Fun and Delicious Sweets Found at Philly Cupcake

In a small corner storefront on Chestnut Street is one of Philadelphia’s brightest, most delicious and inventive food stops. Philly Cupcake offers a variety of cupcakes, including classic cupcakes like chocolate cake with buttercream icing and red velvet with cream cheese icing. They also make fancy cupcakes that are as unique as the shop itself.

We tried Twix Dream and The Massacre, both of which were delicious and beautiful. Twix Dream comes in either chocolate and vanilla cupcake with Twix chunks (yum) and caramel buttercream icing (double yum).

The Massacre is a very moist chocolate cupcake with peanut butter buttercream frosting and topped with Reese’s cups and crumbled Reese’s on top. If you are a peanut butter lover, this one is definitely for you.

With so much attention paid to these delicious personal sized cakes, how better to display them then as beautiful pieces of art in china cabinets lined on one side of the shop. A baker will help you choose a cupcake and wrap it up for you. You can even ask questions and ask for their favorite.

Besides their delicious cupcakes, the shop is quaintly decorated with a counter that is a bureau painted pink, a large chandelier hangs from the ceiling and cupcakes line the walls. From outside the building, as you walk down 12th Street in Philadelphia, you can watch as the bakers mix, ice, decorate and bake new cupcakes. As with the rest of the shop, the kitchens are decorated brightly.

However, words cannot describe the energy and brightness in the store. You almost have to see it for yourself.

Philly Cupcake is located at 1132 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. They are cash only. Check them out on Facebook and Twitter for more information and photos.