Jenny’s Cupcakes Review
Having frequent the forums of Toytown Germany as an idle member, I’ve noticed from a few other Americans’ posts their disappointment at the lack of cupcake bakeries in Germany. Personally, I haven’t missed cupcakes too much. I’m not exactly a sweet tooth. On our way to an Asian Supermarket, we spotted Jenny’s Cupcakes. My husband and I made a mental note to visit it another time. That time came last Saturday with my sister-in-law and mom-in-law.
My sister-in-law was enthusiastic about the little cakes having never seen or eaten them. Soeren and I, on the other hand, were not as easily impressed. When we were living in Vegas, we always had the Cupcakery to go to which also had a wide selection of savory and sweet flavors (23 favorites, in fact) to choose from, something for everyone. Back when I worked at Zappos, it was a bit of a tradition to order a variety of cupcakes from the Cupcakery whenever it was someone’s birthday (including mine). Having tried several of the flavors, there really wasn’t a bad tasting one in the bunch and they also looked fantastic. =)
The same could not be said for Jenny’s Cupcakes in Frankfurt. They looked decent and the few flavors they had weren’t exactly outstanding. It was more like different flavor icings over a standard batch of dry vanilla and chocolate muffins. As any person who has tried authentic American cupcakes would know, the texture of a cupcake is supposed to be, well, cake-like…moist and soft. The flavors we tried were Christmas Apple, Cookes & Cream, and Coconut Kiss. The first two were nothing special. The last had relative good icing but I may be biased because I love coconut.
Overall, it was a pleasant experience if you like a few different flavor icings on muffins, that is. My husband wasn’t all too pleased, and he loves sweets! My sister-in-law…now, that’s a different story. For someone who has never seen and eaten good cupcakes, Jenny’s Cupcakes did leave a good impression on her. So, it’s probably worth it to go there with Germans who’ve not yet been spoiled by American cupcake bakeries.
