Blue Cupcake Debuts at Lot44
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — The offer of free treats drew a steady stream of foot traffic between the Civic Center and 3rd and Spring yesterday, as those in business attire made their way to Lot44 Coffee to sample the new offerings from Blue Cupcake.
Owner Julie Desmeules was on-hand offering a variety of cupcake flavors. The raspberry velvet seemed very popular, as did mocha espresso and red velvet offerings.
The red velvet was a moist cupcake with buttercream frosting. The mocha espresso had a chocolate espresso cupcake, with mocha vanilla cream buttercream and infused with mocha cream filling. The cupcake uses real espresso in its recipe.
Desmeules says the cupcakes used are all natural, no flavorings added. Also offered were strawberry, chocolate, coconut, vanilla, PB&J, lemon, and the aforementioned raspberry velvet.
Lot44 paired the giveaway with samples of their iced latte, made up by talented barista Julio. The perfectly flavored drink didn't need any sweetening.
The coffee shop will stock six to nine flavors of cupcake daily, offering a great compliment to owner Ariel Graham's array of coffees.
Lot44 Coffee / 275 S. Spring, Suite 115 / Monday through Friday, 6:30am to 7pm / @Lot44Coffee
Henry on July 22, 2009, at 09:14AM – #1
Divine, these cupcakes are. I had one this morning, and they are better than they look in that picture, better than sprinkles dare I say. I had chocolate.. moist, tasty, and... they are the perfect size, smaller than a sprinkles cupcake, but bigger than those little dinky ones over at Bottega Louie that leave you unsatisfied. These are big enough to please, but small enough to help assuage the inevitable feelings of guilt. Its the perfect, waistline aware, recession-era guilty pleasure.
two parts sugar on July 22, 2009, at 11:18AM – #2
WOW! I have never seen another Raspberry Red Velvet on another cupcake menu! We entered our Signature Raspberry Red Velvet in the LA Cupcake Challenge and we may have just started a flavor trend!
Louie Cuevas on August 04, 2009, at 06:14PM – #3
sounds great !