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This summer our little Australian koala bear, Koko, turns three! So to help him celebrate, Marv and I went visited a local Kansas City Plaza cupcake shop called Cupcake a la Mode (ummmm, LOVE the name) and picked up three cupcakes for him. He sure was a happy camper. 🙂
The real dilemma was which one to eat first and how slowly to make him eat them. If we left him alone with the cupcakes, they’d be gone in seconds.
Here’s a look at the cute little box they came in with the store’s signature sticker. Again, what a great name, huh? 😉
I just had to do a little photo shoot w/ the cupcakes because they just looked soo heavenly!!
Out of the three that we picked, this the order from my most favorite to least favorite. On the left we have the Raspberry Lemonade (vanilla cupcake topped with a layer of raspberry buttercream and a swirl of lemon buttercream, accented with a sugary raspberry and lemon wedge). In the middle, we have Koko’s favorite, the Marshmallow Fondue (chocolate cupcake topped with a layer of smooth, semisweet chocolate, a swirl of marshmallow creme icing, a sprinkling of graham cracker crumbs and a gourmet chocolate covered graham cracker on top). And lastly, we have the Bella Nutella (chocolate cupcake topped with a layer of creamy nutella, a swirl of chocolate hazelnut buttercream and a rocher chocolate covered hazelnut truffle & chocolate hazelnut pirrouhette cookie on top).
All I’ve got to say is that I’m DEFINITELY going back to try the rest of the flavors! The cake was so moist and the flavors so unique. I’m thinking I might start a series on my blog called Kansas City Eats since I love toting my camera around the city already and love taking pictures of food. So if any of you live in the area or are thinking about visiting, you can come check out my blog for recommendations. I give this place 5 out of 5 thumbs up!! 🙂
If you could create any cupcake flavor, what would it be?
They all looks completely delicious! I don’t know which one I would love more. But they look rich so could only eat one with a coffee or tea.
And Koko your Koala 🙂 cute
Raspberry lemonade?! I need this.
I’m pretty sure I just drooled…I would love the Nutella one. I’m sure of it? Did you see my post on Kansas City? 😉
that raspberry lemonade cupcake looks so freaking devine! not sure what i’d create but nutella sounds pretty darn good in anything! so happy you took these photos. 🙂
I live in KC and have been there! Great treats! Love your little cupcake photo shoot!
Great food blog idea!
and “been there” i am referring to Cup Cake a la mode!
haha! I love that you celebrated his birthday. 🙂 So perfect.
LOL. My old company’s mascot was a koala & they’d send it from project team to project team across the world. I just finished looking at my old photos of me posing the koala at different food places, so this is just too funny! Also, I worked for a few months out of Kansas City (the Kansas side) & I LOVED Lidia’s (this was probably 4 years ago now though). My coworkers loved Jack Stack too. I miss the BBQ there so much!
Oh yum! These look like a piece of heaven! I seriously need to visit my local cupcake shop. So yummy!
wow!!! so enticing!!! I want one! and KoKo is cute! haha
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I generally try to avoid eating cupcakes for breakfast, but you’re making me hungry! 😉
Oh wow!! I really shouldn’t be drooling over cupcakes at 8:25 in the morning and yet HERE I AM 🙂
Oh my goodness! I must get down there!
Yes! Please do a KC Eats series….I love KC, and I love to eat! 🙂
hummmmm i dunnno – i’m a strawberry cupcake girl – but maybe a lemon cupcake with rasberry frosting – YUM!
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i love any cupcakes with the word BERRY in it 😀
I think you should go a KC eats and take tons and tons of pix. It has been years since I went to KC..I use to go to Springfield MO around August time when they have this huge Vietnamese Event there.
have a good monday dear!
OMG! You are killing me with all these cupcakes!
yum! those all look and sound so tasty 🙂 i would love to create a latte cupcake!
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my lunch for today is whole grain cheerios and special K crackers.
gurl that nutella one is SCREAMIN’ mah name <3
YUM!!!!! Holy goodness, those look divine. I’d love to try the raspberry lemonade one – I’m always up for trying out unique flavors of cupcakes!
you are killing me! those looks sooo good!!!
ahhh! now i’m craving cupcakes!
happy monday sandy!
j.
ooohhhh… i LOVE cupcakes and those cupcakes look EXTRA delish!
How cuuuute is this?! And not only do those look delicious, they’re also adorable! Almost too pretty to eat…almost 😉 My dream flavor would be a coconut/dark chocolate combo, hubby says I would eat coconut on dirt!
lol, that cupcake place was obviously made for you! and omg, a NUTELLA CUPCAKE!!! i’m so jealous.
these cupcake & koala pictures are amaaaazing! ^_^
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WOW! Love the name! Those are some amazingly gourmet cupcakes!!!! I must check this place out… might have to wait til I visit my grandma. Oh man now I am really craving some!!! <3
It’s official, I want a cupcake NOW.
Oh my gosh! I am craving cupcakes even though I am still trying to recover from food poisoning 🙁
I’ve been really into cupcakes this summer! I love German chocolate-flavored ones!
I’m pretty sure I will never tire of cupcakes! My friend made me a raspberry lemon version for my birthday this year. amazing!! that raspberry lemonade just made me think of that wonderful memory 🙂 thanks.
These look delish!! I love plain old vanilla cuppies with a lemon buttercream icing. Dang, now I want a cuppie!!
Hope you are having a wonderful week, Sandy 🙂
wow! those cupcakes look amazing!!!! oh man yum!!
Well I for one would love this series!! Where is Cupcake a la Mode? I’d love to check it out–I’m drooling over these, especially the chocolaty ones!
bella nutella sounds/looks like it would be my fave since i love nutella 😉
that looks divine! Will have to hit that place up!!
Do you ever watch cupcake wars? Love that show:)
Bella Nutella??? I think I just went to heaven! 🙂 xoxo
I tweeted about my need for cupcakes tonight. After seeing these pics, I’m definitely going to have to get some tomorrow!
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These cupcakes look so yummeh! And love the name. I guess it’s meant to be 😉
I love cupcakes. As for what flavour, I want to say Snickers, but they already have it here in my city. Yum!
mmm cupcakes. i’d make a coconut creme cupcake with a meringue icing.
Pooh those look DELICIOUS!! ;)))