Brown Betty Cupcakes
When was the last time you had a cupcake? In my case, aside from tasting mini cupcakes at the Foodbuzz Festival last year, it was probably many years ago!
For Lisa‘s birthday a few of us got together for a little cupcake party in Northern Liberties. We got fabulous coffee drinks from One Shot Coffee and an assortment of cupcakes from Brown Betty Dessert Boutique. I selected a strawberry cupcake with strawberry frosting.
It wasn’t good at all.
Just kidding.
It was seriously the best cupcake I have ever tasted, and it was even better than Lisa & Stephanie‘s choices! The frosting was smooth and light, but the cupcake was dense, yet airy. The flavor of strawberry was mild, but just enough pulled through in each bite.
I also really liked my taste of Stephanie’s sweet potato cupcake with buttercream frosting. To me it had more of a gentle pumpkin flavor, laced with sweet, sweet bites of buttercream.
The boutique itself is tiny, with a small couch and a couple of chairs. We opted instead to sit outside at One Shot where we could enjoy the fall sunshine. Both are in the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia, which was hopping on a Sunday afternoon. We had a great time people watching, enjoying cupcakes, and drinking coffee.
If you want a cupcake, a magnificent coffee, and a nice afternoon, Brown Betty Dessert Boutique + One Shot coffee will bring it all to you.
BB Dessert Boutique
1030 North 2nd Street on Liberties Walk
Philadelphia, PA
215.629.0999
One Shot Coffee
1040 North 2nd St on Liberties Walk
Philadelphia, PA
215.627.1620
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oooh, I’ll have to remember this the next time i’m in philly!!! strawberry, of course, sounds delightful, but that sweet potato one… yum!
also, you haven’t had a cupcake in over a year?! it’s probably a good thing you don’t live in boston! All of us boston bloggers would corrupt you so fast! we surround ourselves with the cupcakes! haha 😛
best of luck in PFB!
[chels]
it’s official – i need to go to philly. well, to the east coast in general since i’ve never been. but i want to eat everything on this blog!
How fun! Looks like a great place to spend a little time 🙂
I had gourmet cupcakes for my bday in Feb from Cupcake Couture, that was the last time.
My sister’s bday is tomorrow, her bday party is this weekend, she’s doing the same, but a place here in Austin. Can’t wait!
I think I had a cupcake last week. I’m on a bit of a cupcake tour of LA. We have so many cupcake places here I’m making it my business to try them all. So far I have been to famous cupcakes, sprinkles, magnolia LA, susie cakes, dainty cakes, and dots!
@Katherine @ Left Coast Contessa, And? WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE SO FAR?!??!
@RhodeyGirlTests, Susie Cakes for sure! They also have awesome sugar cookies and carrot cake with a layer of praline in the filling. Although, I had a dark chocolate and salted caramel mini cupcake from Dots last week that was so delicious.
@Katherine @ Left Coast Contessa, YUM thanks for sharing!!!!!! salted caramel mini cupcake sounds insane.
Its almost as insane as the salted caramel macaroon I had last week. 🙂 I have a salted caramel obsession right now.
I’m a huge fan of NY cupcakes, but I’ve never had a Philly cupcake!! Glad to know Brown Betty is a good place to hit up!
I eat cupcakes probably more often than I should. This reminded me that I need to make those pumpkin cupcakes I brought to your house last year again.
Oh man, I eat cupcakes frequently! I bake them all the time!
I think my next dog walk will have a brown betty/one-shot stop 😉 Do they have treats for pups??
@Krista (kristastes), I don’t think so but there is a pet store with dog treats next door-ish
This is so funny – I also was at One Shot Coffee and Brown Betty Cupcakes on Sunday afternoon (around 3:30m!). I had the red velvet and it was amazing 🙂
@Megan (The Runner’s Kitchen), We probably left 5 minutes before you got there!