Travel Treats: Houston, Texas
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I made one cupcake stop last weekend in Houston during a quick trip to visit family there. Sampling cupcakes is always especially fun with little ones along!
Houston
Crave Cupcakes
1151-06 Uptown Park Blvd.
www.cravecupcakes.com
Owned by Texas natives, Crave Cupcakes has two locations in Houston. We stopped at the one in Uptown Park. The second Crave is in West University.
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As we entered, we saw that there were about 15 regular cupcake flavors from which to choose, along with some breakfast cupcakes and two gluten-free options. Arranged in glass cases, the neat shelves of cupcakes reveal the bakers working behind. The store and all its products—including the cupcakes—have a smart, clean design. I really like the mixer logo and the blue and brown.
We purchased three cupcakes to share between two children and three adults. The first was a Chocolate on Vanilla, a more basic cupcake the kids were sure to like. The vanilla cake was a little denser than the others. My sister-in-law described it as “biscuity.” We decided on a Key Lime as our more adventurous choice. It had a light, bright lime taste throughout the cake and icing. Rounding off our snack was the Dulce de Leche, a rich cupcake with a delightful dulce de leche filling. Its icing had a true caramel flavor that really made it.
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There are some stools inside along the back wall and a few tables outside. That’s not a lot of seating, but Crave seems to mainly do take-out orders (providing nice sectioned boxes). It was a beautiful day, so we sat outside, lucky to find an open table.
I definitely recommend stopping by Crave Cupcakes if you live in or travel to Houston. They list daily flavors on their website, if you crave a particular flavor and wish to plan ahead.
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Mmm. I wish we had a cupcake shop like this where I live!