside decor alone, I knew this cupcakery would be something special. It was a classic style bakery inside and featured a cottage like seating area with white tables and chairs for you to sit and enjoy your cupcake collection.

They also sold frosting shots which was something new and different for a cupcakery I have not seen. I did not get to sample these, but I grabbed a quick shot to share above. Pretty cute huh?

If you are anywhere near the area, you must stop by for a cupcake bite. You won't be disappointed, especially if you order the Blackbottom Cupcake!