The Buttercream Bake Shoppe

I found these cupcakes sugary, bland, lacking substance, flavour and punch. The Icing tastes fake. Although high in visual prettiness yet I’m not fooled nor impressed.
Update: The place is not out of business. Ok.

This place is awesome. I walked down and got my mum one of their red velvet cupcakes as a a Mother’s Day gift. The store was very clean and well decorated. The girl behind the counter was friendly, helpful, and the service was quick. My mum loved the cupcake and said it was delicious! Sadly I am unable to eat there as they have no vegan options (would be five stars if it did) but I will be definitely be returning for future holidays and birthdays for my family. Do recommend!

I went to Buttercream because of the reviews and was sorely disappointed. I got the rocky road and oreo cupcakes. Cost $ 3.25 each and was the worst purchase I’ve made in Calgary.
The cake itself was bland, both should have had a rich chocolate flavour and I couldn’t pick it out at all. In fact, cardboard is the closest taste I could put it to. The icing was ok, not too sweet but again lacking in the flavour it should have been. The toppings were just chintzy. Tiny amounts of oreo cookie crumbs and little marshmallows with nuts. More for ascetics rather than taste.
These cupcakes are priced way to high and the ingredients used are cheap as can be. If I found real eggs and no pre-​mixes in their kitchen I’d be very surprised.

My fiancé is not a big of cupcakes (how could he not be? i know. i know… weird) but man, he LOVED the lemon coconut cupcake from the Buttercream Bake Shoppe. I mean, he LOVED it, he even sucked on the cupcake liner. I really wish the lemon coconut cupcake was one of their everyday flavors, I would be in that shop everyday.

I want to send out a huge Thank You to Buttercream Bake Shoppe! I approached them recently about a donation for The Ronald McDonald House Home for Dinner program that a group of friends and I participate in on monthly basis. We make brunch for the families staying at The Ronald McDonald House and we try and incorporate a theme so that it is fun for the kids. This is a great program if you are looking for some volunteer hours and to give back to the community.
When I approached Buttercream Bake Shoppe and explained that the theme for last Sunday’s Brunch was «Alice in BrunchLand» they were more than happy to provide a donation for the House and the families staying there. The «Eat Me» Cupcakes that they provided were a huge hit and disappeared quickly!
Thank you so much for providing the cupcakes that made our Brunch a success! If you are looking to support a fantastic local business, with super awesome cupcakes, because who doesn’t love cupcakes? Then I would totally recommend making the trip to 17^th Ave or The Core, or any of their locations and grabbing a delicious cupcake!
Thank you so much!

I’m very happy Buttercream has a location on the +30 level of The Core downtown. My clients and co-​workers love receiving treats from Buttercream, and the minis are a perfect thank-​you or special occassion gift. Nice to have an alternative for Crave — they missed a big opportunity to come downtown. Both Buttercream and Bliss have, and you don’t have to deal with costly delivery charges from Crave!
My only comment is that their buttercream is too buttery. Crave’s is too sugary — need something in the middle!

I went into the Core’s scrumptious little shop on Dec 5 @ 11:30 a.m. with a friend. We are hosting a party later on this month and thought what a great idea. When we entered there was a clerk that did not even look up and acknowledge our presence. We continued to talk about flavors and if we should do mini’s or full size cupcakes. We were in the store for a good 10 minutes looking at cupcakes and party merchandise… then left.
Nothin’, nada, zip from the clerk. He was too busy cutting treats and wax paper for butterscotch marshmallow samples. Because of the poor, non-​committal customer service there will be no going back.

I’m a Cupcake Fanatic!
Buttercream bakery has the bare minimum interior décor, and only a small portion of Cupcakes at a time in the showcase. Each week the flavours change, with the exception of the classic Red Velvet, Vanilla and Chocolate lovers as a staple item. Strawberry shortcake and anything with Mint seems to be my favourite at the moment.
The service is average, some days they’re really busy while on slow days they hover over you and jabber on about the specials of the week and what I should try as a posed to what I want to buy. The price is steep but you’ve got to remember your buying Calgary’s BEST cupcakes and they’re of the best confectionery quality!

I honestly want to give them a 3.5 actually, but not a 4. The cupcakes here are simply awesome, though I do find them to be a little pricy. Still, as a snack (or as I use them, a means to drive my dieting co-​workers utterly insane with temptation), the cakes are moist and the icings are great (though I do find them a bit excessive and greasy texture a little).
Still, as I believe that virtually all of the cupcakes are made here for all 3 locations, and that they do have an interesting selection of flavours, it’s better than the Crave ones (though I prefer the Bliss & Co. overall), and still fab and overwhelmingly tasty.

How can you say no to a cupcake when you walk past this place in CrossIron Mills? I actually live in another province and it was shocking to see a cupcake shop in a mall. Since I’ve had about 3 cupcakes during my trip to Calgary, I decided just to have 1 last one haha.
Regular size cupcakes are $ 2.95 each. However, if you get the 6 or 12 pack, it’s a bit cheaper. Also, don’t be fooled that there are only a few cupcakes left because they only put a few in their display window. Me and my sister both opted for their daily flavour, chocolate diva. All I have to say was that it was DELICIOUS! Sorry for shouting, but it was pure deliciousness!
I would highly suggest that you try a cupcake… or maybe cupcakes!

Buttercream Bake Shoppe has 3 locations in Calgary:
— 121‑1013 17^th Ave SW (Downtown)
— 261 055 Crossiron Blvd (In CrossIron Mills Mall)
— 510 77^th Avenue SE (In the Calgary Farmers Market)
I’ve been to the location in CrossIron Mills Mall and the Calgary Farmers Market. So I’ll just start my review, seeing they’re all the same owner. Buttercream Bake Shoppe has many different flavours of cupcakes offered. They’ve got daily, weekly, monthly and holiday flavours. They also offer cakes, cookies and sweet buns.
I’ve tried multiple flavours of the cupcakes especially at the Mall because I can never just walk past the display, I always have to stop and look. I found that the cupcakes are not as moist as other cupcakes I’ve had, and it seems that they don’t put as much sugar in the icing as other bake shops to make them really sweet (just the way I like it). That may be good for some people but in my humble opinion, I LOVE the icing on cupcakes and love the sweetness!
Recently, I tried the red velvet and chocolate diva cupcakes. I found the red velvet had a crumbly cake, not moist at all but the chocolate diva was more moist. The icing on the red velvet was fine but on the chocolate diva, Spence thought it tasted like a watered down icing and I agreed.
It’s usually a hit or miss for cupcakes, and the red velvet seemed like a miss this time around. But I think Buttercream Bake Shoppe is a great stop to satisfy your cupcake craving .for the moment.

As somebody who’s been desperately trying to lose weight for the last 6 months, obviously the kind of products offered by Buttercream aren’t on the top of my «to do» list — but when I found out they’re going to be sponsoring a show I’m producing and performing in, I figured it was time to stop by and check them out.
First of all, the store is exactly what I would want from a bakery type — it’s tiny, unassuming, and blends in well with the surroundings from the outside… but once you come inside everywhere you look are the bright colors of icing and sprinkles on every kind of baked good imaginable. There’s also a wall of some of the most fascinatingly designed cakes I’ve ever seen. (on the day I went there was a cake that looked like 3 pillows stacked on top of eachother, which didn’t look like a cake AT ALL!)
I only tried one of their cupcakes (chocolate raspberry) and it was AWESOME. Everybody else has already summed up the overall quality of these cupcakes better than I ever could… but apparently there was something different about this one, which the store manager, a lovely young lady named «Frankie» (hopefully short for something, lol) tried to explain to me… something about using egg whites instead of some other ingredient… but I was too wrapped up in how good it tasted to catch it all. One of my colleagues who came with me also pointed out (which I, as a cupcake novice, never would have thought to mention) that, unlike a lot of cupcake joints — and if you read the other reviews you probably know the one I’m thinking of — this place seemed to find the perfect cupcake to topping ratio where neither felt over-​powered by the other. Very well done!
That brings me to the service. While she was the only one working the counter while we were there, she was an absolute TREAT to deal with, pardon the pun. While my colleague was asking questions about everything in the store she had such impressive knowledge and passion for the business, it was contagious and made us all really CARE about things we probably normally wouldn’t have thought to ask. We were never rushed, or made to feel like we were only as good as the money we spent, it had that very old fashioned, customer-​value based small business type feel where she really wanted you to enjoy your experience there. Even if the store itself wasn’t fascinating, which it is… and if the cupcakes weren’t delicious, which they are — this delightful young woman would have made nearly any business experience a joy. As my colleague put it upon leaving, «She couldn’t have possibly been any nicer.»
All in all, for being a few minute stop off in a bakery in the early afternoon, this little detour practically made my day, and I couldn’t be happier about having them as a sponsor for my show. So check them out! — and no, this is NOT part of our sponsorship agreement — it just really is worth the time to pop in.

Well now!
I am a fan of Crave cupcakes butttttt… When i walked into this place ! i was in love right away! man do they taste good soo many different kinds and flavs. i know crave only has certain ones. My fav of all is the hot chocolate cupcake with cocolate frosting and marshmellows on top with chocolate shavings! The lavender vanilla and red velvet are ones to try as well. Next time i will order a Cupcake Cake! Honestly guys Crave should of been named Buttercream because crave tastes more buttery then These ones and i hate that butter taste !! My manager always brings in crave but i have refused to eat them unless they are from buttercream! enough said~! Its like 3 dollars and sum cents to buy one you can get them at cross iron mills mall too i found a little kiosk and i have glued my self to it!

I’ve only ever tried the cupcakes, but they were moist and delicious, with lots of flavour combinations. I thought I was a die-​hard Crave fan, but Buttercream definitely gives them a run for their money!
My husband and I decided to order cupcakes for our wedding reception mainly because you can place your order online, which made it faster and easier for me to decide what I wanted and set up a pick-​up time. I like that their website has descriptions and photos of each of the cupcakes, so you can get a sense of what flavours you want before you order (if you haven’t tried them before).
My order was perfect and ready to go when we got there. We were even able to rent a cupcake stand completely last-​minute. Our guests loved them and my coworkers raved about the leftovers I shared with them the following Monday!
The only thing I would change is that the staff person I dealt with took probably 30 minutes just to get me my order from the back and there was only one other person she was helping in the store (on 17^th). When she did get to me, the pickup went quickly and we arranged the cupcake stand easily, but then she got confused about the payment. It seemed to me like she was someone’s daughter who just wasn’t trained very well and I didn’t have a lot of time to waste on the way to my wedding reception. Sorry, they lose a star for that part of the service. Especially as people were lining up behind me!
All in all though, the cupcakes were awesome and I would recommend their order system for your parties and events.

My coworkers and I stopped in here for a quick dessert. The shop is really cute and the cupcakes are beautiful, and it looked like they also made cupcakes and cakes to order. The woman working at the desk was neither friendly nor un-​friendly when we visited.
I ordered one of the blueberry cream cupcakes, and my thought was that it didn’t taste as good as it looked. The cupcake was nice and moist, but it tasted really processed and somewhat bland. There was also not a lot of blueberry flavour in the icing, which also tasted a little bit limp for buttercream.
I’m not sure what other options you have in Calgary for cupcakes, but maybe try those out and compare between them! This one did not impress me.

It’s an unexpected find at an outlet-​type mall. It’s a small little kiosk so their cupcakes aren’t made there, but they have a ton of great flavors such as passion fruit and peach. I loved the passion fruit. You could definitely taste it.
The macaroon (lavender) was a little disappointing. It was too sweet. I had to throw out a lot of the cream inside.
Get some ASAP because as they don’t have a lot of room, they have little to go around.

Delicious and soft; this is what you’re looking for in a cupcake.
Their food looks so good they use it as a decoration.
Like any good bakery these are best eaten on the day you bought them.

Group projects have been the bane of my existence as of late. I don’t love doing school work in groups, but I don’t make the rules, so a girl’s gotta do, what a girl’s gotta do. Group work it is.
Last week it was the birthday of one of the fellas in one of the groups I’m working in and I felt bad that instead of partying it up like most 18 year old boys (oh god, I sound like his mother), he was meeting with us to work on the project.
I ended up making a pit stop at The Buttercream Bake Shoppe to bring him a couple of cupcakes to help make his day. Can I just say that walking into this bake shop COMPLETELY made MY day??? Everything they make is SO beautiful, and it turns out that everything they make is tasty too ;)
Their cupcakes are stunning, as are their cakes, chocolates and cookies. With icing flavours that I haven’t even experienced in my wildest dreams, Buttercream Bake Shoppe has quickly risen to the top of my «Where to shop for a cupcake» list.
The staff was exceptionally friendly, and the way they packed my cupcakes was the perfect finishing touch.
I am very impressed with these guys. Hey… MY birthday is coming up…*cough hint hint cough*.

Buttercream Bake Shoppe on 17^th Avenue has officially become one of my favourite cupcake shops in Calgary, I accidently found it while returning my videos at Blockbusters. I literally felt like a little girl entering a candy store; the cupcakes, cakes, chocolates and cookies looked so incredibly scrumptious. I swear amazing things come in small packages!
Buttercream features 56 flavours of buttercream icing; the cupcake combinations change every week, unlike the 12 options that you can only get at Crave you can bet at Buttercream you will find a cupcake that you haven’t tried yet.
And oh my god the flavour, not as sweet as Crave cupcakes because they use butter, not lard shortening or margarine. Expect a fine silky velvety taste in your mouth that will remind you of the first homemade cupcake you tasted at a local church bazaar.
Buttercream can also make specialty cakes made to order for any occasion, and they swear they will decorate whichever way you like. I believe the prices range from $ 40 for a 6 inch cake to $ 70 for a 10 inch. You can choose from chocolate fudge, vanilla, carrot, coconut, lemon and milk chocolate red velvet.
Service is always warm and personable. And for that added treat all boxes are wrapped with a very sweet pink bow, so delightful that you won’t want to open your package. But you do, believe me. From beginning to end expect a mouth watering ride.

Women and cupcakes, eh? It still makes no sense to me, but I know of females who won’t eat Buttercream’s cupcakes because they’re not Crave cupcakes. You’d have to have some sort of learning disability to hold a grudge like this against a poor cupcake lady, trying to peddle her wares in this economy…
Anyway, my girlfriend found a few things in here she liked based solely on their own merit. Which made sense. But the thing that troubles me about this place is the coconut and vanilla body oil. This is taking the whole cupcake trip to a new level. Now, apparently, you don’t have to settle for just eating cupcakes, you can become one…
It’s bizarre. We left and I went back in to buy her an apple and cider cupcake when I noticed what looked like powdered sugar on my shoulder. I asked the woman at the counter what the hell was going on.
«Are you trying to turn me into a cupcake?» I asked. She acted surprised, like she had no idea where I picked up that sugar on my shoulder. I don’t know what’s going on down there, but my girlfriend tells me if they were to make a cupcake out of me, they wouldn’t put as much icing on as Crave…