Lollicakes

Wish I had read the reviews…
The cupcakes were good — not great. The cake was moist, the frosting was made using shortening. I prefer my buttercream to be buttery.
We ordered half vanilla, half chocolate. Both with vanilla frosting. The frosting was supposed to be blue, but instead it was white with blue sprinkles. Not a huge deal, but for what we paid, we’d better get EXACTLY what we ordered. The chocolates were cute. The ones made from white chocolate were a little grainy. With the chocolate lollys, the cupcakes were about $ 8 a pop. We would not order from here again.

I was so scared to use them because of the reviews especially since I needed cupcakes that were both gluten and dairy free. But I made a good choice. I called for 30 chocolate cupcakes with a simple white frosting and coloured sprinkles of sugar.
I was expecting cupcakes that tasted like cardboard but that wasn’t the case. They were quite good but tasted better the next day. My friends really liked them and were asking about where I had gotten them, etc. and I told them.
They were also really good with taking my order over the phone and asking all kinds of questions for creating what I was looking for. They were also really good with having them ready for 9:00 on a Sunday morning. When I arrived, they were all ready in a pretty bag with a purple ribbon. Pricey, yes, but well worth it and great customer service. I will go back.

Deliciously decadent! This place sets itself apart from many other locations in the city on service alone! The cupcakes are moist — as often most cupcakes can be dense and dry — the frosting is incredible addictive and the chocolate designs are incredible! A great team, that delivers on both service and quality!

2 out of 5 stars on Unilocal?Really?
I don’t know what’s wrong with everyone who wrote reviews on this place. But man am I glad I didn’t read them prior to ordering and pre-​paying for cupcakes for my son’s birthday.
So on 3 days notice, I had to order a Darth Vader birthday cake for my son who had guests with anaphylactic allergies to milk and nuts. I called the usual place we order from, but they were unable to fulfill our requests in the given timeframe. I then searched and called all the bakeries known for making dairy free cakes but nobody was able to fulfill my order. Well, nobody except Lollicakes.
I didn’t know Lollicakes only made cupcakes, and perhaps if I had thought of doing cupcakes, I would have called other cupcake shops too. But I didn’t care at this point. All I wanted was a dairy and nut free cake, or reasonable substitute. Lollicakes met both of these demands.
The lady who took my order was very kind and helpful over the phone. She gave me various options of what I could do and helped me decide on my order. I had to prepay for the order, but I didn’t mind as I had no intention of backing out at this point.
I then made the mistake of looking up reviews. Oh boy, you guys on Unilocal really gave me a scare. I began to regret my decision and started worrying about how awful the cupcakes would taste.
Well, on the day of the birthday, I went and picked up the cupcakes. I didn’t spend a lot of time in the shop as it was early and empty, plus all I had to do was pick up and go. I was in a bit of a rush, but I did notice from opening the door that the shop smelt wonderful!
Now, about the cupcakes themselves. THEY WERE GREAT!!! The kids all loved them, even the dairy free version (only ordered 1 dairy free). The adults all loved the cupcakes too. They were extremely moist and very chocolate/​vanilla tasting (ordered 5 of each). The frosting (ordered white) is most definitely made of shortening, but DID NOT taste like plastic or chemicals at all. It tasted like pure vanilla! I had an extra cupcake that I put in the freezer later that night. I just finished eating it prior to writing this review, and wow it tasted just as fresh as the day I bought them.
The only complaint I had about the cupcakes were the Darth Vader chocolates on top. Chocolate tasted fine, but it didn’t look like Darth Vader. Everyone thought it looked like Boba Fett’s helmet, except it had a star on it. Not sure who it was supposed to be, but definitely wasn’t Darth Vader.
Anyway, if you’re reading this, I hope you aren’t scared away by all the old reviews. I don’t know if Lollicakes was really that bad 2 – 3 years ago, but as of the date of this review, I think this place rocks and won’t hesitate ordering from them again.

I have been on a cupcake crawl of sorts for the last couple of weeks since we decided to do cupcakes for my daughter’s birthday in June. Well today, my sister and I headed over to Half Baked Ideas on Mt. Pleasant to pickup some cupcakes I had ordered to taste. The customer service I had received from Half Baked was excellent. It was so good, I felt bad that they may not be chosen for the birthday only because they offered 3 types of cake only — chocolate, vanilla and lemon. Anyways, I will write my Half Baked Review on their page. This is about Lollicakes. Suffice to say, Half Baked is very good if limited flavors.
After my sis and I had a coffee and sampled a couple of cupcakes, we decided to walk the block to Lollicakes. We are new from Vancouver here and had discovered bakeries through google search and had noticed the proximity of Lollicakes to Half Baked.
Inside Lollicakes, at first it looked so cute and pretty. Then I noticed that it was actually like Mrs Haversham’s home and crammed with knick knacks and all sorts of cheap looking cutesy displays, figurines, fake cupcakes and do it yourself cupcake toppers, picks, and cupcake wrappers for sale.
We looked in the display and there were only a bunch of mini size cupcakes. They were super tiny, the size of a bite size brownie or the ones my daughter bakes in her easy bake oven. Don’t be surprised by the tiny size if you head over. I had expected mini cupcakes the size of other bakeries or those at Sobeys. If you buy your own cupcake liners, you can get them in regular size, mini and super mini. These are supermini cupcakes.
They only have chocolate or vanilla as others stated. The icing was either white, chocolate or a neon rainbow concoction that little girls may love but kind of freaked me out as did what came next. I asked the sales lady if they cooked their buttercream and if they had fondant. The salesgirl said, «Oh there’s no dairy in our icing.» I looked at her and asked, «Well what’s in there then?» and she just stared at us. Literally stared for like 3 awkward minutes. I said, «I am purchasing for a kids birthday and would really like to know what’s in the food so if there’s no dairy, what is it? Shortening?» The salesgirls said, «Well there is shortening, yes.» and my sister jumps in and says, «Is it a secret?» and the salesgirl says, «yes, I am not allowed to say.» So I said,“Well I don’t want any allergens, is there any soy or anything else?” and the girl says, «There are no allergens and we have never had a complaint and we fill a lot of orders for non dairy products. We do no eggs too and actually, I prefer our cupcakes without eggs to the ones with eggs.» I asked about the coloring and she said it was food coloring and all the icing tasted the same but was colored. I was really starting to wonder about the hype.
I asked about the costs and this is where I was really blown away. The mini cupcakes are $ 3 each with no specialization. With a crown or other small motif for my daughter’s princess party, they are $ 4 each! For minis and there is no deal for dozens. The regular size are $ 5 each and $ 6 with figure or motif of any sort on them and once again, no discount for buying a few dozen.
The salesgirl did say that if you purchased their plastic or paper toppers or cupcake liners (Wilton brand found everywhere and online cheaper), that they would bake the cupcakes for you in the liners and you could put the toppers in or they would. Still costs you $ 3 a mini though.
They did have cute shaped chocolates in different shapes but I was here for cupcake talk.
My sister and I just had to try a mini cupcake before we left. I asked for a vanilla with the rainbow icing. I just was too curious. I handed over my toonie and change and took a bite of half and passed the other half to my sister. Immediately my mouth tasted sugary grains and an odd residue on the roof of my mouth. I didn’t really notice the cake except it was unremarkable. Walking down the street to my car, I had an aftertaste in my mouth and had to swill water.
I turned to my sister and asked what she thought. Afterall, she is much younger than me. She said, «That was totally disgusting and such a let down after the other cupcake shops. I don’t get how they stay in business, the salesgirl was a weirdo and did you notice no one else came in there the whole time? If they can’t tell you what’s in their food, then they shouldn’t expect you to eat it and we are dumb that we did.»
She was right.
Overall, so disappointing and will never go there again.

I hate giving cupcake shops a bad review because in general I love them all, but the cupcakes were not worth the bus fair or the long walk to find the place. Im sorry: (. The cupcake was dry and the pink icing left a strong dye like after taste. The presentation was nice, it looked like it would be really good but just wasen’t.
The store itself was nice though, it had a lot of cute cupcake items, ie: key chains, books, holders, etc. Overpriced… yes. The staff were also not your perky cupcake shop workers, but not roud either.
Maybe I got a bad batch?.

It’s actually difficult to rate these cupcakes in a way. We were treated to them in work by someone who had spent a few weeks there and it was a lovely gesture so I feel a little bad writing a negative review. The company delivered the cupcakes to work (downtown) for her which I thought was great service. The cakes looked great. Some were just regular cupcakes but others were decorated with fantastic chocolate lollies. Because it was a hospital setting they had moulded lollies of nurses, bandaids, bones etc. Very cute!
Unfortunately, cupcakes aren’t purely about the cute factor. They’re also meant to taste good. The cake was pretty good-​a light and airy chocolate. The frosting was disgusting. I will quite happily eat frosting all by itself usually but ended up spitting this out and dumping the whole thing. It’s not buttercream, it’s not cream cheese; it’s some kind of grainy, synthetic, whipped entity that just tastes of chemicals. Generally if something has fat and sugar in it, I’ll eat it but I had to draw the line when it came to these cupcakes.
I liked the delivery and they looked so cute. It was a shame that they were essentially inedible. Is buttercream that difficult to master?!?

Sorry guys. I go to Safeway in the US. It tastes like our cupcakes are being sold here. The cupcake is moist. The icing is a bit too sweet. Prices are pretty average, ~$ 3 or so.

You won’t find a carrot cake cupcake with vanilla bean or citrus-​infused buttercream frosting here, but with that said, Lollicakes focuses on doing a few things, and it does them well. You have a choice of white or chocolate cupcake, with a mocha, vanilla (white or bright colour tint) or chocolate frosting. The cupcake I chose was chocolate with vanilla frosting. The chocolate cake was light textured and moist, and the vanilla frosting was indulgently creamy and sweet. I’ll be back when I’m craving something simple and sweet.

I don’t care if cupcakes are nut– or gluten– free. I don’t care if they are organic or not. Honestly, I just want a damn cupcake that would satisfy my cravings. And Lollicake did not do a good job.
They only have a very limited selection of flavors — vanilla or chocolate flavored cake with vanilla or chocolate icing. Other icings all look artificial — neon green and pink (instead of pistachio-​green and raspberry/​strawberry pink… or something like that). When I told the lady I wanted two cupcakes with pink icing, she went ahead and grabbed two plain cakes in front of me, took a icing squeezer that was made of a plastic bag with a metal tip and squeezed the icing on top of the cakes. I mean, I know all cupcakes are made this way, but could she at least do it in the back, out of my sight? I just felt I could have done that at home. Especially considering the icings were not «special flavors». The pink just tasted… sweet. Ugh, gross.
Each cupcake is a little under $ 4, so go figure.

While Lollicakes doesn’t offer a wide variety of flavours (vanilla or chocolate cake with vanilla or chocolate icing), they sure do make a decent cupcake! The cake is light, yet rich in flavour, and the icing is very sugary sweet. Best to pair these $ 3.00 cupcakes with a glass of milk! Like The Cupcake Shoppe, Lollicakes also offers nut-​free cupcakes, but additionally they are certified Kosher. I tried a chocolate cupcake with pink vanilla icing on my first trip to this bakery, and they impressed me by freshly piping the icing to order! Sometimes the littlest touches make the biggest difference.

Terrible! Rubbery cake and the frosting had a plastic/​chemical taste. The one thing the cupcakes had going for it? It looked pretty.
Run far far away from Lollicakes if you’re looking for anything remotely edible.