Cupcakes in Fort Lauderdale - Boca Raton?

[Janette]

Anyone know of good shops/cafes selling fabulous cupcakes in the Fort Lauderdale to Boca Raton areas (not Miami though). Many thanks!

[Janette]

I ate some fabulous cupcakes in Allegria in the new shopping promenade at Coconut Creek. The cupcakes were moist with interesting flavours. It deserves to do well. They also gave me a small complimentary frozen yoghurt which tasted delicious. I originally ordered one cupcake and enjoyed it so much, I ordered 3 different flavours. All really fabulous. Back to Weight Watchers for me now!

http://www.allegriafroyo.com/

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Allegria Frozen Yogurt & Cupcakes
4431 Lyons Rd, Coconut Creek, FL 33073

[iyce_princess]

There is a cupcake cart in the aventura mall that is pretty good. I am notthe biggest fan of their cream cheese frosting, but their cupcakes will do when a craving hits.

[nmurawsk]

I have tasted the best strawberry cupcake by a private bakery company (no storefront - orders only) called Yummy, a bakery. www.yummyabakery.com It was perfectly moist with just the right amount of sweet strawberry buttercream on top. The cake itself had such a clean strawberry flavor. It was amazing. They do tons of flavors and also specialize in gluten/casein free.

[theresheblowws]

this place is really cool too...also in delray beach.

http://www.houseofsweetsbakery.com/

[yomyb]

Anyone know if it is true that Lola's in Las Olas closed?!?!?!

[rbeats]

I just went by today and the storefront was empty. The web site is still up without any closing info...anyone know anything else?

[iyce_princess]

This reteraunt has gone out of business. I have driven past as well. They have taken down their sign, and there is now a for sale sign in it's place.

[theresheblowws]

http://www.couturecakeshop.com/

coture cakes in delray beach.

[aynrandgirl]

Custom cupcakes for women?

[Quiltstar]

Its not a cute cafe... but if you want to couple your cupcake craving with a little retail therapy, there's a cupcake counter at the Boca Town Center's Food Court. Cheers!

[Janette]

The cupcakes were very nice. Thanks!

[mcb954]

The new place on Los Olas is wonderful. It is called Lola's and it is on the north side of E. Las Olas. Try the strawberry cupcake or key lime. they a e to die for.

[IDGuofM]

Spanky's cupcakes in lake worth. I sampled one at the las olas farmers market and it was really good.

[Alfred G]

Where in LW?

[The Chowfather]

http://lolascupcakery.com/LolaWebsite...

[gblcsw]

I went by today. They were locked up tight, although I saw people dressed in chef's garb working in the back. Does anyone know when they are opening?

[The Chowfather]

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/shorto...

[gblcsw]

I e-mailed them and Donal wrote back that i had missed their opening by 2 hours! They plan on being open from 8AM to midnight every day...Quite an undertaking!

[Manderley]

Don't know about cupcakes...but when I was growing up in Jericho on Long Island, there was a to-die-for bakery called Flakowitz. They moved to Boca at least 20 years ago. Don't know if they're still in existence...but they made a little chocolate and cream cake called a Peak Cake, and ohhhhhhh I still salivate thinking about that cake so many years later.

[RickL]

Manderley - The Flakowitz in Boca was sold by the original owners a few years ago.

[melboca]

I live in Boca and oh how I wish we had a cupcake cafe!!!

[Janette]

I'm amazed there isn't one in Boca! A nice cup of tea (well I'm British) and a cupcake or two hits the spot nicely everytime.

[smartie]

Janette, I could kill for a fresh Chelsea bun or a jammy doughnut.

[Manderley]

ohhhhhhhhhhh you mean I'll never in my life have another Peak Cake????

I don't know if I can go on.....

;) thanks for the info

[melboca]

A new cupcake place opened in West Boca called What a Cupcake! It's on 441 between Glades & Clint Moore on the west side.

I bought six flavors, red velvet, boston creme, keylime/coconut, mounds, fresh strawberry and vanilla. I took a bit out of each of them, lol. They are sooo moist and delish. My favorite was the keylime one.

[Janette]

Must be somewhere between Ben's and the big Albertsons. I am going out to Florida in a couple of weeks and will try it. Many thanks!

[melboca]

Janette: It is in the shopping plaza North of Albertsons. At the corner of New England. There is an Outback in the plaza. On the west side of 441.

[melboca]

It's in Boca Greens Plaza

[Janette]

I was in Boca the other day andthought I was in the right shopping plaza but couldn't see What a Cupcake. I was driving up from Mission Bell along State Road 7. Turned left into what I thought was Boca Greens Plaza (on the other side but before Ben's). Was I in the right place or have they gone out of business?

[aynrandgirl]

What A Cupcake appears to be out of business.

[jmdhsmiami]

correction, the Wellington location is closed. I just called the Boca location. THEY ARE STILL OPEN.

Not to be nasty, but please be specific as your posting sounded like the Boca location closed and that ain't a good thing to do to a business.

[aynrandgirl]

I drove by the Boca location and didn't see a store or a What A Cupcake sign, so I thought they were closed.

[jmdhsmiami]

no worries, however all it took was a phone call to verify it.

[Janette]

I did go and look for What A Cupcake but I think it has closed down!

[mrschef1]

Flakowitz may be under new ownership, but it's still there. I can't offer a review as I haven't been, but I don't think it's changed much.

[lilbett1991]

Hello! I found this blog through google and was so pleased to finally put a name to the cupcake I have been searching for well over a year and a half! Long story short, my boyfriend and I have been on a quest to find these cupcakes, every time we visit South Florida, which he originally had at the Flakowitz in Boca Raton years ago... we've been to the new Flakowitzes and tried to track down the original owners/bakers.... since the new owners/management do not make them anymore. I've tried several recipes for "Hi Hat cupcakes" (topped with Italian Meringue/Marshmallow like filling) and "Bumpy Cakes" (topped with a very rich buttercream) but he says although they look just like this cupcake... aren't it. He doesn't cook. He isn't a foodie. So, he is unable to describe the filling to me in a way I can try to best replicate it. I'm pretty sure the chocolate coating is a dark chocolate ganache as opposed a pourable fudge frosting and have several good rich chocolate cupcake/base recipes. However, the swirl on top/filling eludes me. Can you help? Were there any other bakeries in Jericho that produced anything similar? Any information you can provide that might help me try to make a reasonable copy of the Peak Cakes would be appreciated and I'd be happy to share anything I find out. Many thanks!

[jc23blue]

Hi, I'm so excited to discover this because I, too, grew up in Jericho and 'everyone' knew that Flakowitz was the best bakery in the world - and it STILL IS. It does exist - you'd have to go further north than Boca, tho (altho I think it's in two places). I love in London - my husband is English - but as soon as I visited my lovely widowed mom in Boynton Beach, I head straight for Flakowitz & their cheese danish. It's just a lucky coincidence that she's almost exactly as close to this branch as my parents were in Jericho. One of the guys who works there - and some of them are back from the Jericho days - explained that it's because it's made by the same hands.
Literally. The original baker/owner is still there at the Boynton Boulevard branch. They now also do wonderful deli food, and most people know & love it for that and don't even realise it was originally a bakery - but all the things you'd remember as a kid are all there... the black & white cookies... I was recently there during Easter and they were giving away bucket loads of chocolate covered coconut macaroons. It's an incredible experience, no matter where your background. Be warned, tho: there are times when you still have to take a number and queue up. (by the way: I've smuggled back 1/2 dozen cheese danish and have them here in London in the freezer. All my childhood friends have their own particular Flakowitz memory - like Proust's madelines).
7410 W Boynton Beach Blvd
Boynton Beach, FL 33437
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[PathOfPetals]

I went to Flakowitz when they were in Boca and I was so not impressed. I bought a pie for a special dinner. The way they thicken it made the pie a gloopy globby mess. I have a degree in pastry arts so I'm very picky when it comes to desserts.

[Janette]

I will be in the area for a month over the summer from the UK and really want to go to a lovely cafe (not Starbucks etc..), sit down have a good cup of tea and a really yummie cupcake. I don't want a home delivery box of cupcakes! Is there anyone out there that can recommend a special place to go? Many thanks, Janette

[chow003]

Check out We Take The Cake its in Fort Lauderdale, they might

[gblcsw]

I just noticed a sign that there is a cupcake place coming...E. Las Olas Blvd on the block just west of 15th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

[PathOfPetals]

That's Lolas