Review - Trophy Cupcakes

Trophy Cupcakes

So in the past few years Cupcakeries have been popping up everywhere.  Every city I visit has some cupcake place claiming to be the best.  Crumbs and Magnolia in NYC, Trophy and Cupcake Royale in Seattle.  So far, Trophy Cupcakes is my favorite.

I remember the first Trophy Cupcake I had, it was when the only place to get them was at Wallingford Center.  I used to be a cupcake purist, and I still feel that if a bakery does a great vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting, then they are golden.  I was hesitant when ordering because I wasn't sure what to expect.  Yeah, they are adorable as food can be, but I reminded myself of how much I don't like super sweet frosting.  I went with the Vanilla Vanilla anyways.

The frosting is sweet, but buttery.  The cake is moist, and not too sweet.  I felt as if I found exactly what I was looking for in a cupcake!

I love the party supply section at the Wallingford location - I love the cupcake printed gift wrap and the cute letterpress cards.  It's hard to walk away without buying more than just a cupcake!

A couple years and many cupcakes later, Trophy has opened up additional locations at U Village and on the Eastside at the Bravern.

While shopping at the Bravern it felt nice to see a little piece of "home" over there.  Up the escalators you can see the signature blue and brown awning.  Of course we had to go in!

This location, as with the U Village location, is small in comparison to Wallingford.  But you can still get a cupcake fix with their revolving specials menu.

My favorites at all locations have been the Chocolate Vanilla - dense and moist chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and blue and brown sprinkles.. And the Hummingbird - banana, pineapple and coconut cake with cream cheese frosting - to die for.

For Easter only they also have Hi Hats - chocolate cupcakes with q high swirl of marshmallow cream dipped in chocolate - they look like Dairy Queen cones!

While visiting the U Village location shorty after Twilight Eclipse was in theaters, Trophy had special Twilight cupcakes - Jacob, Edward and Bella's faces on the cupcakes! I had to buy them for my friends, they were too cute!

Each day of the week, Trophy features a different selection of flavors.. Here's what they have right now!

These are available everyday at all locations:

Vanilla Vanilla - vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream
Triple Chocolate - chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream, chocolate sprinkles
Chocolate Vanilla - Chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream
Vanilla Chocolate - Vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream
Red Velvet - red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting

Mondays:

Lemon - lemon cake with tangy lemon buttercream
Snickerdoodle - cinnamon sugar cake with cinnamon buttercream
Snowball - Chocolate cake with coconut frosting and pink coconut shavings
Chocolate Graham Cracker - chocolate cake with chocolate Graham cracker crust and topped with toasted marshmallow
Hummingbird - banana, pineapple & coconut cake with cream cheese frosting

Tuesdays:

Lemon - lemon cake with tangy lemon buttercream
Carrot Walnut - carrot walnut cake with cream cheese frosting
Chocolate Peanut Butter - chocolate cake with peanut butter buttercream topped with salted peanuts
Triple Coconut - coconut cake with coconut frosting topped with shaved coconut
Samoa -
Peanut Butter and Jelly - strawberry jelly filled vanilla cake topped with strawberry and peanut butter buttercream swirl

Wednesdays:

Lemon Coconut - lemon cake with coconut frosting and coconut shavings
Chocolate Chip Mint - chocolate chip cake with mint buttercream
Tiger Tail  - 
Neapolitan - 
Chocolate Hazelnut - chocolate cake with Nutella buttercream and candied hazelnuts
Hummingbird - banana, pineapple & coconut cake with cream cheese frosting

Thursdays: 

Carrot Walnut - carrot walnut cake with cream cheese frosting
Lemon Strawberry - lemon cake with strawberry buttercream
Chocolate Peanut Butter - chocolate cake with peanut butter buttercream topped with salted peanuts
Triple Coconut - coconut cake with coconut frosting topped with shaved coconut
Samoa - 
Peanut Butter and Jelly - strawberry jelly filled vanilla cake topped with strawberry and peanut butter buttercream swirl

Fridays:

Lemon - lemon cake with tangy lemon buttercream
Snickerdoodle - cinnamon sugar cake with cinnamon buttercream
Snowball - Chocolate cake with coconut frosting and pink coconut shavings
Salted Caramel - chocolate cake with salted caramel buttercream
Hummingbird - banana, pineapple & coconut cake with cream cheese frosting

Saturdays:

Lemon - lemon cake with tangy lemon buttercream
Carrot Walnut - carrot walnut cake with cream cheese frosting
Triple Coconut - coconut cake with coconut frosting topped with shaved coconut
Chocolate Hazelnut - chocolate cake with Nutella buttercream and candied hazelnuts
Salted Caramel - chocolate cake with salted caramel buttercream
Chocolate Peanut Butter - chocolate cake with peanut butter buttercream topped with salted peanuts
Neapolitan - 

Sundays:

Hummingbird - banana, pineapple & coconut cake with cream cheese frosting
Lemon Coconut - lemon cake with coconut frosting and coconut shavings
Chocolate Chip Mint - chocolate chip cake with mint buttercream
Chocolate Graham Cracker - chocolate cake with chocolate Graham cracker crust and topped with toasted marshmallow
Tiger Tail - 

Prices range from $3-$4.50 each.


Trophy Cupcakes
Wallingford
1815 N 45th St, Ste 209
Seattle, WA 98103

Trophy Cupcakes
U Village
2612 NE Village Ln
Seattle, WA 98105

Trophy Cupcakes
Bellevue
700 110th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98004