Cakegirl is a little bakery tucked in a corner store in East LA that serves all vegan, gluten free, soy free and for the most part peanut and nut free sweet treats. And yes, it is owned and operated by a girl.
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| Strawberry Matcha cupcake from Cakegirl photo by Nikki DeMartini |
This wasn't my first time having a Cakegirl cupcake but it was my first time visting. It was for a special occassion, my birthday and since I too, am a cake girl there was really no other place to get my celebratory cupcake.
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| Strawberry Matcha cupcake from Cakegirl photo by Nikki DeMartini |
The strawberry frosting is as fragrant and flavorful as it is pink. It even has a buttercream texture.
The matcha cake is strikingly green and slaps with the beloved earthy flavor. For as popular as matcha is not all baked good deliver the true essence of the flavor but Cakegirl does. One might think that the robustness of the two flavors is too much for one little vegan cupcake but again, Cakegirl works their magic.
The complex, grassy, nutty, bitter notes of matcha are carried gently by the sweetness of the strawberry frosting, highlighting one another in a marrying of flavors that serendiputiously bring this cupcake to life. I kept forgetting that it was vegan because the cake was pretty buttery for being dairy free and it's cakey bouancy didn't scream gluten free like so many gluten free treats tend to do.
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| Strawberry Matcha cupcake from Cakegirl photo by Nikki DeMartini |
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| Strawberry Matcha cupcake from Cakegirl photo by Nikki DeMartini |
If I hadn't have known that this cupcake, or the other cupcakes I've had from Cakegirl were vegan and gluten free I'd never would have even thought that they are. That's how good they are.
We love you so matcha, Strawberry Matcha cupcake from Cakegirl!
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| Strawberry Matcha cupcake from Cakegirl photo by Nikki DeMartini |
Cakegirl is open today, Valentines Day and every Monday - Saturday.
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