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Lavender Moon Cupcakery
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214 reviews for Lavender Moon Cupcakery
Review Highlights
"Buttermilk with Mexican Chocolate Pudding."
(in 22 reviews)
"Keep up the good work with the cupcakes, folks."
(in 165 reviews)
"I highly recommend the Blood Orange Dreamsicle cupcake."
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214 reviews in English
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Review from Jessica C.
Arlington, VA
1/19/2012
Oh. Man.
I did not expect to love this cupcake shop, I expected another "OK" experience (I won't name names but my reviews speak for themselves). I was almost weirdly overjoyed with how much I loved everything about this little shop and their treats. Holy crap these cupcakes were good. They were moist, dense (in a good way), sweet but with actual flavor rather than just sugarsugarsugar.
The shop itself is cute, its like a little girls tea-party dreamhouse. The owner and the shop-workers were very friendly and welcoming. Try the Mexican chocolate... promise you wont regret it. -
Review from Melinda C.
Arlington, VA
12/13/2011
This was the second stop on my four stop Sugar Tour of Old Town Alexandria (it wasn't one of those payed chocolate tours, I just decided to stop by an ice cream shop, cupcake shop, and two candy shops all in two hours)!
I ordered the Blood Orange Dreamsicle.
The frosting had a very yogurt-y texture, which made me convince myself I wasn't really eating unhealthy.
5 stars!
Once I finished eating all the frosting, the cake was quite bland, and kind of dry. Maybe it was because all the moisture was in the yogurt frosting?
Minus two stars!
The cupcake comes in a nice little to go container! Makes it easy to eat with a fork while I'm walking along the street.
Plus one star! -
Review from Crystal S.
Washington, DC
12/11/2011
Do you sometimes picture yourself eating a Dreamsicle Cupcake in Alice's Pink Wonderland? Well, if you sometimes catch yourself dreaming up moments like this, you have probably been to Lavendar Moon Cupcakery. As dreamy as the name, the interior decor is very pink and very quirky which I personally adore. To top that, the cupcakes are clever and well crafted.
They are perhaps a little too this or too that, but come on, there's something to be said for having the chance to nibble on a Blood Orange Cupcake, right? Definitely worth a stop if you're in the area and enjoy nibbling on cupcakes. Although their staff is super friendly about telling you what is what, it probably can't hurt to invest in a few signs for the cupcake display. It will actually probably be really cute and a chance to display their fun decor even further. -
Review from Naima K.
Alexandria, VA
2/7/2012
It's worth a visit. I live down the street and stop in sometimes when I'm walking by. I keep coming back, even though I have never been able to finish one of their non-chocolate cupcakes. They taste like dry muffins. I love their frostings though! The chocolate ones tend to be a little more moist, so I might take a couple of bites, instead of just licking off the frosting, but if I eat the whole thing, I immediately feel regret. But I am a fan of the flourless chocolate! I can't finish that either; too "uncooked"-like gooeyness in the center. Since I already know I will throw most of them out, I usually buy at least 4. It's an interesting tasting experience to have with friends.
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Review from Stephanie M.
Alexandria, VA
2/3/2012
This place is heaven. Quaint, friendly and the best cupcakes in the world. Blood orange is amazing.
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Review from Samira B.
Irvine, CA
1/23/2012
Fantastic cupcakes!! I especially love the lemon cupcake.. The atmosphere is also very cozy and cute :)
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Review from Autumn N.
Olney, MD
1/23/2012
I ordered five dozen of these for a party I was planning without ever having tasted a Lavender Moon cupcake before. I am so thankful I took the leap of faith --- everything from customer service to appearance to quality was top notch. We ordered two favors: buttermilk cake with Mexican chocolate pudding filling and vanilla bean with lemon curd filling. Holy moly they were so rich, buttery and perfect. The lemon one was more popular at the party and my personal favorite as well. The buttermilk/Mexican chocolate one is great but has a hint of cinnamon or coffee which surprised a lot of people looking for just a pure chocolate flavor. Would whole heatedly recommend! Thanks to Lavender Moon for making our party dessert a HuGE hiT!
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Review from Sheri I.
St Petersburg, FL
This place is really as good as it gets! Not fancy...just very pink with very yummy cupcakes. And not just your ordinary cupcakes... no Siree.... enterprising, inventive cupcakes...like Peach Basil...to die for....
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Review from Kevin L.
12/4/2011
I had expected it to be a straight up shop, like Sprinkles, but it's actually a really cute cupcakery with lots of decorations, ornaments, and wallpaper straight out of an arts and crafts magazine. Like a cozy home!
There always needs to be a perfect balance between the cake and the frosting for it to be a delicious cupcake, meaning you can enjoy both parts separately (and together of course). As a huge fan (and lover) of chocolate, I went with the Mexican Chocolate pudding and loved the frosting! Disappointingly, the buttermilk cake was too plain and I needed the frosting to enjoy cake (or a glass of milk).
Reasonable priced and as the only open cupcake place at 9pm in Alexandria, it makes a nice place to end a late dinner. -
Review from Natalie E.
Alexandria, VA
1/17/2012 1 Check-in Here
I apparently went on a "no exciting flavors day". There was just boring chocolate, vanilla, coconut, peanut butter, etc- nothing outside of the box. I was looking forward to like the blood orange or even the mexican chocolate that i had read about online. I got the red velvet, which was missing the red - it was just dark chocolate, most of which stayed stuck to the wrapper. Also, just a recommendation, make little signs for the cupcakes of the day so I don't have to keep asking "what's that one?" and "what did you say that one was again?" It made me feel rushed to make a decision and felt bad asking for the types to be repeated. The place is cute - and I'd still be curious to taste the blood orange - but next time i'll try alexandria cupcake.
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Review from Alex H.
Norfolk, VA
10/25/2011
I'm not a huge cupcake fan, but when I head up to the DC area, I always look for something different. We don't have many cupcake bakeries in my area, so that's one of the things I look for when I head up to our nation's capital.
I enjoyed Lavender Moon - Old Town is a nice place to take a walk and visiting a cupcake bakery in an old house brings a certain shabby chic atmosphere to the whole experience. I enjoyed that part.
We had three cupcakes - a S'mores, a Lemon Raspberry, and a Buttermilk with Mexican Chocolate Pudding. All of them were very decent cupcakes.
The S'mores both looked and sounded good. The topping was meringue and not marshmallow. The light charring with a torch sold it. The graham cracker was too thin and didn't lend anything to the cupcake in itself. I think a redo is in order. The cake itself was OK, but a bit heavy.
The Lemon Raspberry was filled with Lemon Curd, I believe. Again, OK, but not spectacular. I enjoyed the Lemon spiked cream cheese frosting.
My favorite was the Buttermilk with Mexican Chocolate Pudding. I love buttermilk and I think it lends something amazing to baked goods. Again, this cupcake was filled with chocolate pudding and with the frosting gives you a double punch of chocolaty goodness. It was a bit too much filling/frosting, but I ate it none the less.
I'm still searching for my favorite cupcake baker in Metro DC. Any recommendations? -
Review from Sahar R.
10/11/2011
Stepping into this store is like stepping into Strawberry Shortcake's Magical Cupcake Factory, if such a thing existed. Raspberry pink striped walls, lace curtains, mismatched itty bitty tables and stools. It's all a stunning example of Shabby Chic gone horribly wrong, but once you get past the fact that you should really be wearing a tiara, holding a cheshire cat and riding a unicorn to fit in here, you'll find the best damn cupcakes in all of DC.
Yes, I said it. The truth is it's been 2 days, six hours and thirty minutes since I sunk my teeth into a flourless chocolate almond cupcake with sea salt, and I am still thinking about it. If you're gluten free or a celiac there's no reason to deprive yourself, just get this cupcake that infinitely better than it's flour filled counterparts. The cake was moist and chocolatey with the right amount of salt tanginess. Unlike most flour free baked goods, it didn't have that fudgey dense consistency, where the cake sticks to the roof of your mouth and you look like a dog eating peanut butter. The frosting was soft, whipped and as light as air. I am in love.
I also brought home a smore cupcake for a friend, and what a clever little invention that was. A light toasted marshmallow frosting, atop a chocolate cake sitting on a bed of graham cracker crumbs. It was messy as hell to eat though.
Lavender Moon, you will haunt my dreams with your cakey goodness.Listed in: I've got five on it.
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Review from Julia Vipsania A.
Arlington, VA
10/8/2011
This adorable frilly tutu of a cupcake shop just so happens to have the best little cupcakes I've ever had the privilege to pay too much money for. And since my first traumatizing experience at Cake Love I've been surreptitiously paying too much money for cupcakes all over town, so trust me when I say they're the best.
1) The texture is perfect from top to bottom. The icing is soft and not buttery, the cake is moist but not wet and the crumb holds together. Nothing sticks to the paper, which is a real accomplishment.
2) They are not particularly sweet. Some people dump so much sugar into their cupcakes that each bite feels like getting kicked in the nuts by Count Chocula. Not here. My sweet potato cupcake was very subtle.
3) The flavors are unusual without being cutesy or unnecessarily intricate. Their flourless chocolate almond cupcake with sea salt is a good example. Other reviewers have listed neat ones as well. And they are all So. Good! Said flourless chocolate cupcake was one of the best cakes I've ever tasted! I sent a squealing message to Justin C in thanks for his excellent recommendation because we couldn't get over its greatness.
Today a group of people saw the telltale pink boxes in our hands and said they were on their way, but didn't quite know where Lavender Moon was. We pointed them towards the store and promised they were making a very good decision. And while $3 apiece is still insane if you think about it, it's cheaper than any other gourmet cupcake shop in the city. What a fantastic treat! -
Review from Mere M.
Falls Church, VA
Updated - 11/3/2011
GLUTEN FREE REVIEW*
So, I finally sat down and bought a cupcake from Alexandria Cupcake and one from Lavender Moon Cupcakery, and ate them side by side.
Well, I wouldn't say one is better than another, however its what one prefers in a cupcake.
Alexandria Cupcake: coconut flour based (subtle hint of coconut under flavor) the frosting was light and fluffy with a slight slight cream cheese undertaste (not as overwhelming as Gtowne cupcakes), the cupcake was a teensy bit dry, but not at all bad. A very light cupcake, I would say zero guilt in eating becaues it doesnt feel like you've consumed any calories.
In comparison to lavender moon's gluten free cupcake:
Very moist and very dense, frosting was heavy and rich.
Flourless, the moisture and density probably comes from the amount of eggs used in a flourless mix, however I didnt taste any eggy undertones.
Overall, I think its just a matter of how you like your cupcakes: light and airy or dense and chocolatey.
If I had to choose between the two, I would choose Lavender Moon because they make cupcakes the way I enjoy them.
To each his own.1 Previous Review: Show all »
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8/14/2011
BEST Gluten free cupcake I've had in the alexandria area!
Icing is not overly thick and sweet like… Read more »
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Review from Maria S.
Washington, DC
10/27/2011
A very welcoming cupcakery, with an adorable sitting area with pink walls, ornaments hanging from the ceiling and little vintage tables.
We tried a few cupcake varieties, and the lemon curd one was definitely my favorite--lots of tangy lemon curd and zip to the frosting, which was delicious. However, I will say the cake and frosting may have been a little on the "too dense" side...but I will probably come back when I have a lemon craving.
I also wish they served coffee--with the denser cake on a chilly night, I was really missing a cup of coffee. -
Review from Christine E.
Washington, DC
10/16/2011
We arrived here about 6 or 6:30 pm on a Sunday night and there were only 4 triple belgian chocolate cupcakes left! I was hoping there was more of a selection, but since it was time for dessert, I decided on this flavor as a default.
Fortunately, the chocolate frosting was DIVINE! So, no complaints. But, I hope to return and try what else the store has to offer. -
Review from Nicole B.
Washington, DC
9/11/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Best cupcakes I've ever had. Period.
I think that may be all I need to write.
The end. -
Review from Hyong Y.
9/6/2011
BEST CUPCAKE!
Ok, first, i don't like sweets. I'm just not a big fan of cupcakes UNTIL I went to lavender moon. Their cupcake is just ... PERFECT. The cake is very moist and subtle sweetness and their icing is just so delicious.
The owner only makes small batches and very selective. Every cupcake is made fresh. Its very small selections, but unbelievably delicious. Also, the shop is pretty neat. small little house with nicely decorated like doll house... kinda creepy in a sense. If you are in Alexandria, VA, then you MUST visit Lavender Moon Cupcakery. Best cupcake you will ever have. -
Review from Ryan R.
Washington, DC
8/22/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Oh hell! I don't even know what to say except these are the best cupcakes I have ever tasted! Light, fluffy, ridiculously exceptional and I've now been there twice in two days. I have been having dreams of cupcakes dancing in my head and I think the only prescription is more cupcakes!
You will LOVE this place ... several varieties to pick from and each one has it's own personality. This is my go-to cupcakery in VA when I feel the craving coming on! -
Review from Crista S.
Alexandria, VA
12/13/2011
2 words: Mexican Chocolate
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Review from AB S.
Arlington, VA
12/19/2011
The best so far.
We bought two dozen cupcakes for a birthday party, in an assortment of flavors. Everything was fantastic except the Red Velvet. My favorite was a vanilla cupcake with a lemon curd filling, with white icing and a raspberry on top. The apple spice was also surprisingly fantastic. It tasted like a Jewish Apple Cake. Delish! All the chocolate varieties were wonderful. And the cake/icing ratio was just right. So far the best cupcakes I've found in the area. -
Review from Paul C.
Washington, DC
12/3/2011 1 Check-in Here
Some good cupcakes here. Though not the best I've had in the DC area.
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Review from Dana Z.
I would like to rescind my previous review of 4.5 stars and hereby award Lavender Moon Cupcakery the 5 stars it deserves!
I picked up a dozen cupcakes for after my birthday lunch with friends. I got a big assortment of cupcakes and I got to try a taste of a few of them and now I'm convinced. This place is amazing
They had a peach basil cupcake which I know SOUNDS strange but it was maybe one of the best cupcakes I've ever had.
They had a black cherry pino noir which tasted pretty much like a chocolate cherry cupcake.
I could go ahead and rattle off the rest of the delicious flavors, but it would just be me saying how wonderful each cupcake was. They really are were so good.
I still wish they had a webpageListed in: Cupcake Craziness
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2/11/2011
4.5 Stars
Ohhhhhhhhhh these cupcakes are GOOD. I picked up a couple on my way to work, because I… Read more »
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Review from Erica B.
Washington D.C., DC
7/21/2011
These cupcakes are some of the best that I've had in the DC area. The flavors are creative and fun (blood orange dreamsicle, blackberry lemon, peach raspberry) and the options seem to change frequently.
Most importantly, the execution is good! The frosting is light, creamy, and not too sweet. I've been twice and tried the s'mores and vanilla with lemon curd so far.
The s'mores one was a chocolate cake with a graham cracker layer at the base, topped with a fluffy meringue frosting that had been hit with a creme brulee torch.
The other one was a vanilla cupcake, topped with vanilla bean cream cheese frosting and filled with lemon curd. This one was even better than the s'mores flavor! The sweet/tart combo is such a winner...
The cake part has been somewhat muffin-y on both occasions - a little dense with a coarser crumb than some cupcakes, but they've been moist with great flavor.
I'm excited to go back to try some of their other flavors! -
Review from jane h.
Alexandria, VA
8/18/2011
I'm moons over lavendar moon! It makes me want to run away with the cake battered spoon. My co-resident could not stop talking it about it, so one day we made a pit stop after running around DC. Best cupcakes I've in the DC metro area thus far.
Light and fluffy frosting, cake that tastes better with each consecutive bite (especially if you're eating the flourless chocolate with sea salt), and fun combinations of flavors: coconut lime, s'mores with a graham cracker crust and meringue frosting, peach with blackberry frosting, black and white fig, chocolate pb, blood orange... the list goes on.
One point of notice: maybe it's just me, but do all the fruit-based frosting have a slight cream cheese tartness to it? -
Review from Marjorie S.
Alexandria, VA
9/11/2011
Fabulous cupcakes and decidely better than the competition.
Imaginative flavors like 'Smores and Orange Dreamsicle ...
Moist cakes and fluffy, light frosting.
I've decided it should be renamed to "Heaven Sent"! -
Review from Jess T.
7/16/2011
These cupcakes are so unique. They are gourmet and fresh, and their frosting is unlike anything else I've had. I guess they use a lot of cream cheese to mix in.
The one thing I don't like is that they often sell out before the day is over. I am so sad when that happens.
The store itself is also really fun and relaxing. It's girly and they play good music. -
Review from Joe G.
Alexandria, VA
11/19/2011
I guess its good. Im a dude so what can I say. Im not a big fan of sweets but I have a family of women. They love it. I know what good tastes like and this is alright. The girls love it although they say its not the greatest thing in the world, the place is more of the reason to go. The business is really set up for girls to share a one on one convo over a cupcake thats supposedly healthy for you. The ingredients are suppose to be good and organic. Its alright I guess if the guys wanna really know. Nothing to write home about. If youre in Old Town, its worth it for a little sweet snack if its what you need. The cupcakes are almost never the same but on my third time, I asked for the sweet potato one that was a favorite and they had it. Score. Pricey for cupcake. F'N Boot!
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Review from Antonio M.
Arlington, VA
Okay, so rather than go into my usually verbose love of cupcakes I'll just tell you this and will summarize my thoughts:
FORGET EVERYTHING AND JUST GET THE VANILLA LEMON CURD CUPCAKE!!!
Yes my friends, listen to the fat boy....the Vanilla Lemon Curd cupcake is the muthafunking-bomb-diggidy-masta-blasta-smack-your- Momma-then-run-away-screaming-like-a-mental-patien t deeee-licious!!
Holy Hannah, this cupcake was in my opinion THE perfect cupcake as it melded a perfectly fluffy cupcakes with an amazingly lemon (but not to sweet) curd and an icing that was fluffy, delicious and not too sweet. For me, eating this cupcake was like seeing the face of God and having him tell me, "Hey fat boy, I like cupcakes too" and then giving me an approving head nod followed by a holy fist bump.
Dear God, you are right!
The flour-less chocolate cupcake was my 2nd favorite cupcake as it was a creamy and deliciously chocolate work of art that spread chocolate goodness inside my mouth. I couldn't believe that this cupcake had zippy flour and thought to myself, "Hey, maybe I too can be gluten free.."
Then I slapped myself in the face reminding me that a gluten free life would not allow me to enjoy the Vanilla Lemon Curd cupcake. Hell no to the Gluten frah lifestyle! :-)
The Mexican Chocolate cupcake was tasty, but not my favorite as I thought it was okay despite the other glowing reviews. Same goes for the peanut butter cupcake but I give that "s'ok" reaction to my indifference to anything with a strong peanut buttery flavor.
Despite my "s'ok" reaction to the last two cupcakes, the cake was fluffy and M-O-I-S-T just the way I like it. Yeah, that's what she said. I'd really like to state that Lavender Moon is now nipping at the heels of my favorite cupcake place (B&W) as far as cupcake flavor and quality.
Can't wait to go back for another heaping helping of that Vanilla Lemon goodness. :-)Listed in: Cupcake's Cupcake Joints, Arrr Oh Tee Deez (ROTDs)
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Review from Karen P.
Alexandria, VA
6/16/2011
The husband and I love cupcakes - and so we found this place through Yelp and decided to give it a try. The only thing that we don't care for is that they use a lot of cream cheese for their frostings (but then it seems like most places do instead of the butter cream).
However I have to RAVE about the Mexican Chocolate Pudding, and my husband loves the Smores! There are quite a few there that are very good - I just can't remember all of them! The peanut butter one is good - and the one with the Lemon Curd filling (another one to die for).
I highly recommend checking them out! The one less star is for the majority of their frosting being from cream cheese - other then that, it's cute, quaint, great location and yummy! -
Review from Jessica F.
Columbia, MD
This place is the worst place to come for someone as indecisive as I am. I wandered in here expecting to look at the pretty cupcakes and walked out with a dozen. I couldn't decide between the 14 varieties that were on display that day so I picked 12 of them and took them home. They were all very good and I loved that the frosting had just the right amount of sweetness.
P.S. I swear that I shared them with the family. I am a Yelper, not a glutton. -
Review from Evelyn C.
Alexandria, VA
6/24/2011
Was just wandering around Old Town this afternoon and realized I was a block away from the cupcakery and had to make a detour.
I limited myself to only two cupcakes this time: the vanilla with lemon curd and the pistachio/passion fruit.
I am currently eating the vanilla/lemon curd and am IN LOVE. The cupcake is so moist and the lemon curd adds the perfect tang.
Can't wait to try to pistachio/passion fruit but I'm sure it's going to be amazing. I did sneak a lick of the icing, and the flavor of the fresh passion fruit is intense!
Next time I'll be back to try a few more flavors! -
Review from Aubrey K.
Falls Church, VA
5/17/2011 2 photos
I absolutely love this place! the cupcakes are to die for, my personal favorite is the Flourless Chocolate with sea salt and almonds. It's the perfect amount of sweetness and the cupcake itself is so moist, its been months since I've been back and I crave it all the time.
I really recommend this place, definitely wayyy better than Georgetown Cupcakes (overrated!!)
make sure to bring quarters because you'll be paying for street parking! -
Review from Jenny H.
Alexandria, VA
4/19/2011
Om nom nom.
I am not into the cupcake trend per se. I'm into Cake Love, exclusively and in what was formerly an undying fashion. Then I came here.
The cream cheese frosting on these cupcakes is the only cream cheese frosting I've ever liked. There's just something about it... it's so, so very good. Their cake base is good too. I love the pistachio and dreamsicle cupcakes, and the flourless cupcake with sea salt is pretty tasty too. I don't like the ones with fillings much, but there are always plenty of non-filled options to choose from.
I love the interior too. It looks like Barbie threw up in there. So adorable. It makes me sad when I have to take my cupcake and run. The staff's unfailingly friendly and awesome.
All in all... a happy place to be. Except maybe for your diet. -
Review from Julie M.
Alexandria, VA
6/29/2011 8 Check-ins Here
I'll admit, I never really got the cupcakes thing. I would always make a face at the ridiculous line of yuppies at Georgetown Cupcakes whenever I drove into DC. My boyfriend and I have dubbed them "yupcakes." But we saw Lavender Moon across the street from the creperie we were eating at and the cutesy storefront made me curious.
We took it as a good sign that there were only a few cupcakes left on display (leading us to assume that they bake small batches fresh every day). There's never a huge selection, just whatever 6-8 flavors the owner feels like making that day, but the cupcakes are always so pretty and delicious that it's hard to choose!
I'm in love with their Vanilla Bean Lemon Curd and Blood Orange Dreamsicle. So moist every time, and just the perfect blend of sweet and sour-tangy and fruity. I suppose I'm partial to their fruity cupcakes, but the chocolate ones are also very good -- they refrigerate better than other flavors, too. I got a box for my boyfriend's birthday and we couldn't finish them all, but when we took them out of the refrigerator the next day, the Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse was just as delicious and moist as if we'd just eaten it out of the store!
Chagrined as I am to admit it, my boyfriend and I are now cupcake converts, at least for Lavender Moon. It's $3 a cupcake including tax, but it's large enough that we're perfectly full just sharing one cupcake. Can't wait to try all the other flavors! -
Review from Jess T.
Arlington, VA
6/27/2011
Love, love, love this place!!!
I was not a cupcake fan, but when I offered to get cupcakes for my sister's birthday party (in lieu of cake), I started tasting here and there. Lavender Moon is the winner...by far. Georgetown was small and overrated (what's up with the line????), Red Velvet was thick and greasy and the one in Shirlington is just not memorable...can't even remember the name.
Lavender Moon rocked my world from the first bite and customer service is superb! They patiently took my other and the few updates that followed. Then end result? 6 dozen cupcakes that were the hit of the party! My favorites are the vanilla bean w. lemon curd and flourless chocolate.
Even my husband is a cupcake fan now, but only of Lavender Moon cupcakes. -
Review from Julia B.
4/1/2011 1 Check-in Here
I really, REALLY wanted to give this place 4 or 5 stars because the frosting is just that good. But, sadly, I can't. More on that in a minute.
I walk by this place all the time, and I agree that it seems to have weird hours. I think it's open Wednesday - Sunday from 11am - 7pm, or whenever they run out of cupcakes (which does happen, I've seen signs up before in the afternoon that they've run out).
The place is... cute. Pink isn't really my cup of tea, but my coworker thought the inside was pretty cute. There are a few little tables where you can sit and enjoy your cupcake, but I imagine they fill up quickly on their busy days.
The cupcakes are all out for display. The person working the counter was happy to tell us which ones were which and answer any questions we had. Based on the reviews here, I decided to go with the Vanilla Lemon Curd and the Peanut Butter Devil's Food Cake cupcakes (yes, I had two. Don't judge).
The cupcakes are larger than those at Georgetown Cupcake but nowhere near as large as the cupcakes at Bittersweet. They're pretty much the perfect size.
Before I get into the cake part of the cupcake, I have to gush about the frosting. It's so good! I will be the first to admit I really love sweet frosting and don't really like the buttercream/less sweet taste, and I found this frosting to be the perfect mix of the two. The peanut butter frosting in particular was so, so good. It had a strong taste of peanut butter and wasn't overly sweet, but just sweet enough. The vanilla frosting on the other cupcake was quite good as well.
The cake is where I have to dock at least 2 stars. The vanilla lemon curd cupcake was almost muffin-like in its consistency. I don't know if it's usually this dry or not, but I like my cupcakes to be cake-like and moist. I felt like I was eating a corn muffin. The lemon curd inside was delicious, but I couldn't get over the consistency of the cupcake.
The devil's food cake was a bit better, again, nowhere near as moist.
This seems to be one of the best cupcake places in Old Town, so I'll probably be back at some point. Hopefully on that day the cupcakes will be more moist. :) -
Review from Rebecca A.
Arlington, VA
7/31/2011
Some of the best cupcakes I have had in the DC area. The cupcakes are rich and moist. Unique selection of flavors and a very cute shop location.
I do wish that they had a website. Their facebook page has their hours etc, but I would be nice to know more about the flavors they offer and their ingredients! -
Review from Emily H.
Alexandria, VA
7/8/2011 2 Check-ins Here
There just isn't anywhere that compares with Lavender Moon ... and I've baked and eaten a lot of cupcakes in my life!
My two favorites so far have been the Pinot Noir-Cherry-Chocolate cupcake (the chunks of cherry in the center really make this cupcake) and the Mexican Chocolate Pudding cupcake (beware: there's nuts in this bad boy!) - Mexican Pudding is so hard to find and they integrate it in such a delightful way!
Also, all bakeries have good days and bad days, so read the other reviews with a grain of salt. While some days the cupcakes are more moist than others, they are always 100% delicious - I have been 5 different times now, and the flavor and quality has never varied. You have to go to any bakery a few times to assess consistency and quality! -
Review from cla b.
Alexandria, VA
6/16/2011
3.5 stars - Just because my instincts are ALWAYS wrong with this place.
I've been on a number of occasions and inevitably I always get something I think SOUNDS tasty but then I get it and am somewhat disappointed. My saving grace is that I usually go with some other rube who I switch cupcakes with and then those are always really delicious!
Examples: I got Blackberry Lemon, but then switched for the Roasted Peach and Basil (DELICIOUS). Happened again when I thought I wanted Pumpkin, but then Chestnut was WAY better.
My most recent visit I finally got it right - Pinot Noir with Cherry and Chocolate was lovely, though the Pinot Noir didn't really come through.
