Cupcake City

Delicious, fresh cupcakes. I was very happy with my purchase, and I will be back! I ordered a couple boozie cupcakes for St. Patrick’s day and although they did not have a kick they were extremely moist and tasty.

Love this place! Super yummy cupcakes and their gluten free cupcakes are the best I’ve had. And the smell when you walk-​in. My oh my. I wish there was a sit down area to enjoy my cupcake immediately w a cup of coffee or tea. Alas, I have to wait until I make it to the car…

«Meh» Unfortunately, all hype, no substance. We were totally looking forward to a delicious experience and were very disappointed that we were quite underwhelmed with the flavor and presentation of the half dozen cupcakes we bought. I’m being generous when I say the flavor was on par with grocery store cupcakes. My 20yo daughter thinks grocery store cupcakes taste better. :(Also disappointed that the variety of flavors wasn’t very creative or inspiring … peanut butter, oreo cookie, lemon (usually my favorite flavor but this was just okay, definitely not crave-​worthy), chocolate (just okay, not to die for), salted caramel (not a lot of flavor), gold/​vanilla (again, grocery store are better in our opinion). Nothing fun or unique or so delicious you’d get a craving for it, unfortunately.
The cupcake décor/​presentation was also uninspired. Just a swirled blob of frosting that may have had a dusting of crushed Oreos on top for extra color.
Don’t really know what I was expecting as I’ve never been to a cupcake place before. Guess I was expecting to be surprised, excited, delighted, to feel like this was a special treat … and none of those things happened.
For almost $ 3 a cupcake, yikes, I really expected more than a modified grocery store cupcake with mediocre taste topped with a quick, cost-​effective swirl of frosting. I want scrumptious flavor that I can’t quite get enough of, and I want a beautiful presentation like a colorful flower decoration on top so it looks special. And I want it to be oversized like a muffin!
Probably the most telling part of our experience is this: Of the three remaining cupcakes that we brought home to my husband and two teenage boys – all of whom enjoy sweets, two of the cupcakes were left partially uneaten. Seems the guys were just as underwhelmed as we were.
Here’s hoping Cupcake City steps up their game. Please?! We really want to crave you!

Coming from DC with Baked and Wired, Georgetown Cupcakes, Sprinkles and a plethora of other cupcake establishments; I’m was so ecstatic when I found Cupcake City in Boston! I’ve been looking for a great cupcake place in Boston and this is it. I’m also happy that they have a food truck in Boston because going out to Newton or Reading is a trek I’m not ready to make. I mean the cupcakes are that good but still why deprive us of such deliciousness with these far locations.
But anyways back to the real review. So I saw the Cupcake City food truck at the Boston Local Food Festival, and I had already bookmarked the place on Unilocal after searching for a decent cupcake place a few weeks earlier, so I knew I had to get one. I got the tiramisu and immediately regretted my decision on sticking with one cupcake versus two. The cupcake was moist and tasted amazing! It also had the right amount of icing on top so you could enjoy it with each bite without it being an overload.
It might actually be better than Georgetown Cupcakes, but I’d have to try a couple more flavors before confirming that statement. But if you see the Cupcake City food truck I’d say stop and go for it, it’s good. I really wish I knew the Boston areas in which the food truck resides so I could just go there anytime I please, but I will eventually find it and try more.

I just CANNOT tell you how good these cupcakes are, its really amazing how good these are. They are on the expensive side. Try the Oreo and Pumpkin– to die for

I have been here for special occasions or just for an individual cupcake
This place could not do it any better
The hostess is my most favorite
Yeah. They are a bit pricey but Not a deal breaker for me… The people are so nice
And the Older Gentleman that others have referenced is the father or father-​in– law of the owner … A great lil GEM right here in Reading on 28
Try it — you will never be disappointed
I just glanced and saw something about
Pumpkin flavored cakes., OMG if they were opened now I would be there to see if they have started making them… I’m speculating they may be a seasonal cupcake
So HAPPY to have this business in my home town… Keep up the excellent work

I recently had Cupcake City’s Cupcake Truck come to my work for the employees and it was a huge hit. Not only was it super easy to set up, the price was good and everyone I dealt with was really friendly and helpful. Also, the fact that all the cupcakes tasted amazing really didn’t hurt. If anyone is looking for something to do for employee morale, call Cupcake City, you will not be disappointed.

If you want a Gourmet cupcake, come to Cupcake City! It’s love at first bite! I’ve tried the salted caramel one once and it was absolutely amazing! I recommend this place to any cakeaholics!

I love the cupcakes here! So delicious.
They do custom cupcakes as well as their regulars. Each season they offer a different set of «special cupcakes». Pumpkin for the fall (yummy!!!) and light lemon cupcakes and such for the spring.
They offer hostess (our favorite, hubby loves them!!), salted caramel, peanut butter, Oreo, lemon, Twinkie, regular vanilla and chocolate as well as their seasonal cupcakes.
As I said, they also offer custom cupcakes. We have done BRENDA (on a few cupcakes) for my moms 60^th, had customized Red Sox cupcakes for my dads job and all the broadcasters at WEEI & delicious and beautiful quilted top cupcakes for a party my mom held this spring. The talent and taste are AMAZING! And they’re a family business. What could be better?
Check them out :)

Had to grab something unique before the Super Bowl and ended up here. They had a great selection of football related cupcakes and the stuff was incredible. Good work!

They say that nothing tastes as good as thin feels. I would argue that the red velvet cupcake at Cupcake City in Reading comes pretty close. I’m in tears right now as to how good this cupcake is. Bravo. Simply, bravo.

I live in Reading and can’t believe it took me this long to visit (on a day off, no less). Wonderful little place just off Main Street, the Salted Caramel was amazing. Plus the staff: for younger people (appeared to be late teens or early 20’s) were surprisingly friendly and helpful. I can’t say enough good things about CC!

If I could add another 5 stars I would!!! AMAZING!
Being in the hotel industry, we go above and beyond every day for our guests. The problem is that it is sooo hard to find GREAT customer service, let alone GOOD customer service.
I had a last minute site inspection with a HUGE client, I called the ladies at Cupcake City to see if they could get me logo personalized cupcakes that SAME AFTERNOON… (I did call one other place in Newton first, who refused to even talk to me same day) Cupcake City made it happen. They faced obstacles with the fondant, but they overcame them. I emailed them the logos, and they made it happen. Then I became a pest, called them back and asked for an 4 more cupcakes, and to have them boxed in twos. They did it without hesitation! I called them at 12PM and they had them to the hotel, as promised by 4PM. Not to mention the delivery driver was so sweet in making sure he didn’t speed because he didn’t want the quickly made fondant to get disrupted.
Receiving this kind of customer service is RARE, and they went above and beyond for this crazy, stressed out sales person so that they could have that WOW factor their arriving potential clients. And they were so impressed and they said the cupcakes were amazing! I cant thank them enough!
AS far as I am concerned, there are no other cupcake places around!
THANK YOU!!!

Review for the cupcake truck — rather disappointing for the price. Not anything special, wish Crumbs or Sweet had a truck instead!

Cupcakes are nice and moist, but a bit on the dense side. I had the Red Velvet and my husband had the Smores. The Red Velvet had the perfect amount of sweetness, but we thought the Smores was really sweet, a bit too sweet. Cute place though and I’m sure we’ll be back.

This place is better than most of the cupcake shops in the city and it makes me happy that it’s only a town over from me! I don’t go here a ton, but whenever I need a high quality dessert to bring or something unique I make a stop here.
I consider myself a cupcake connoisseur, I have a ranking list for NYC and Boston and I also bake a lot and this place definitely does not disappoint.
I love their red velvet, salted caramel, and lemon! Really can’t go wrong and the service is always great.

Diverse and delicious cupcake flavors here at Cupcake City. We found them on Unilocal and wanted to pick up a dozen for a birthday party. We sliced up the cupcakes so we could all try different flavors, and that was fun aplenty.
While we all found the Oreo cupcake to be disappointingly dry, we give the benefit of the doubt that it was an off batch, because the other cupcakes were adequately moist.
Favorites were lemon, chocolate peanut butter, mint choc chip, creamsicle, pb&j (!!!) and raspberry lime rickey (!!!). The salted caramel was moist chocolate cake with creamy frosting and caramel drizzle, but really did not have enough flavor in any way — not enough chocolate or caramel, rather plain. The choc covered pretzel topper was delish but not sure if those are made on site ir if they’re purchased like the Mini-​Oreo topper.
The price is on par with some Boston bakeries at nearly $ 3 per cupcake; we stumbled in on a Sunday $ 30/​dozen special. All in all, we were very pleased with the variety and quality of these cupcakes and would definitely visit again.

We were bopping around SoWa yesterday and found their truck. While the kids were «full», I could not pass by a possible good cupcake experience. Usually I would get a few and split with my companion (s), but since no one else wanted any I just got the one — Hot Fudge Sundae. The chocolate cake was moist and very rich. I like the vanilla frosting with the cherry on top too. The truck guy gave us a bonus cupcake for free — salted caramel — because it got crushed and was not «presentable». Same chocolate cake so yumminess and a salted frosting. The frosting is interesting because I missed the cake at first so it was a bit salty BUT when you get the cake at the same time it works. Good solid cupcake experience!

Sweetness is one thing to look for in a cupcake. But, when you’re greeted by the co-​owner with a sunny smile, it truly brightens your dreary day. John exemplifies a true, great small business owner. He is humble, endearing, welcoming and takes pride in his products. Every cupcake made is of the finest ingredients, zero preservatives and is baked daily on site!
Their signature cupcake is the Chocolate Sundae. (I should have taken a picture before biting into it. Too late, now.) They offer gluten-​free/​cupcake of the day, maple bacon cupcakes, caramel salted cupcakes, lemon cupcakes… all of which are meticulously decorated. The shop is adorable, and it matches John’s personality. Clean, and deliciously sophisticated. The sugary smell wafts in the air in a hypnotic fashion.
It was a pleasure to take a few minutes to talk to him and learn about his shop that had been opened for 17 months, his objectives and his love of desserts and for his nine grand children. My heart had melted when he helped a man orchestrate an engagement proposal to his girlfriend, written in cupcakes.
How can’t I say I won’t be back? This is the go to local baker. I’m already thinking of bringing an entourage for my next visit!
And, if anyone is reading this, my cupcake just vanished. Please send another cupcake my way!

I am in love… Seriously this is a bad thing that Cupcake City is so close to my house. I have had the Hostess, the Red Velvet and the Vanilla with vanilla frosting and I honestly can’t say which one is my favorite, I love them all the same. Got a bunch for my daughter’s birthday party and they were a hit. I was able to special order them in pretty colors with flower fondant and they were perfect.
They are pricey, but most cupcake specialty stores I have gone to tend to be. And this is a good thing, because I’d be at the store everyday if they were less expensive. I consider them a treat once in a while and that is exactly what they are… a treat. Now, excuse me, I think I’m in need of a treat, right now!