I LOVE cupcakes. Like for real for reals. In fact, I have a tattoo showing my love for the baked yumminess. 

A few years ago, a friend handed me a crumpled piece of paper she had cut out of a local paper. It was an ad for Sweetcakes. This little cupcake shop is tucked away in a plaza off of Biscayne and 84th Street. It was love at first bite. The cake is light and there is a perfect amount of the buttercream frosting to balance out each nibble. If the frosting to cake ratio is off on a cupcake, then what the hell is the point? 

SInce I have discovered Sweetcakes a few years back, they are my go-to spot for any of my cupcake needs like birthdays, anniversaries, going away presents or for a happy-time snack.

The owner, Barbie, is super nice and can basically do whatever you want to decorate these mini cakes. (Oh yea, she does regular sized cakes, brownies -which are the best!, woopie pies and cookies) The first time I bought a batch for my boyfriends birthday, she did a music theme (because he’s a DJ) and adorned the tops with fondant vinyl records, headphones and music notes. His last birthday, he turned 31 or “thirty guns.”

For my birthday, they did a Hello Kitty theme on them…and they were DELICIOUS!

Sweetcakes is open from Monday-Saturday from 11am-6pm (or until all their cupcakes sell out for the day). The bakery offers a variety of daily flavors including a few drunken cupcakes thrown in there like mojito and kahlua. They also can make custom cupcakes, however they need at least 24 hours in advance. Our favorite custom is dulce de leche filled vanilla cupcakes with a bit of dulce de lech drizzled on top of vanilla frosting. SOOOO GOOD!

FUCK ALL THE OTHER CUPCAKE PLACES! Sweetcakes is where it’s at.