Sweetz Bakery: Dulles Town Center Mall, VA

Sweetz Bakery
Regular: $3.25

Here at Cupcake Correspondence we eat, drink, and sleep cupcakes! Well, that may be an overstatement, but we do spend time thinking about cupcakes and where we will go next. Lucky for us sometimes cupcakes just appear before our eyes, as if our Cupcake Fairy Godmother sprinkled fairy dust more sprinkles, and a cupcake kiosk materialized in the food court of the Dulles Town Center Mall… Sweetz Bakery.

This nondescript cupcake stand was almost to good to be true, and left Chocolate Gauche and I wondering if these beautifully simple cupcakes where actually real. The available flavors all sounded and looked delectable. Plus they had gluten free, dairy free, and vegan cupcakes all displayed and ready to buy in multiple flavors. So we selected a GF Double Chocolate cupcake, Mexican Hot Chocolate cupcake, and Red Velvet cupcake. We soon discovered that our Cupcake Fairy Godmother had a few treats up her shelves, because these cupcakes were anything but nondescript…

GF Double Chocolate Cupcake

The GF Double Chocolate cupcake had a moist and fluffy dark chocolate cake, with a smooth chocolate buttercream filling and topping. The chocolate buttercream was one of the best we ever had, with a perfect balance of a sweet and chocolate. With most GF cupcakes it is easy to distinguish them from their gluten counterparts, but Sweetz Bakery gets a gold star for creating a moist GF cupcake that could fool anyone into believing it’s not gluten free… must be that Cupcake Fairy Godmother at work again.

When thinking of Mexican Hot Chocolate two things come to mind chocolate and spice. Well, this cupcake had both, with a perfect blend of the chocolate and spice flavors working together in harmony. The dark chocolate cake was just that… chocolate! This chocolaty cake was topped with a chocolate buttercream that had just a hint of spice. This combination of flavors could have been overpowering, but Sweetz Bakery has clearly spent some time balancing the flavors and it paid off.

Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcake

The Red Velvet had the best cream cheese frosting we have ever tasted. It was smooth and perfectly sweet, and tasted like an actual cheesecake with just a lighter texture. The cake had a beautiful burgundy color, which let us know that Sweetz Bakery knew what they were doing with their red velvet recipe (no neon red coloring here). The cake had a nice rich coco and brown sugar taste to it that is reminiscent of any good red velvet.

All in all, the Cupcake Fairy Godmother granted us a magical wish when we found Sweetz Bakery. These are definitely gourmet cupcakes, and you can taste the quality of ingredients in every bite. So head down to the Dulles Town Center Mall’s food court and visit our friends at Sweetz Bakery. According to their website they are opening a retail store in Leesberg soon, and we can’t wait to visit them there too!

Red Velvet Cupcake

Gluten Free: Yes (multiple assorted flavors offered daily)
Dairy Free: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Sugar Free: Not Available

Cupcake Atmosphere: 3 out of 5 (The kiosk was clean but not eye catching, but the cupcakes are all displayed. We are looking forward to seeing the new retail store in Leesberg when it opens!)
Flavor Selection: 5 out of 5 (many yummy flavors available that where both on trend and innovative)
Customer Service: 5 out of 5 (the two cupcake representatives greeted us with a smile and seemed to be working hard)

Overall Quality: 5 out of 5 (This place was a great surprise! Thank you Cupcake Fairy Godmother :) )