OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. I have been using The Cupcake Patisserie for the past few years for…read moremy cake smash clients at Baby Boo Studios. Nothing is too much trouble for these guys. Just brilliant, reliable, friendly service, week in week out. I highly recommend them.

If you want to have something special for morning or afternoon tea, then stop at Cupcake…read morePatisserie. There are a wide range of tasty and beautiful cupcakes to take away or eat in with a coffee and have a chat with friends. My favourite is the gluten free red velvet and you would never know that it is gluten free. Never fear they also have full gluten cupcakes if that is what you prefer. Every time I have bought some of these they are a talking point at the get together. They are a good size so perhaps get two different one's and split them with your friend or date and you will get to try more. Simply Delicious.

Cupcakes!!!! They will never cease to excite me. Especially ones that look exactly like the Cookie…read moreMonster. No, I'm not five years old, but every time I pass a cupcake place, I definitely act like one. Generally, I almost throw a tantrum, as cupcakes are ALWAYS overpriced. But for a good reason here - they are just that darn tasty, they could charge millions for them and I'd still buy them (well...after I've taken out a loan). Snickers, Mars Bars, red velvet, vanilla, strawberry, chocolate fudge, strawberries and cream, cookies and cream, passionfruit and cherry flavoured cupcakes. And they're huge. The actual muffin itself is moist, and quite small, but the icing more than makes up for that. Literally doubling the size of the whole cupcake. If you make the tough decision to only buy one, and not the whole shop, then definitely grab the Cookie Monster. It must have been all of that cookie eating in his life which has made him delightfully tasty!

Cup-A-Cake is a specialty dessert store, so if you don't like cupcakes keep walking buddy…read more Thanks in large part to Sex and the City, cupcakes have gone through a renaissance over the past few years, and Cup-A-Cake certainly has some tasty ones. Not quite as good as some I've had, but very yummy (if pricey) all the same. My one real grump was with the service, I joined another customer in looking at the display, but the sales girl stayed seated until we asked her assistance.

Bow & Daisy are high on my list of quality bakeries & cup cakes in Brisbane. Having purchased…read moretheir cakes several times now, they've been consistently fresh and flavoursome, light and fluffy, and offering many combinations of flavours. They are friendly and helpful and it's always a delight to purchase from them. I highly recommend buying from them, although I'm not aware of them having a store, they are always available from markets around town or ordering, and if you're lucky, keep an eye out, you might catch them in town at the One Eleven building on Eagle Street on a weekday selling their goodies :) Memorable cupcakes we've sampled are the cafe latte - injected with coffee and topped with a choc covered coffee bean, and the bannoffee - a banana caramel and cream cupcake with fresh bananas!

Delighful, delicous, delovely...yes, this cupcake'n'coffee store looks positively edible…read more From its pink and white candy-striped walls, to the chocolate brown banquettes (complete with cushions and teddy bears); to the divine concoctions on display at the counter, it's a sweet tooth's paradise. I couldn't decide between a Miss Piggy cupcake, or the one with the strawberry cheescake icing (the latter ended up winning the coin toss), so I took it, along with my beautifully creamy cappacino, to devour on the small patio outside. And the cake? Well this is where I differ to most other people so far. I thought it was Ok...but I'm going to go off piste here and say that it was most definitely not the best I've eaten. (I've had better in...gasp...Shingle Inn). I was definitely more taken with the cuteness of the cafe than the cake itself. It should have been fluffier, the icing should have been tastier... Maybe I should have gone with the Miss Piggy after all???

As soon as I saw a shop called 'the Cupcake Parlour', I knew it was somewhere I wanted to visit. I…read morearrived at the gorgeous little shop after walking as fast as my legs could carry me. The pink and white theme only adds to the cute factor, along with making it quite impossible for straight men to frequent this place. Inside is just as adorable, with a cosy little booth to one side and a display cabinet full of various cupcake flavours. There are many flavours to choose from; more traditional ones like chocolate and some fancier varieties such as marble, each of which has a chocolate seashell perched on the carefully iced top. I absolutely love seashells but when it comes to cupcakes I believe it's the original and the best, so I chose a vanilla flavoured one. I have to say I was disappointed. The base was delicious and exactly what I would expect of a cupcake, even if it was a little heavy, but the icing was not. The main reason I love cupcakes is because of the amazingly creamy, buttery icing. The icing here is harder and can absolutely not be described as creamy. It's still a nice place and the cupcakes are presented so well that I'm sure I will be enticed into trying them again.

At the end of the counter at Krusty Krab Seafood in Mcdowall, there is an adorable display case…read morefull of delicately decorated cupcakes, the owner of Krusty told me the brand of cakes is called 'Cake It Up.' I was drawn to these Cupcakes like a moth to a light, they are eye catching. We tasted one that had a peanut butter chocolate theme to it, the fondant was great and in the centre of the very well baked sponge cupcake, there was a gooey peanut butter chocolate centre! Oh wow! We thought this gooey surprise tasted like a 'Reeces Peeces' piece but we were pretty sure it was Australian Peanut Butter. So that means there is an incredible, genius baker lovingly assembling these gorgeous treats! It seems apparent that a lot of love and effort has been poured into these sweets, it certainly translates in the quality of the finished product. They would look glamorous mounted upon a three-tier rack for a special occasion or in a sweet box as a surprise for a loved one. I'm a little smitten with Cake It Up right now, especially knowing they are made by a local and sold in a local small business, I mean that's just wonderful! I urge you, give them a try- I promise you, you will not be disappointed..

Jocelyn's Provisions in Fortitude Valley makes a variety of sweets, pastries, and relishes that are…read morepacked into their cabinets. You will find something tol fulfill your every craving, from a passionfruit tart to lamb & rosemary pie to their candied walnuts. Thankfully their price tags prevent me from making decisions my metabolism will regret, though it means I haven't tried much of their offerings. On a special occasion, I called in to order a small flourless chocolate cake (34) - an easy choice when choosing for a chocolate lover. I was rather excited, as I'd never been able to justify going to Jocelyn's Provisions "just because." The flourless chocolate cake is a dense chocolate cake with chocolate nuts, and toffee and praline bits. Not having looked at the pictures too closely previously, we were all impressed with the sugar lattice on the cake. Although a bit of a strange combination to have paired chocolate with a sugar lattice (flavour-wise), it was a lovely touch to the cake. It says online that the small cake is for 6 people, but we managed to make eight pieces, with all of us being satisfied (and even having some difficulty finishing the cake after dinner at Siam Samrarn). Needless to say, that was one delicious rich and dense chocolate cake! Even though I tend to not be a fan of chocolate cakes - or just cakes in general - if you want a scrumptious and impressive looking cake, this is the place to go!

Jocelyn's Provisions is like stepping into your really awesome nanna's kitchen who has cooked up a…read moregourmet storm. Cakes, james, chutneys, pies (in winter you cannot go past the Duck pie) and ingredients for the finest home chef are all found in abundance at Jocelyn's. My tip: grab something take away, walk down James Street to New Farm Park and enjoy an afternoon (or morning) in the sunshine.

We wanted cupcakes for our wedding and Kellie was the best of the lot. Her vanilla butter cake…read morecupcakes with butter cream icing are divine. She's only open on weekends or by appointment on other days, but she will get you to come in and will really listen to what you want, and make the perfect cupcakes for your special occasion. If you're planning to order for a special event, she will give you samples and tasters and you can see all her different styles of edible decorations in store. She does amazing decorations for kid's parties, Halloween, wedding, baby showers and special occasions. You can even get little boobs or willies on your cupcakes for Hens/Bucks nights! Come and visit her shop on a weekend and she has cupcakes for sale over the counter. Orders can be placed over the phone, in personal on weekends or through the website. Delivery is available too, as well as cake stand hire.

I was a bridesmaid recently and after a five am wake-up for hair and make up, a long walk down the…read moreaisle, a few sneaky tears as my two friends got hitched, and a lot of toasting and dancing I was hanging out for cake. Okay, let's face it, I'd been hanging out for cake since the night before when as the bride got ready for bed and contemplated her future of wedded bliss I grilled her about the cake. 'What cake are you having? Oh, cupcakes, yum! What kind? Vanilla cake or chocolate? Vanilla, awesome! What colour is the icing going to be?' etc. etc. etc. Yes, the poor thing, I know, but I just love cake. When we walked into the reception venue my eyes were immediately drawn to the tower of pink and white cupcakes in the corner. I decided it would probably be poor form to stick my finger in the icing, but they looked so good that I had a hard time resisting (don't worry, I managed). When I finally got my greedy little paws on a cupcake (or three) later on I was very impressed. Definitely worth the wait. Fluffly, light cake. Smooth, sweet icing. Good cake to icing ratio. It definitely wasn't all the champagne talking, these were some excellent cupcakes. A few days later I asked her where she'd got them from because I wanted to give whoever baked these lovely cakes a good review on Yelp so here I am. Way to go, Cupcakes by K!

After catching up with a friend recently and as I was driving her home she casually said, "Oh, did…read moreyou know CakeStar are having Cupcake Friday? 4 cupcakes for $12. They're right near my place we should stop in." Who am I to say no to a cupcake?! So stop in we did and there are no regrets. We got a vanilla, chocochino, red velvet and peanut butter (the latter two are only made on a Friday). I've had CakeStar cupcakes before and they are by far the best I've tasted in Brisbane. They're the perfect balance of creamy icing, moist cake and flavour. They do also make specialty cakes - perfect for any occasion. The best bit about CakeStar? They know cupcakes and cakes like the back of their hand and that's what they specialise in. There's no cupcake slash coffee shop here. If you're coming to CakeStar you're coming for one reason: delicious, made with love and fresh cupcake delights.

This little establishment is such a treat! I found out about this place when a friend was…read moreorganising her wedding. I stumbled upon their business card and was instantly intrigued. When I found out they did cupcakes I had to check it out for myself! I came here with the expectation that they were a cupcake cafe of sorts, but unlucky for me, they weren't. There are no tables or chairs, it is where the business of cupcake and cake making take place. They do however have some adorable cupcakes for sale which which walk-in customers can buy. Yippy! I get a cupcake after all. The cupcakes were super yummy! They have the perfect balance of fluffiness, richness and sweetness. I wish I could make them this good. But then again, this is why CakeStar is in the business of making cakes. Its creators are so talented, not only in baking the cake with the perfect harmony of ingredients, but in designing and applying the final touches. This is what sets them apart. I have only come here for the cupcakes but I am certainly returning for the next event in my life where a cake is required! Take a look at their gallery on their website and you will see why. Amazing!!

Super delicious, extremely fresh, and the menu varies. It seems expensive when you look at the…read moreprices for the portions but it's extremely filling and ends up being excellent value. Beautiful cupcakes.

You heard it here first: Red Hill is about to become seriously cool. Secretly I've always thought…read moreit already was. I think I was already in lust with Botanica before I walked through their doors with perfectly spaced and aesthetically pleasing typography, but it was definitely love when I walked out with a fresh loaf of sourdough and freshly-made-that-morning Beetroot Slaw. The brainchild of two ex-private chefs for the Packers amongst other Australian celebs, Botanica is about one thing: Real Food. Daily made fresh salads, fresh loaves of bread, and small cakes. All take-away and all presentable on a dinner plate to either proudly boast where acquired or past off as your own divine creations. My small beetroot slaw was a neat $10 and fed two as a dinner side as well as enough left over to make friends with an egg and some fetta this morning for breakfast. Best of all they're open til 7pm, meaning you can pop in on your way home for those times when cooking seems too much but a oil deep fried takeaway dinner is equally lacking in appeal.