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Categories: Bakeries, Coffee & Tea, Desserts [Edit]
Neighborhood: WallingfordMon-Sat. 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sun. 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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When 400+ people have already reviewed a place, there isn't much left to say.
I got red velvet with cream cheese frosting. My husband got vanilla with chocolate frosting. I made sex noises as I ate, each bite was a little bite of heaven. The frosting was so ridiculously good that I don't even have words for it. My husband was concerned that these were not worth $3 a cupcake, but trust me.. they are.
A few things of note: this is inside the town center. We got a little confused at first trying to find it. Also, we bought extras to eat the next day and while they were still good (oh they were), they got stale really fast. Sigh.
Sigh .... oh Trophy, why do you have to be so far, far away from me. Oh why do you have such awesomely creative yet deliciously tempting designs and creations that just make me want to chain myself to one of your posts and consume your red velvet cupcakes all day long?
I have to say I was a little skeptical of this place because after being Yelp'd out in Denver, CO for cupcakes that did not impress me, I was not looking for Trophy to amount to much. Additionally, they looked very .... generic happy cupcake place with their nice blue and baby pastel colors. What really turned me off were all the crazy designs because as awesome and creative and crazy as they are, they made me feel like they were trying to compensate perhaps for lack of a better cupcake.
BOY! I was soooo wrong. I tried their red velvet and vanilla vanilla. The second was way too sweet but the red velvet was the epitome of perfection. It was perfectly dense but not dry, and extremely well flavored. They did not use dye (woot!) and the frosting was the perfect amount of creamy and not too sweet or too much. It was like taking a little piece of heaven in each bite as I messily devoured my cupcake. Sigh .... now I want cupcakes ....
I needed cupcakes for a coworker birthday, and a friend suggested Trophy over Cupcake Royale ... and I take her advice because she LIVES in Ballard right next to Cupcake Royale. (In France they call it a Cupcake with Cheese.)
So I go to Wallingford and find out Trophy Cupcakes are $3 bucks a cup, or $33 a dozen. Cripes. Oh well, cupcakes are a good investment, they are so precious and delicious. I order 8. The server is nice and chatty, and gives me some tips about cupcake storage (don't refrigerate) as she rings me up.
In retrospect I shouldn't have gotten 4 red velvet cupcakes. They were delicious and moist, but you couldn't avoid getting a huge mouthful of cream cheese frosting when you just wanted a dollop.
Still, a good place to go to pick up impressive birthday foods.
I absolutely love love lovessss Trophy cupcakes. I got a box of random cupcakes for a friends birthday and we cut each one into bite sized pieces so we could all sample everything and they're all delicious. The red velvet with cream cheese and all chocolate one are my faves.
How can you go wrong with a place that has been featured on Martha Stewart! Their cupcakes are to die for, but you do have to trade in your daily lattes to afford one :) It's a good substitute for birthdays or special occasions.
Yes I am in agreement with the four hundred sum other people who think this place is great. My friend and I went here on Saturday and he had the triple chocolate. I got the red velvet for myself and I got one for my son a chocolate vanilla. My friend said the triple chocolate was like german chocolate cake on steroids. My red velvet had this melt in your mouth cream cheese frosting. I would have liked to eat just the frosting but I had to get the cupcake with it. They definitely have the frostings down because that is what is making all of the different kinds yummy.
They are $3.00 a cupcake unless it's a special one and then you pay fifty cents more. I never thought I would spend $3.00 for one cupcake but if you want to treat yourself this is definitely the place to do it.
While these are certainly a step above typical grocery store cupcakes (which are utterly inedible), they certainly don't warrant the near mass hysteria that must've aided in getting this a near 5 star rating. To call these average is generous.
My first issue is the frosting. Once you've had a real buttercream frosting (meringue based, such as French, Swiss, or Italian buttercream) the whole confectioner's sugar and shortening garbage just doesn't cut it anymore. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Trophy uses.
I tried the Snowball (chocolate cake, coconut frosting, and flaked coconut), Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Red Velvet, Snickerdoodle, Vanilla, and Lemon. The best of the lot was the Pineapple but none were memorable. All the cakes were slightly dry and rather bland. Makes me wonder what those 5 and 4 star reviewers think a bad cupcake is! HUGE pass for me.
THE best chocolate cupcake EVER. I have had cupcakes at Sprinkles in LA, Crave in Houston, Hey Cupcake in Austin, and various other places in the states. Hands down Trophy has THE best chocolate cupcake I have tasted in life.
The chocolate cake was sooooo moist I felt like I was having a flavor-gasm in my mouth. It was moist yet not mushy.
The snowball cupcake is definitely my favorite. It's a chocolate cupcake with buttercream icing and sprinkled with coconut. AWESOME.
-- The red velvet is good too, but I felt the cream cheese icing was too creamy.
-- The peanut butter icing is tasty. Topped on a chocolate cupcake, it tasts like Reeses!
The decor of some of the special cupcakes is super creative. There were batman themes, autumn themes, and I'm sure at other times of the year there's the appropriate seasonal theme.
TROPHY -- come to Texas!!
Love Trophy Cupcakes...we buy them when we can afford them as they are on the pricey side. Great for special occassions, like birthdays, going away parties etc. Nice to have cards and an assortment of party favors. My only concern is over the YUPPEE prices...
The frosting tastes like butter that has been in the fridge too long. And considering the frosting to cupcake ratio, the bad butter funk affects cupcake eating pleasure, a lot. The flavors that are offered are interesting and this is what makes it so sad that the frosting is such a fail. I first had a Trophy cupcake when a friend told me that Cupcake Royale cupcakes are not nearly as good as Trophy ones. Well at first I thought it was a bad batch...but i have had the cupcakes a couple more times at various work place birthday functions, and the funk is always there. Cupcake Royale has better butter, so with them my cupcake business (minor though it is) with them it shall stay.
My co worker brought in two dozen, and i can neither confirm nor deny that I scarfed two down in under five minutes.
I'm pretty picky about cupcake places. Orange County quickly became obsessed with Sprinkles, which were decent, a cupcake shop called The Perfect Circle opened in Old Town Orange which was completely god awful, Cupcake Royale is too dry.... but holy crap are Trophy cupcakes delicious. They're the standard price of specialty cupcakes these days, but the flavors packed into these little treasures are insane. The first one I ever tried was the Hummingbird (banana, pineapple, and coconut cake with cream cheese frosting) and I think I scarfed it down in record time. Since then, I've tried a bunch of others, like the red velvet, lemon, peanut butter and jelly, and they're all insanely good. The staff here is cheerful and welcoming and the shop is clean and cute.
If these were evil cupcakes and they asked me to off someone, I'd do it. I wouldn't even feel bad, as long as I got to eat one of their cupcake friends.
KD is an idiot and has obviously never eaten a cupcake before. Bravo Trophy and PASS on some pretentious snob that we all know is going to throw up that big box of cupcakes she bought before she absorbs any calories and has her husband lay into her over it. I've got 5 bucks on KD being some crappy Cupcake Royale employee trying to rake in more business so she can walk away with more then three bucks and some ass pennies in tips at the end of the day. eat it jerk. Trophy is amazing at what they do.
A friend and I recently went to the Trophy at U Village and it was a horrible experiece. First off we had to practically climb over people just to get out of the store, the staff was unenthused and bored, and the cupcakes were a complete waste of money and tasted so BAD!
We got a mint cupcake and a S'mores cupcake and went halfsies on them so we could share. Neither of us finished our cupcakes and they were drier than the Sahara Desert. The mint tasted like toothpaste and the Smores had too much topping on it. The cupcakes were literally crumbling they were so dry.
I've tried the Peanut butter from the Wallingford store and it was just as dry. I went into the new store at the Bravern to look around and was ignored. Three strikes and your out!!!!
I will never go there again, nor will I spend that much money on their gross cupcakes. I'll be going to New York Cupcakes or Cupcake Royale where their cake is moist, they have good service, and most importantly they don't have a bad cupcake attitude!
These people really brought it at the yelp event in Georgetown last night.
it was good, the ladies working there were nice, and the cupcake tree looked great.
awesome.
Very good cupcakes, really. If I could rate a Trophy Cupcake by itself, I'd give it five stars.… Read more »
Thank you Trophy - for being so damn awesome and understanding.
I called a few days ago for my bosses wife's birthday and had an urgent order. You guys not only soothed my hysteria but said you could get my 2 dozen order done even though the 48 hour time frame had passed.
Then day of my boss decides AGAIN...LAST MINUTE that they dont need them, the party is getting rescheduled. FTW? Oh - and he didnt tell me.
You called around 6pm to ask when I was going to be there (I had asked if they could be done by noon and you were more than happy to do this) and I had no idea what was going on. In a panic, I called my boss only to find out that they werent picking them up and didnt need them. Great.
I know they FINALLY got picked up yesterday and looked/tasted amazing.
I am SO sorry!!
Thanks for being SO amazing!!!
I decided last night, that when some poor schmuck decides to pop a ring on my finger and marry me,… Read more »
I love cupcakes and Trophy really makes them well. My favorite is their Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting. I used to go to Cupcake Royale and after trying Trophy...cupcakes from Cupcake Royale just don't compare. They cake part is really moist and the frosting is delicious! If you have ever seen a video of the owner make one the cupcakes (Smore) on Martha Stewart...you know that the price tag is worth it ($3 or $3.5 ea.). Whenever I am near University Village, I stop by Trophy Cupcake and Party for a treat.
I try to avoid sugar but a really good treat every once in a while is a must. Trophy is the place to do it. The Hummingbird cupcake is my favorite. It is a banana cupcake with pineapple cream cheese frosting. So delicious!
this is a great place. try the red cupcake. I have to stay away or I will eat two or three at a time. Oh why do you tempt me so much. Anyway, if you want a great cupcake, go to Trophy.
Again, another cupcake place that I highly enjoy going to. Although when I go in the summer the line is about 25-30 people long. I guess it's worth the wait for some yummy cupcakes. I like the variety and I really liked the velvet cupcake. So good it's making me hungry for one right now! I would highly recommend this place. You won't be disappointed.
Oh Trophy Cupcakes, how I love thee! Best cupcakes in Seattle, and believe me, I have tried many! Delicious frosting sits delicately atop a moist (this word makes me cringe!) cupcake. I have tried many varieties, and my favorite is chocolate with vanilla frosting. Is that boring? But I also indulge in lemon, red velvet, pineapple upside-down cake and s'mores. If you go now, you can check out the SUPER CUTE Halloween cupcakes. Cupcakes are just darn cute, so is this cupcake shop.
Yummy! My bf got a dozen of these cupcakes delivered to me for my birthday. It was my first time having cupcakes from this place so I was really excited when I opened the box. They are beautiful!! Simply decorated, but you can tell from the frosting that the cupcakes will be good.
I know the cupcakes are more on the pricey side - you should only get these if you have a major craving for something sweet because these are cavity worthy. The frosting is extremely sweet.
The shop is really cute and I thought the meatball cupcake looked adorable. Since we were visiting from Los Angeles - a local recommended this cupcake place. I would say... somewhat disappointed?
I'm comparing this store to Sprinkles, Auntie Em's and Crumbs... and I think i'm being generous with my 3-star rating. I usually rate my cupcake stores based on their red velvet cupcakes... and this was one was okay... nothing spectacular.
We tried (1) vanilla cupcake with chocolate frosting (2) chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting and (3) red velvet. We bought 3 cupcakes for 6 people... we were all full from lunch but I would think everyone would take at least two bites? nope just one each... so I had to share the leftovers with my boyfriend since no one else would eat it.
Haven't tried a cupcake I didn't like! No matter what the flavor, the cake is always moist and the frosting is so rich and yummy!
Not too expensive as a treat individually, but gets pricier than a cake if you're thinking about getting dozens for a party.
Awesome product! Wedding cupcakes were a huge hit. Jennifer is very nice to work with, as are her assistants. They did a great job on setting up the cake the day of my wedding so it looked wonderful!
Lemon lemon, red velvet and chocolate with their awesome vanilla frosting were the bomb!
To everyone who said that this place is better than Cupcake Royale - they're right!
My roommate and I were in the neighborhood and I'd wanted to try this place and we hadn't had lunch so we wandered in. The place is super cute and the staff is really nice and you can tell they really enjoy their jobs.
The cupcakes here are very very dense, so you really fill up on just one. But I couldn't make up my damn mind, so we ended up with four. We got the Hummingbird (which I mostly got because it was adorable with pink and green sprinkles, which was coconut banana pineapple cake), Chai, Lemon Coconut, and this Strawberry Shortcake (or maybe it was cheesecake? It was one of the special ones, and had a strawberry on top) one that was absolutely divine.
They were all delicious, but the clear winner was the *special* cupcake.
We also got coconut and pomegranate italian sodas. We were soooooo full afterwards, and the subsequent sugar coma about knocked us out on the bus ride home.
I will definitely be making many treks back to Trophy!
Hum... to give them 4 or 5 stars...
I decided to stop by and check out the cupcakes so that i could decide to buy some for my g/f for her bday (need to taste the goods!)
I chose the red velvet and the triple chocolate. Let me tell you, I'm not that big of a cupcake person but these were fantastic and just decadent!!! Nice and soft and buttery, not over sugary, just a nice balance!
I'll definitely come back and buy some for the g/f for her bday... maybe I should get her a bottle of milk too?
I fell in love with Trophy when my sister bought me one of their cup cakes. I believe it was the vanilla vanilla but I've tried a few of their other flavors. They serve different flavors everyday of the week like red velvet, chai cardamon, and the rare lemon strawberry. They load up the cupcakes with plenty of rich frosting and the cake is moist and sweet.
It can get busy but worth the wait.
Wow! Just how a cupcake should taste.
I ordered the Hummingbird and upside down pineapple cupcakes. They were fresh and moist, and the frosting was heavenly. Of course my french press coffee complemented everything quite nicely. Having tried Cupcake Royale and Trophy, I can say that the frosting from both places is fantastic. However, I feel that Trophy delivers the entire package, with moister cupcakes...but I think Cupcake Royale's might be a smidgen bigger, and 50 cents cheaper. hmm
The Wallingford Center is a cute, informal location to serve up cupcakes. Just don't let em' melt in your car like I did. :)
I didn't hear about this place until my cousin who doesn't even live here in Seattle told me about it. She came to visit with her bf and wanted to try this place out. So we went. The location is in the heart of Wallingford area. Cute little place. When you walk in it's off to the side and you can see people making the cupcakes right there. It was pretty interesting. The cupcakes were delish. I might just have to add though that it is a little overpriced for the amount of cucpake sold. Even the little bite sized one was over $1.50! Man I think I can try to find other places that will sell them a little cheaper. But it was ok. The frosting was good though.
Trophy is my go-to for cupcakes. I like this location because there is parking! Plus, I like its layout more than the UVillage. You get to look at all the yummy cupcakes while you wait in line.
My favorites are the red velvet, chocolate w/ vanilla frosting, smores, chocolate-guiness, chai, and chocolate-chocolate.
I've ordered some catering from them, 2 dozen baby cupcakes and 3 regular. They are pricey, I know this..but I only ever buy 1 at a time..so when I was quoted $50 for these, I nearly cried. But it's the price of tastiness, plus it's what the party girl wanted. I didn't bother checking the order when I picked it up (I was in a rush) and of course the order was wrong. Only slightly, instead of 2 flavors of baby cupcakes, I got 1 flavor. I called them and they offered to drive out the missing dozen but we were okay without it and later coordinated to get a refund of the dozen that were missing, which was nice.
I have also called ahead while I was on the way there to ask them to hold cupcakes for me. This is not their common practice, but they said they'd hold it for 15mins and then release them. I got there in 10mins. :)
And I ordered Obama cupcakes back in January of course.
Have placed drink orders here too, good coffee nothing extra special. At least they know what a cafe au lait is. (It's very annoying to have to call it a caffe misto at Starbucks, and they have to look it up in their recipe binder because no one ever asks for it.)
Preorders are nice, but you still have to wait in line with everyone else is kind of annoying.
OK. It doesn't beat the ambiance of Cupcake Royale in Ballard. But then I liked the coffee shop atmosphere. If you're sitting indoors your option seems to be a few tables in a cavernous noisy area of the lobby of an old high school turned mall. There is an outdoor seating area however, so on a nice day you can chill at a table outside.
We actually drove past it, not realizing it was inside the big brick building. The address said on 45th street, and the sign is actually on Wallingford Ave, I believe.
About the cupcakes, they seem a bit smaller and more expensive than cupcake royale's, but they are much moister and the frosting was fresh without that dry hardened skin that cupcakes can get after sitting out for a bit.
I came in here on a mission. Well, two actually. First of all, get a dozen cupcakes for my "Trophy vs Royale" cupcake war tasting at work. (In case you're wondering, Trophy won out, but more on that shortly). Secondly, I had to get a couple of the Chocolate Graham Cracker cupcakes with toasted marshmallow topping in my quest to complete the Seattle 100!
So Trophy has a fair selection of the standard chocolate and vanilla, and I'm sure they do a good job. But when I told the guy at the counter to pick a dozen of what he thought was good, he knew how to play it. Two each of the daily specials, and two of the triple chocolate. And the care with which they were loaded into the box... I felt well taken care of.
The variety is astounding. Truly. Even if you aren't a fan of one of the cupcakes (the Lemon didn't do it for me personally), there are others to love (the Hummingbird was delicious - it was like the best carrot cake ever in cupcake form).
And don't get me started on the chocolate graham cracker cupcakes. I had those in a separate box, and opened them with an entourage surrounding me. Ooohs and Ahhs abound at the presentation, and one person, who had been talking through a bite, had to stop herself and say, "This... is amazing!" Whoever put that cupcake on the Seattle 100 made an awesome choice.
And now I read on Seattle Talk about the Pineapple Upside Down Cake flavor, with brown sugar frosting? Sigh. I may be on my way to a cupcake addiction.
Sadly, I think that when people pass me by on the street, they say to themselves, "There's a girl who's had too many Trophy cupcakes." And it's true. But they're so good!
I have tried almost every flavor they make. There have only been 2 flavors I haven't liked: the red velvet, which is totally not their fault. I'm just not a fan of cream cheese icing. And the special Cinco de mayo one they did this year with tequila, lime, and salt. Although I think most anything can be a cupcake flavor, margaritas is where I draw the line. It really tasted, actually, bad.
I have to give Trophy 5 stars because I go there all the time and I really do love their cupcakes. But if I could ask them to change one thing about their business, it would be to up their production on their minis. If you don't get there right when they open, someone else will buy all the minis and by the time you get there in the afternoon there won't be any left. Could they just make more? Why do they make so few? More minis! More minis!!
I'll admit it. I'm kinda slow. When I got to the bottom of the cake I'm like "WHOA! There's pineapples at the bottom!"
That's right, Calvin. You're eating a Pineapple Upside Down Cupcake. I know, you don't have to say it, I'm ashamed of myself enough for the both of us.
The Pineapple Upside Down Cake is very good, although visually it looks very boring. It doesn't look like it should be worth the extra 76 cents (It's $3.75 for the flavor of the month). However, the surprise that I received was well worth the 76 cents though. The cake is still moist, the frosting is still good. The novelty of this cupcake still makes me smile.
I also got to try the Cafe Au Lait cupcake and that was very nice. Very strong coffee taste which is nice because it detracts from some of the sweetness in the cupcake.
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I love cupcakes and have been here a few times. I dunno, its a bit sweet here and the texture is super crumbly. I do like their inventive flavors... and the one in wallingford is just SO cute. A serious chick joint... Their icing is generous and yet is the reason i give 3 stars. Its super sweet to me. If the cake was less sweet maybe the balance would be there... definitely a goumet cupcake dont get me wrong, but these are just alright...
OK, I know Trophy doesn't need another review to let the world know how wonderful they are but my love for Trophy runs deep & I feel the need to make it known.
The Hummingbird is my absolute favorite for sure. I have to get at least 1 every time I go. And when I don't have 1 I think of them often. Sometimes I think they may be calling to me. "Amy, come buy us. We are here waiting and we know you love us. It's ok, don't be ashamed. We love you too."
Sigh....see I am delusional. This is what happens when you go too long without Trophy. Don't let this happen to you. Go get yourself some cupcakes, you deserve it!!
Now I love chocolate but often find chocolate cake I buy at bakeries isn't moist enough. Not so with Trophy. The triple chocolate is oh so chocolatey and required lots of milk for me to balance the sweetness but was delicious. Also the Neapolitan was pretty freakin awesome.
I could go on & on but I think you get the idea.
Trophy ROCKS. GO THERE. NOW.
I never had a really good cupcake before until I visited Trophy Cupcakes. They have such a wide variety of flavors that you are just dumbstruck when you see the counter. Some of my favorite flavors are: Chai Cardamom, Vanilla Vanilla and Lemon Strawberry.
The cakes are always moist and the frosting is just decorated so perfectly. Sure it's A LOT of frosting and I can never finish it all without feeling a massive amount of guilt, but I appreciate it's there looking all pretty for me. Thank you Trophy for draining my wallet on special occasions, oh and of course for the delicious cupcakes.
Great presentation, tasty red velvet cake, and cream cheese frosting that isn't too sweet.
Trophy gets my vote!
TIP: These cupcakes are best eaten same day. If you get greedy like me and buy multiple to save for later, they will dry out and become sub-par.
I've come to fall in love with Trophy Cupcake. While they are pricey, they offer so much more than a standard bakery cupcake; and any place that offers Obama cupcakes pre-election, is pretty awesome in my book.
The S'mores Cupcake showcases exactly why Trophy is so special. The ingenious S'more cake contains homemade chocolate graham cracker pieces on the bottom of the cake, and frosting made of whipped and torched marshmallow.
The plain vanilla offered is extremely rich and flavorful, the vanilla cake/frosting creates equally delicious base for additional creations such as the Snicker doodle. It almost reminds me more of a cinnamon roll than a snicker doodle cookie. I also was really impressed with the Chai Cardamom. I thought the spices may prove too overwhelming to be enjoyable, but the spices were subtle, and the cupcake a success.
For chocolate lovers, the triple chocolate is rich, and generous on chocolate frosting and "french chocolate sprinkles" that remind me of little tiny chocolate confetti pieces. One of my favorites is the Coconut that has a winning combo of valrhoma chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and a healthy dousing of pretty pink coconut. Trophy's peanut butter frosting is to die for as well.
I must also tip my hat to the beautiful and shiny cream cheese frosting that abundantly tops the red velvet and hummingbird cupcakes. The red velvet is a little too "chocolaty" in my opinion for what I prefer for a red velvet cake, but i must say, I still enjoy it. All of Trophy's cupcakes are unique and aesthetically pleasing; it makes it always a difficult choice of which ones to get, even when I'm buying a dozen!
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