Strawberry Fields Forever

When I saw that J. Cuppacakes had opened a branch in Eastwood, I decided to give this cupcake another go.  I know that my previous review was not that favorable but I was hoping that there had been some improvements since then.

J. Cuppacakes in Eastwood is located beside the Citywalk Mall entrance, right across Bigoli.  The shop was as charming and as quaint as ever, with white wooden cabinets and shelves, floral accents, and pink decors all around.  Very very pretty indeed.

As for the cupcakes, I bought 2 cuppies: red velvet (60php) and dulce de leche (45php).  I am very disappointed to say that there has been no improvement at all on the red velvet.  Read on to the photo captions to see what I thought of the cuppies, this time around:

No change on the packaging, still pretty.

Reminds me of Chinese food take out boxes, only a lot prettier.

Abundance of frosting but darn, this cupcake is SMALL.

It could pass for a kinda large mini cupcake, if my memory serves me right.

In all fairness, this cupcake tastes good.  I loved the light frosting and the cream filling.

And would you believe that it was gone after 3 bites?  That's 15php for one bite!  This cupcake would have been worth it had it been bigger.

Looks nice but looks can be deceiving.

I can't believe that after the 5php price increase that the cupcake became even smaller!

Taste-wise, it was very so-so.  Nothing memorable about both the cake and frosting.  The frosting looks creamcheesy but it's not when you taste it.  And I still got the impression that the cupcake itself tastes like spongy bibingka.

My final verdict is that for the taste and size, the cupcakes are so not worth it.  There are so many more that can give you more bang for your buck like Sophie's Mom or Gigi's.  Would be great for presents because of the packaging but if you're after the taste like I am, you may want to pass. 

Another Red Velvet Cupcake to add to my growing list.  I do apologize if the frosting seemed to have smeared all over the cupcake.  Blame it on the bumpy ride home from the mall!

J Cuppackaes is located in SM Megamall, Building B.  It's beside the second floor department store entrance.  Like with Sophie's Mom, this is a cute little stall.  It's all decked out in vintage girly designs that I just love!  Too bad I wasn't able to take pictures.

Anyway, this cupcake is ok.  Not one of my favorites and did not make me go mmmmmm while I was eating it.  In other words, though it was ok, it did not have the wow factor of the other cupcakes that I have already tasted.

The frosting was actually quite good and tastes kinda similar to Sophie's mom.  It's the cupcake itself that was a bit off.  Like what my sister said, it tasted like bibingka instead of red velvet.  Lol.

Another issue that I had with it was the price: at 55php per cupcake, it was a tad too expensive compared to the others out there (I mean Gigi's was only 40php/cupcake!).  The extra  cost must have gone to the packaging.  If you take a look at the last pic below, you'd see that their box was soooooooo cute!  Definitely the best cupcake packaging that I've seen so far.

Well anyway, I rate this 3/5 stars.