Angelcakes

Everybody knows that cupcakes are all the rage.  With reality TV shows, cookbooks and a proliferation of stores it was only a matter of time that a cupcake store would open in Frederick.  Now to be fair the store is billed as a “cake and cupcake shop” but the cakes are only by special order.  What people go for are the cupcakes.  And go there they do!  When I stopped by on a weekday afternoon the place was jumping.   The co-owner told me that they had sold out the day before (also a weekday) by 2 p.m.  At first I was seized by panic since there were only a handful of cupcakes on display and I feared that I had missed the boat.  I soon realized that these were only samples of what they have for sale.  In fact each type of cupcake is individually nestled under a beautiful glass dome like a jewel.  It is only fitting that the cupcakes are sold in Tiffany blue boxes.

At first Mrs. F though I had brought her home a tiara, but her disappointment didn't last once she opened the box

Angelcakes has seven regular varieties: Madagascar vanilla, scarlet red velvet, black and white, shaved coconut, salted caramel, key lime and chocolate ganache.  In addition to these they have rotating daily specials.  On the Wednesday I was there
it was chocolate peanut butter.  Some of the other special types that look delicious are snickerdoodles (Saturdays) and fresh strawberry (Sundays).

Two chocolate ganache on the left and then the chocolate peanut butter on the upper right and the salted caramel

I sampled a chocolate ganache, chocolate peanut butter and a salted caramel.  They were all very good.  The cupcakes were very moist and chocolaty.  The chocolate peanut butter was bursting with flavor and the salted caramel was delicious.  I’d be hard pressed to pick a favorite out of the three I sampled.  The icing was plentiful and incredibly sweet.    I’d be the first to tell you that I am not really an icing person to begin with so this was a big negative to me. I ended up scraping the some of the icing off, which was a bummer since I wanted to keep the drizzle of caramel and salt crystals. I think they should offer their cupcakes with either “regular” or “half” icing. However others in my party had no problem scoffing down all their icing and then the rest of mine which I could not eat.  If there is any real quibble to be had with the cupcakes I tried was that the edges of the cupcake itself were hard and chewy.  This was on all the cupcakes so I don’t know if it was intentional or not.  Either way it did not detract from my enjoyment.

Bottom line is that a trip to Angelcakes is an awesome indulgence.  Go there and get some, just go early.  Angelcakes is located at 319 East Church Street and their website can be found here.