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The Cup-Central West End
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28 S. Maryland Plaza St. Louis, MO 63108

314-367-6111 

http://www.cravethecup.com  

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28 S. Maryland Plaza St. Louis MO 63108

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  • Dessert
    Mon-Thu 9:30am-8:30pm, Fri-Sat 9:30am-10pm
    $ $
    All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit
  • Casual
    Catering, Delivery, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible
    Snack Food
    None
  • Not Accepted
    Garage, Meters, Street
Description

The Cup -- known as the Cupcakery until July 2010 -- offers the Platonic ideal of the beloved birthday-party cupcakes of your childhood: perfect cake, moist and flavorful, topped with luscious buttercream. The best cupcake on the regular menu is the "Peanut Butter Cup," whose peanut-butter buttercream tastes exactly like the peanut-butter filling of its namesake candy -- and it comes with a piece of that candy on top. Each week brings one or two special cupcakes. Keep your eyes open for the "Lemon Drop" and "Red Velvet Cake" in particular. Though not as elaborate as some gourmet cupcakes, the Cup's masterpieces are simply divine.








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  • 2012 | Best Cupcakes

    The Cup was the first shop in town to embrace the cupcake trend -- and own it. Since opening in 2007 (as the Cupcakery), this Central West End "gourmet cupcake bakery" has toiled to distill the essence of what a cupcake should be. With seven "classic" flavors served daily and more than a dozen limited edition/seasonal/featured flavors, the Cup elevates the humble cupcake while -- and this is crucial -- maintaining its simplicity. From the moist cake that almost instantly melts... More »

  • 2011 | Best Cupcakes

    Cupcakes from the Cup are exactly what cupcakes should be. They're pretty, clean, inexpensive and, most important, deliciously light and fluffy -- moist of cake and sugary of dissolve-on-your-tongue buttercream icing. Eating one modest-size cupcake will not leaving you feeling on the verge of a diabetic coma, but rather euphoric and satisfied. A wide variety of flavors appeal to a mouth full of sweet teeth, from the rich and chocolaty "Tuxedo" to the fruity "Strawberries 'n' Cream." With... More »

  • 2008 | Best Cupcakes

    Shhh. Be very, very quiet. We're hunting for rare variations of the elusive cakeus minimus, better known as the cupcake, and we've been told that cozy Central West End shop the Cupcakery is the place to find them. Wait -- there! Did you see that? That was a Tuxedo, whose distinguishing feature is a mini chocolate-cream cookie perched atop a layer of pillowy vanilla buttercream. Ah -- and there went a Peanut Butter Cup! It's known by its tan, nutty buttercream and crumbles of peanut... More »

  • 2007 | Best Bakery

    It's been years -- years -- since other urban dwellers have benefited from the cupcake craze launched by New York City's famed Magnolia Bakery. Now, at last, cupcakes take St. Louis, with thanks to baker Nicole Panepinto. She and co-owner Ericka Frank have enjoyed several years of success with special orders at Frank's Dogtown bakery, the Cakery, and decided to stuff the masses at their new location, a cheery nook with a patio behind Maryland Plaza in the Central West End. The fluffy... More »

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    | St Lous, MO | 149 Reviews

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    | Wed, May 6, 2009

    Shhh. Be very, very quiet. We're hunting for rare variations of the elusive cakeus minimus, better known as the cupcake, and we've been told that cozy Central West End shop the Cupcakery is the place to find them. Wait — there! Did you see that? That was a Tuxedo, whose distinguishing feature is a mini chocolate-cream cookie perched atop a layer of pillowy vanilla buttercream. Ah — and there went a Peanut Butter Cup! It's known by its tan, nutty buttercream and crumbles of peanut butter/chocolate candy, as well as for its uncommonly rich dark chocolate cake. And if you see a Strawberries 'n' Cream, please tell us — it only appears 'round these parts about once a month, but its berry sweetness melts away in airy puffs of glittering sugar. Rarer species such as Pumpkin Harvest emerge even more sporadically, making them that much more desirable — and forget trying to lasso an Island Dream & Grasshopper; its essence of mint is so strong that it's not even found in the wild, but in a separate, contained environment within the store. You're better off trying to nab a common species like Double Chocolate, whose spongy, moist cake and milky buttercream converge in a heavenly cocoa explosion.

  • db53tg66
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    | Troy, MO | 43 Reviews

    4
    | Tue, August 10, 2010

    Heaven, I know this is Heaven. Cupcakes bring out the Kid in Everyone!

  • JessicaG4
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    | St. Louis, MO | 101 Reviews

    4
    | Fri, December 17, 2010

    yummy sweet treats!

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Main Menu
Sweet Treats
Standard $2.75
Premium $3.25
Dozen $31.00
Cupcakes
$2.75
Cakewich
two layers of cake sandwiching buttercream
Each $1.75
Dozen $20.00
Frosted Sugar Cookie
$3.50
Double Decker
two oatmeal chocolate chip cookies filled with buttercream
$0.75
Buttercup
extra shot of our famous butter cream
$5.95
Cupcake Kit
a gift pack for the do-it-yourselfer
Classic Flavors
 
Confetti
vanilla butter cream french vanilla cake
 
Double Chocolate
chocolate butter cream dark chocolate cake
 
Tuxedo
vanilla butter cream dark chocolate cake
 
Gold Rush
chocolate butter cream golden yellow cake
 
Peanut Butter Cup
peanut butter buttercream dark chocolate cake
 
Red Velvet
cream cheese frosting red velvet cake
 
Cuppa Coffee Cake
cinnamon streusel topping sour cream coffee cake
 
Featured Flavors
island dream, grasshopper, strawberries n cream, lemon drop, mocha cappuccino, italian cream
 
Seasonal Specials
visit cravethecup.com for additional seasonal selections

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